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Heckemeyer, Karolin. "Sport." Universität Leipzig, 2019. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A35195.
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Sport ist ein komplexes und binnendifferenziertes Feld. Trotz der Ausdifferenzierung ist den verschiedenen Sportbereichen gemein, dass in diesen das Erbringen körperlicher Leistungen im Zentrum des Interesses steht. Die Körper- und Leistungsideale, die beim Sport zum Tragen kommen, sind eng verknüpft mit Annahmen über Geschlecht. Im Sport dominiert und reproduziert sich die Vorstellung einer eindeutigen Zweigeschlechtlichkeit und einer damit einhergehenden natürlichen (Leistungs-)Differenz.
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Pieritz, Homero Ivan. "Spirit." Florianópolis, SC, 2003. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/85373.
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Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção.<br>Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-20T18:03:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1
194158.pdf: 13764743 bytes, checksum: 9b80a5e3fe50aab77c458d469f1c9723 (MD5)<br>Esta tese utiliza Jogos de Empresa como laboratório de pesquisa sobre decisões empresariais com sistemas especialistas probabilísticos feitos a partir de SPIRIT. SPIRIT apresenta uma nova maneira de pensar sobre o processo de suporte à decisão em várias áreas. Nesta tese foi criado um Sistema Especialista Probabilístico de Apoio à Tomada de Decisão, que serve como ferramenta para a sugestão de decisões das equipes que participam das simulações do Jogo de empresas GI-EPS. Esta ferramenta pode ser utilizada como um auxiliar das equipes na tomada de decisão, bem como um Jogador Automático, capaz de adaptar-se à situação que uma empresa simulada no jogo se encontra, tomando as decisões no lugar de uma equipe real. Como resultado dos trabalhos de criação deste sistema uma nova abordagem de desenvolvimento é proposta, representada por um método para geração de regras a partir de uma amostra, além da avaliação da qualidade da amostra para treinamento. Sendo que esta abordagem é voltada às características e recursos específicos da ferramenta SPIRIT, utilizada nesta tese. Esta abordagem é baseada no uso dos recursos da ferramenta, que outros softwares da mesma categoria ou não dispõe, ou então dispõe de maneira menos eficiente, como o agrupamento de variáveis (LEG), e o uso da entropia na construção da Rede Causal.
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Pichocki, Jillian. "Fighting spirit." Fairfax, VA : George Mason University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1920/2923.
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Thesis (M.F.A.)--George Mason University, 2007.<br>Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Jan. 21, 2008). Thesis director: Peggy Feerick. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Art in Art and Visual Technology. Vita: p. 58. Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-56). Also available in print.
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Clem, Kathy. "My spirit /." Online version of thesis, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11537.
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Ляшенко, Ірина Володимирівна, Ирина Владимировна Ляшенко, Iryna Volodymyrivna Liashenko, and V. V. Storchaka. "Sport Rehabilitation." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2019. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/72444.
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Kasan, Marek. "Sport centrum." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-410022.
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Diploma thesis premises designed Sport center at the documentary for execution of works. The dominant part is a sport multifunctional hall, whitch is connected to a two above-ground floors fitness center with facilities for visitors. The construction system of the hall is prefabricated reinforced concrete structural frame. The ceiling construction consists of prefabricated reinforced concrete panels. The fitness center is designed as cast-in-place reinforced concrete structural frame. Ceiling structures are cast-in-place reinforced concrete slabs. The roof structures are designed like flat vegetation roof. The building has exterior thermal insulation system with ventilated facade.
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Pruchnický, Lukáš. "BS sport." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-226696.
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The subject of the diploma thesis is to design a new building of sports facilities at the documentation for building construction. The design emphasizes the layout, including the provision of structures for the static, architectural, fire safety, energy savings and safety while using the object. The work contains text and graphic part. The graphic part is processed in the ArchiCad.
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Holfeld, Martin. "Chemie und Sport didaktische Aufarbeitung chemischer Inhalte aus dem Sport für den fachübergreifenden Chemie-Sport-Unterricht /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2005. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=97607253X.
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Chotka, David Ralph. "Spirit versus "spirit" an examination of the nature and function of the Holy Spirit against the backdrop of the false spirit in Ephesians /." Portland, Or. : Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.
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Cleret, Lea. "Les valeurs du sport : l'intentionnalité du sport comme choix politique." Thesis, Paris Est, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010PEST2012.
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Weber, David. "Sport und Integration : welche Rolle kann Sport im Integrationsverlauf spielen? /." Hamburg : Diplomica-Verl, 2008. http://d-nb.info/98891199X/04.
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White, John Bentley. "Sport and Christian ethics : towards a theological ethic for sport." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/5992.
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From the time of the early church to the present century, Christian assumptions about and theological responses to sport have been problematic. In the present century, evangelicals in North America lack a developed theological ethic about how Christians should regard modern sport--the practices, purposes, and values. What little theology there is, is an uninformed folk theology of muscular Christianity in which the primary means of evaluating sport is in terms of its instrumental utility with no recognition of goods that might be internal to sport. In this thesis, I formulate a modest Christian ethic for sport as a way toward reimagining sport in the Christian life as an embodied, penultimate good. I have chosen Augustine, John Paul II, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer as the three primary interlocutors with whom to shape a theological discourse about and construct for modern sport. Together, they assist in exploring fundamental convictions of the Christian tradition and determining what bearing these should have on Christian moral reflection and deliberation on this cultural activity. In chapter one, Augustine‘s ethic is organized around three integral motifs: God and happiness, ordered and disordered loves, and the use and enjoyment of goods. By beginning here, a Christian ethic addresses the charges against Augustine‘s idealism set in the historical context of ancient Rome where the Christian tradition first engaged sport extra-biblically. These motifs lay the groundwork for how a Christian might relate to sport. In chapter two, I examine an exemplary modern attempt—by the American philosopher Paul Weiss—to give a moral and philosophical account of sport. Weiss develops a philosophy of sport around themes derived from classical Greek literature, including bodily excellence, anthropology, and teleology. Weiss‘s Greek ideals and philosophical categories function as heuristic tools because many issues of modern sport are connected in a variety of ways to these ancient Greek ideals. Weiss forms a bridge historically and philosophically to thicken our description of modern sport, to refine this thesis‘s analysis of some important categories native to modern sport, and to focus on what this phenomenon entails for a Christian ethic today. In chapter three, I engage with John Paul II's complex and rich account of the internal moral and theological goods of sport. John Paul II's personalism provides a much stronger basis for analyzing the goods intrinsic to sport than does Weiss--one that is, moreover, consistent with (while building on) the Augustinian foundation laid in chapter one. I demonstrate that in John Paul II's theology of sport, sportive actions find a significant analogue in the Christian doctrine of creation in relation to the body of the athlete, in which perspective sport may be seen as sign and gift shared with other embodied sportspersons. I propose that sport is an ontic-embodied good and gift that is only properly conceptualized in a Christian ethic, an ethic in which the pursuit of excellence is an objective that fulfils the dignity and worth of the whole human person. By contrast, Paul Weiss' philosophy of sport instrumentalizes embodied pursuits, such as sport. In chapter four, Dietrich Bonhoeffer‘s Christological basis for Christian ethics serves to repair the persistent problem of dualism—two-sphere thinking—for modern muscular Christianity. Bonhoeffer‘s comprehensive vision of reality places Christ at the center of life and existence so that the question of the good becomes the realization of the reality of God in Christ. Therefore, a Christian ethic does not justify how the reality of God in Christ relates to sportive culture by appealing either to the sacred or secular, but justification is in Christ, since He has drawn and holds it all together. In chapter five, I continue with the problem of modern muscular Christianity in order to constructively reimagine how to relate the reality of Christ as the ultimate to sportive reality, the penultimate. This eschatological paradigm further organizes the final chapter in two important ways. First, the logic of sport is often governed by alien ends and loves. Augustine‘s ethic refines this problem as a matter of how the practice of sport can educate our desires according to competing teloi. Second, I elucidate the importance of St. Paul‘s sport metaphor (1 Cor 9:24-27) as another angle for interpreting and ethically engaging the complex lived experience of sport itself. This sport metaphor functions eschatologically to integrate sport and the Christian life and to ennoble this activity as a practice for moral and spiritual formation.
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Lynn, Quinten K. "Sacred Sport: A Study of Student Athletes' Sanctification of Sport." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1225644369.
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Phillips, Jeff B. "Discipleship in the spirit of Jesus reflections on spirit christology /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.
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Lucas, Cathryn B. "Troubling Sport or Troubled by Sport: Experiences of Transgender Athletes." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1248967932.
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Leyk, Dieter. "Kreislauf und Sport /." Köln : Sport und Buch Strauss, 1995. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=006979731&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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McEwan, Desmond. "Teamwork in sport." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/63134.
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In spite of the assumption that teamwork is an important variable within the context of sport, formal research on this construct has been surprisingly limited. As such, the purpose of my dissertation was to examine teamwork in sport with respect to theoretical, measurement, and applied considerations. This dissertation consists of six studies which are presented in seven chapters. The introduction (chapter 1) provides a general overview of teamwork and its potential importance within sport. The first study (chapter 2) was a theoretical and integrative review of teamwork in sport. Within this chapter, a working definition of teamwork in sport, a multidimensional conceptual framework for understanding and investigating this construct, as well as a discussion of how it may relate to important variables in sport are presented. Chapter 3 consists of two studies: study 2 involved the development of a questionnaire to measure teamwork, titled the Multidimensional Assessment of Teamwork in Sport (MATS); study 3 involved an examination of the psychometric properties related to this instrument. An assessment of various group- and individual-level correlates of teamwork in sport was carried out in the fourth study, which is presented in chapter 4. The fifth study, a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the effectiveness of controlled teamwork training interventions, is reported in chapter 5. This review was used to inform the development of a theory-based and evidence-informed protocol for enhancing teamwork in sport, which is described in the first part of chapter 6. This teamwork training protocol was then tested through a pilot intervention (study 6), which is detailed in the second part of chapter 6. In chapter 7, a general discussion is provided with regard to the implications of the dissertation studies, the contributions of this research to the field of sport psychology, limitations of this body of work, as well as considerations for future research on teamwork in sport.<br>Education, Faculty of<br>Kinesiology, School of<br>Graduate
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Nunes, Ricardo Joao Sonoda. ""Sport for all"." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFPR, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1884/29285.
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Resumo: Desde o final do século XIX o esporte contemporâneo vem se modificando e assumindo uma lógica que, entre outros aspectos, aponta para as estratégias de comercialização e espetacularização. Entre os seus principais disseminadores está o Comitê Olímpico Internacional (COI), não somente pelos Jogos, mas por toda a relação associativa que envolve o movimento olímpico. A problematização que norteou nosso interesse de pesquisa construiu-se a partir do momento em que identificamos a presença dessa lógica também no esporte amador, a partir das relações estabelecidas entre o Serviço Social da Indústria (SESI) e a Confédération Sportive Internationale du Travail (CSIT) entre 1996 e 2011. Como hipótese, acreditamos que tais relações orientaram-se por essa lógica do esporte moderno, fortalecida com a entrada do SESI no campo, de forma que com o passar dos anos o habitus presente na sua estrutura, incorporado em seus agentes, passou a ser predominante, alterou a lógica de funcionamento do campo e motivou as outras instituições filiadas à CSIT a aderirem ao modelo ou afastarem-se da gestão. Nesse processo, tanto o SESI como a CSIT distanciaram-se dos seus conceitos vigentes relacionados às características do esporte amador e estruturados pelo "Sport for All" e passaram a reproduzir as estratégias de mercantilização e espetacularização do esporte profissional. Os objetivos da pesquisa foram analisar como a relação entre o SESI e a CSIT foi orientada por essa lógica do esporte moderno; identificar a concepção de esporte que essas instituições adotam e desenvolvem; verificar a influência dessa relação nas diretrizes e atividades do SESI e da CSIT; descrever o surgimento do Worker Sport Movement; apresentar o conceito "Sport for All"; apresentar o processo de desenvolvimento industrial brasileiro e os desdobramentos das ações de esporte e lazer nesse contexto; e descrever a história das instituições envolvidas (SESI e CSIT). Como referencial teórico metodológico de análise, utilizamos os constructos da Sociologia Reflexiva de Pierre Bourdieu para fazer a leitura do subcampo do esporte para trabalhadores, identificando suas estruturas e agentes, e então analisar as suas relações. Na sequência , realizamos uma aproximação destes com a Sociologia Compreensiva de Max Weber especificamente a partir dos conceitos de "sentido" da ação social e da relação social associativa, nos termos weberianos, apontando indícios de dominação e burocracia. Diante dos documentos históricos e entrevistas analisadas concluímos que as relações entre o SESI e a CSIT, entre 1996 e 2011, orientaram-se pela lógica do esporte moderno, pautada pelo modelo associativo olímpico e contemplando a reprodução das estratégias de espetacularização (aspirando a mercantilização também) do esporte profissional, incidindo, dessa forma, no distanciamento dos seus conceitos vigentes, relacionados às características do esporte amador e estruturados pelo "Sport for All". Contudo, dada a presença de outras Uniões no subcampo do esporte para trabalhadores e o próprio vínculo do SESI com o campo industrial, concluímos que os conceitos vigentes também se mantém presentes, mesmo que distanciados. Ou seja, novamente referindo-se à Weber e Bourdieu, trata-se, respectivamente, de uma relação social que é orientada por duas ordens vigentes, igualmente legítimas, com uma fluidez que tende mais à uma ou à outra, conforme as disputas no interior do campo.
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Costanza, Matt Ferris Kelly Eremiasova Michaela. "Awen : flowing spirit /." Online version of thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/5521.
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Erhard, Lena. "Sport und Schwangerschaft." Diss., kostenfrei, 2007. http://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/8091/.
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Didrichsons, Anja. "BMW Motorrad Spirit." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-149727.
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The aim of this thesis project was to create something, that has never been there before in motorcycle design. A new, deep collaboration between the future generation of riders and their bikes. It should create a whole new riding experience. And this experience should be inspirational and new to several fi elds of transportation design besides motorcycling. The process started with the research and inspiration fi nding. It continued with form exploration through sketching, ergonomic tests and photoshop sketches. The whole process was based on an interdisciplinary working method. Being in touch with modelers, engineers, generative designers, color and trim designers was an essential part of the project. The interdisciplinary work continued digitally, with many different types of software. Creating the 3D visualisation of the project required the use of Alias, Cinema 4D, Rhino, Grasshopper, Fuse, Speedform, Maya and VRED. Frequently reviews on the current project status and taking part in technical meetings, along with responsible designers at BMW, in combination with weekly reviews with the university, structured the time plan throughout the whole project. As well as fl ying to the university for check-ups and presentations. BMW Spirit provides a revolutionary experience for future motorcycle riders. Focusing on the interaction between the rider and the bike, it creates the opportunity to build a deep relationship. Since AI becomes more and more important in our daily lives developing ways of human-machine interactions will be crucial for our future. The concept is focused on the opportunities it could bring to combine an Artifi cial Intelligence with motorcycling. BMW Spirit creates a human-machine symbiosis and is controlled like an extension of the human body, with intuitive movements. The built in Artifi cial Intelligence is the rider’s companion and develops its own character and consciousness over time. It learns and grows together with the rider and adapted to the rider. Growing trust enables more possibilities to push the limits and enjoying the power of this unique riding experience.
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Pecha, Zdeněk. "Sport a divadlo." Master's thesis, Akademie múzických umění v Praze. Divadelní fakulta AMU. Knihovna, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-79062.
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In this thesis, two areas of the life of human society, sport and theatre, are treated. Its aim is to find a common origin and fiction of both phenomena, which are examined from the point of view of both active and passive participants. The thesis describes the psychological aspects of sport and theatre and tries to find possible links, similarities and differences between them. On account of these similarities and differences, the thesis examines the way in which sport and theatre influence one another. Its goal is to find common principles of sport and theatre and circumstances under which sport and theatre activities take place. It examines the potential of sport for theatre use and for stage practice; attention is drawn especially to martial art disciplines and their utility in theatre and then to benefits of learning martial arts within theatre studies. Some examples of a more concrete connection between sport and theatre are also mentioned.
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Bonnet, Anouk. "Sport et responsabilités." Aix-Marseille 3, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997AIX32044.
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A l'instar de toute activite humaine, le sport est soumis aux regles juridiques qui regissent la vie en societe. Mais, traditionnellement considere comme une activite physique, caracterisee par le respect de certaines regles en vue de se divertir, le sport tend aujourd'hui a se modifier notablement (ou changer de nature) en raison du developpement croissant des enjeux accentue par la mediatisation contemporaine. Dans ces circonstances, il etait donc normal que l'intervention de la matiere juridique au sein de l'activite sportive se trouve nettement renforcee. Ce phenomene est particulierement net en ce qui concerne les regles de responsabilite. En effet, en raison des risques qui lui sont inherents, le sport est frequemment soumis a des regles de responsabilite de nature diverse. Les responsabilites civile (delictuelle et contractuelle), penale administrative et disciplinaire interviennent ainsi frequemment dans l'activite sportive. Par ailleurs, ces responsabilites concernent tant les acteurs eux-memes les sportifs que les organisateurs, les spectateurs ou des tiers. Cet enchevetrement de regles caracterise par une complexite certaine, est domine par l'application a la matiere sportive d'une part du droit commun de la responsabilite (civile penale et administrative) et d7autre part du droit specifique, propre a cette activite, issu de l'etat ou des instances sportives. Or, compte tenu de la multitude des regles applicables et de la diversite des situations et des acteurs du spectacle sportif, force est de constater que le systeme de responsabilite en la matiere apparait relativement complexe et mal adapte, tant en ce qui concerne le droit commun que le droit specifique. Il parait donc souhaitable d'envisager la creation d'un code sportif, qui reprendrait en les simplifiant, les regles generales degagees par la jurisprudence<br>As every human activity, sport is governed by some juridic rules which dominate life in society. However, as usual considered as a physical activity, caracterized by the respect of a lot of rules with some entertainment in mind, sport tends actually to change because of the increasing development of strakes marked by the contemporary mediatization. In theses circumstances, it was normal that the intervention of law in the sportiv activity was intensified. This phenom is especially marked relating to responsabilities rules. Actually, because of its inherent risks, sport is often governed by some different rules of responsability. In this way, civil, criminal, administrativ and disciplinary responsabilities take place more often in sportiv activities. Otherwise, these responsabilities concern as well actors - sportsmen - as organizers, spectators, or thirds. This confusion of rules, caracterized by a real complexity, is governed by the application on the one hand of classic responsbility's rules (civil, criminal, administrativ), and, on the other hand, by specific law, stemming from state or sportiv federations. Because of the vast number of juridic rules and in reason of the diversity of actors and ways, it seems that juridic responsabilities system in sport appears not really suited to the situation. This is true not only for the common law but also for the specific rules. So, it can be wish to create a real and new sportiv code, which could get back by simplificating the rules actually applicated by the judicial precedents
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Токар, Ю. С. "The entrepreneurial spirit." Thesis, Вид-во СумДУ, 2007. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/17541.
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Ляшенко, Ірина Володимирівна, Ирина Владимировна Ляшенко, Iryna Volodymyrivna Liashenko, and A. Miroshnichenko. "Inclusion and sport." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2019. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/72511.
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Sport includes all kinds of physical activity and includes games,
physical exercises that the rest organized, casual or competitive sports as
well as local types of sports or dramas that promote physical alertness,
mental wellbeing and social interaction. Sports for people with limited
opportunities is the term that refers to intentional or especially intentional
fun for people with limited abilities.
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Cahuana, Palante Luciana Paola, Sotomayor Jhon Brayan Canchari, Sirlopú Freddy Alexander Donayre, Juscamaita Diana Guadalupe Matta, and Torrejón Cristian Junior Santayana. "Aplicación “LD Sport”." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/652789.
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El presente proyecto es realizado con la finalidad de analizar el mercado de aplicaciones deportivas, mediante la recopilación de entrevistas a expertos en el tema y deportistas calificados y no calificados. En los últimos años, el deporte y la tecnología han ido creciendo de la mano, de una manera fuerte y constante. Esto es debido a que es mucho más fácil generar hábitos saludables, mediante el respaldo de las redes sociales y la interacción que se realiza en la misma, por el apoyo mutuo que se brindan las personas. Es por esto, que hoy en día existen diversos grupos en las redes sociales en donde se comparten anécdotas y opiniones sobre temas relacionados al deporte. En donde se suele intercambiar información de espacios deportivos donde generar sus reuniones para realizar deporte. Es así que tomando en cuenta los datos e información recopilados, se logró analizar y detectar una necesidad en el mercado en el que estamos investigando. La cual es la existencia de deportistas y grupos de amigos que están en búsqueda de espacios deportivos y búsqueda de deportistas que compartan el mismo interés de querer realizar deporte en compañía. Así mismo, esta acción active la opción de incorporar a un segundo segmento, el cual es la de los dueños de espacios deportivos que buscan generar mayor movimiento de alquileres en sus espacios. Por ello, se ha realizado una serie de hipótesis e ideas para poder formular experimentos que respaldan nuestra propuesta desde el planteamiento del problema y toda la cadena, con el fin de lograr una rentabilidad.<br>This project is carried out with the aim of seeking to analyze the market for sports applications, by compiling interviews with experts on the subject and athletes. In recent years, sports and technology have grown hand in hand in a strong and constant way. This is because it is much easier to generate healthy habits, through the support of social networks and the interaction that takes place on social networks. That is why, today there are various groups on social networks where anecdotes and opinions are shared on sports-related topics. Where information is usually exchanged for sports venues where you can create your sports meetings. Thus, taking into account the data and information collected, it was possible to analyze and detect a need in the market in which we are investigating. Which is the existence of athletes and groups of friends who are in search of sports venues and search for athletes who share the same interest in wanting to do sports in company. Likewise, this action activates the option of incorporating a second segment, which is that of owners of sports spaces who seek to generate more rental movement in their spaces. Therefore, a series of hypotheses and ideas have been made to formulate experiments that support our proposal from the perspective of the problem and the entire chain, in order to achieve profitability.<br>Trabajo de investigación
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Šmejkalová, Kateřina. "Sport a politika." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-359159.
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The objective of this thesis is delineating the overview about the system of support the sport in the Czech Republic, specifically the financing of sport from public budgets. The thesis deals with settings of grand programs, who mades and authorizes programs, who determines about the financial amount which are invested to individual programs. This thesis shows how backward control of paid grants is made or creation of sports conpcets. The output of the practical part are answers these questions at Kladno city and The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic. The theoretical part emphasizes on irreplaceability of movement and sport for the society and also is generally devoted to the formation of public policy and theirs actors and emplacement sport support in the Czech legal order.
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Dalton, Jane Emily. "Awakening the spirit /." Online version of thesis, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/10311.
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Fay, Deane Colin. "Spirit, vision, heart /." Online version of thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/10934.
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Kruger, Christiaan Reinard. "Hinderlaagbemarking in sport." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40606.
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Bautista, Fernández Christian Hilario, Allende Angel Rafael Delgado, Trucíos Carolina Fuentes Rivera, and Franco Sarita Liliana Rentería. "INKA Sport Wear." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/624698.
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En el Perú la práctica por la natación crece cada vez más, no solo por la afición que causa entre las personas que lo practican, sino también por los beneficios que ofrece, al ser uno de los deportes más completos que existe. Las diferentes academias y/o institutos deportivos no se encuentran exentas a este crecimiento, tomando en cuenta las nuevas tendencias como la práctica de natación en mujeres embarazadas. Ante ello, es necesario contar con una prenda que se adecue a las necesidades específicas de cada cliente tanto en talla como en diseño frente a la constante demanda. El mercado actual carece de esta diversidad al ofrecer tallas únicas y de costo elevado al que no todos pueden acceder, restringiendo la práctica de este deporte. En ese sentido, nace Inka Sport Wear, como una solución que busca satisfacer las necesidades de sus clientes a través de la comercialización de ropa de baño con diseños innovadores y personalizados a un precio asequible manteniendo la comodidad, calidad y durabilidad del producto.<br>In Peru, the practice of swimming is constantly increasing, not only as a hobby in their fans, but also for the benefits this sport offers as it is considered one of the more complete sports. The different sport academies and/or institutions are also part of this increase, considering the new tendency of swimming in pregnant. Therefore, it is necessary to have a swimming suit for facing the specific needs of each client both in size and design of the product caused by the constant demand. The current market lacks of this variety offering unique size and costly products not everyone may purchase which restricts its practice.
In this sense, we launched Inka Sport Wear as an inexpensive solution to satisfy the different needs of their clients with innovative, customized swimming suit keeping comfort, quality and durability.<br>Trabajo de investigación
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Jones, Charles W. "Sociology in Sport." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3961.
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Bartoš, Jan. "Sport hotel Frýdlant." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-265603.
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In my thesis I will deal with the draft project documentation for sport hotel. This object is located in the quiet southeastern part of Frydlant with city views and easy access to the nearby sports facilities. It is an object of part two storey and a basement. The building is set into the sloping terrain, so the underground floor extends on to the ground. The building is based on foundation walls and footings that are made of reinforced concrete. Load-bearing walls of the underground floors are designed as reinforced concrete. Ceiling structure of the building is made as reinforced concrete beam ceiling and in other structure parts as a crosswise reinforced concrete plate. Perimeter bearing walls and two floors, are designed from the acoustic sand-lime bricks Silk. External walls are warmed by a contact insulation system. Flat single shell roof was chosen over part of the restaurant. Double-layer roof with a supporting truss structures above the main part of the building. The building is divided into functional parts. Accommodation capacities are mostly on the second floor. On the ground floor there is a restaurant with a kitchen and space for staff. In the basement there is a functional part of the wellness and gym with common dressing rooms. The only entrance path allows convenient control of customers. The building is wheelchair accessible.
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Rayssac, Philippe Daniel Françis. "Sport et grossesse." Bordeaux 2, 1990. http://www.theses.fr/1990BOR25015.
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Hall, Tammy Kay. "Determinants of elite athletes' commitment to sport : examination of the sport commitment model in the professional sport domain." PDXScholar, 1993. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3551.
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This study examined the applicability of the Sport Commitment Model for a group of elite, professional athletes. The model proposes that an athlete's commitment will increase as sport enjoyment, personal investments, social constraints, and involvement opportunities increase and will decrease with an increase in involvement opportunities. The influence of identification as an athlete, a determinant of commitment not included in the original model, was also examined. One hundred and eighty three professional football players from the Canadian Football League (CFL) (n = 121) and National Football League (NFL) (n = 69) participated in the study. Each subject completed a modified version of the original questionnaire developed to test the constructs in the Sport Commitment Model (Scanlan, Simons, Carpenter, Schmidt, & Keeler, 1993) during a team meeting. Internal consistency reliabilities for the final items in all seven scales were acceptable. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated marginal overall fit (AGFI = 0.757) demonstrating good construct validity and discriminant validity for each scale. Zero-order correlations between commitment and its predictor constructs were significant and in the hypothesized direction for all predictor constructs except social constraints. The correlation between commitment and social constraints was negative and nonsignificant. The simultaneous regression analysis results found the predictor constructs accounted for 38% of the variance in commitment. Identification uniquely accounted for the most variance followed by enjoyment, involvement alternatives, and involvement opportunities. Only personal investments and social constraints did not contribute a significant amount of unique variance to sport commitment. The importance and meaning of the relationships between commitment and its determinants for professional athletes are discussed, as well as directions for future research.
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Fairley, Sheranne, and n/a. "Sport Fan Tourism: Understanding Those Who Travel To Follow Sport Teams." Griffith University. Griffith Business School, 2006. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20070716.153940.
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Sport events and attractions which encourage both participants and spectators are seen as significant contributors to the tourism economy (Delpy, 1998; Glyptis, 1991; Standeven & DeKnop, 1999). Further, Gratton and Taylor (2000) note that sport related travel accounts for 7% of total expenditure on sport. To date, the main focus of event sport tourism research has been on the economic impact of large-scale sport events (Burgan & Mules, 1992; Crompton, 1995; Mules & Faulkner, 1996; Walo, Bull, & Breen, 1996). However, Higham (1999) posits that smaller scale events such as regular season games may be of greater benefit to the host community as these events are hosted within existing infrastructure and therefore limit the need for public expenditure. However, fans who travel to regular season competition are a market segment that has been largely ignored by both sport and tourism marketers. Sport marketers have focused on home game attendance, media viewership and product purchases, while tourism marketers have focused on leveraging the destination. Anecdotal evidence suggests that fans who travel organise a substantial proportion of their discretionary time and income around this activity. Recent research by Gibson, Willming and Holdnak (2002, 2003) has begun to understand the behaviours of sport fans who travel to home games. This study seeks to understand the behaviours and experiences of those who travel to attend away games. In particular the study asks: What motivates fans to travel to follow professional sport teams, what experiences fans have and seek during the travel, and what place does travelling to follow a sport team have in the overall consumption behaviour of sport fans. This study examined the motives and experiences of six fan groups travelling interstate to follow their Australian Football League (AFL) team in the 2001 season. As the behaviours and experiences of those who travel to follow sport teams have not previously been explored, exploratory analysis using an iterative process of constant comparison between data colleted from the research setting and the existent literature. Using this method the researcher was able to describe the social world under investigation without preconceived hypotheses. The researcher travelled interstate with each fan group, and collected data via participant observation and interviews with key informants. Data were coded using standard protocols for analysis of qualitative data (Spradley, 1980). The researcher read through the transcripts and field notes and coded all phrases and opinions from the manuscript. Data were analysed through the process of data reduction, selective sampling of the literature, and selected sampling of the data (Stern, 1980). From the initial codes, data reduction identified core variables and emergent themes. Through this grounded theory methodology, a conceptual model was developed which illustrates the motives and experiences of those who travel to follow professional sport teams. Three distinct types of groups were identified, each garnering a distinctive sport tourism experience. The groups identified were: supporter groups, long-term travel groups, and temporary travel groups. While travel to follow the team is the stated rationale for all three groups, the game experience for each is substantially different, four major themes emerged which distinguished the groups and the experiences that they had. These were: (1) group structure, (2) trip characteristics, (3) socialisation, and (4) game experience and reaction to game outcome. Each type of group was found to have a distinct group structure, communication pattern, but differed in terms of the objects to which they identified. Findings suggest that sport fans do not necessarily identify with the team or related object, but can identify with a smaller social group, which has a shared interest in the team. These elements of group structure and point of identification were found to have a reciprocal relationship with various travel elements that were utilised by each group including the mode of transport, temporal elements, choice of destination, and activities at the destination. In particular, the travel elements were chosen so that each group type could best express and experience that which is core to each group. Further analysis suggested that the experience of each of the groups was influenced by the continual development of the group both before and during the travel experience. For the supporter groups and long-term travel groups, rituals, symbols, and folklore played a key role in the experience. These elements of performance were used to continually shape and interpret the travel experience. One would expect that the game would have elevated importance, as it is the activity that legitimates each group. However, the on-field game did not have prime importance. Instead the different points of identification of each group were used as a basis through which the game was experienced. Key implications for sport and tourism marketing suggest that the sport tourism experience is more than an experience of place or an experience of watching the sport. Identification with a small social group is sufficient to generate travel to follow a team. By providing a setting which immerses participants in a particular identity for a prolonged period of time, the act of travelling itself can create a social climate that encourages participants to undertake the trip week after week, and form deep connection to the team. Implications for practice and future research directions are also discussed.
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Lawrence, Hugh David Vincent. "Government Involvement in New Zealand Sport - Sport Policy: a Cautionary Tale." The University of Waikato, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2351.
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Government involvement in New Zealand sport spans over 70 years from provisions of the Physical Welfare Act in 1937 to current provisions of the Sport and Recreation Act 2002. Thousands of volunteers in non-profit organisations continue to underpin New Zealand's sport system. It is axiomatic that sport defines part of what it means to be a New Zealander. Governments frequently use the rhetoric of community cohesion, national pride, life skills and public health benefits to justify its involvement. This thesis examines the impact of government intervention on the sport sector, its funding paradigms and the extent of sector engagement in a policy for sport. Through an examination of available government and sport sector records, and the author's own experience as a participant in events, the thesis recounts a sequence of five milestones for the New Zealand sport system and views them through a public management system lens. The passing of the Physical Welfare and Recreation Act in 1937, the establishment of a Ministry and Council for Recreation and Sport in 1973, the ministerial Sports Development Inquiry in 1984, the Prime Minister's Review of High Performance Sport in 1995 and the Sport, Fitness and Leisure Ministerial Taskforce. Government funding of sport now stands at around $100 million annually from small beginnings of $3,295 in 1945/1946, despite the absence of a comprehensive national policy for sport. By examining the chronology through a wider state sector lens, the thesis opens a window to the practical effect of public policy processes on matters of importance to the New Zealand sport sector and its voluntary sector foundations. This thesis also provides a rationale for revitalising the engagement between government and the New Zealand sport sector to meet the expectations of a modern state sector to meaningfully engage citizens and the non-government sector in the formation of policy and planning its implementation.
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Kilic, Koray. "How Do Turkish Sport Coaches Access The Knowledge Of Sport Science?" Master's thesis, METU, 2013. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615411/index.pdf.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the following research questions in Turkish coaching context: a) How do coaches perceive sport science research? b) Which sources do coaches utilize when obtaining the knowledge they need? c) What obstacles do coaches confront when trying to access the knowledge they need? Participants were 322 coaches (256 men, 66 women) from diverse sports and coaching levels working in Ankara. &ldquo<br>New Ideas for Coaches&rdquo<br>questionnaire by Reade, Rodgers and Hall (2008) was translated and adapted into Turkish for the current study. There was a strong concurrence between Turkish coaches in terms of the belief that sport science contributes to sport (%78). Gaps exist, however, between what coaches were looking for and the research that is being conducted. Coaches were most likely to attend seminars or consult other coaches to get new information. Scientific publications were ranked very low by the coaches. The barriers to the coaches&rsquo<br>access to sport science were finding out the source of information, being able to implement the knowledge that was obtained from sport sciences into field of coaching, lack of monetary support for the expenses about obtaining knowledge, and language barrier respectively. Coaches&rsquo<br>demographic characteristics influenced their perceptions of and preferences for obtaining new information. Strategies to remove the barriers could include providing further education opportunities for coaches and eligible scientific knowledge sources to ensure successful knowledge transfer.
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Gilmore, Orla. "Leaving competitive sport : Scottish female athletes' experiences of sport career transitions." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/496.
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Over the last three decades, the sports research community has demonstrated a growing interest in the process of sport retirement. The majority of the sport retirement research has focused on male professional athletes, traditionally those in the popular spectator sports. Yet, the process of leaving sport applies to thousands of individuals, both male and female, who engage in competitive sport. To date very little consideration has been given to the retirement experiences of female athletes. Three separate studies have been undertaken to address this identified gap in the literature. Studies One and Two aimed to explore the experiences of sport retirement for elite female athletes in Scotland, using a mixture of quantitative and qualitative methodologies. In Study One questionnaire data was collected from 92 former Scottish elite female athletes. Questionnaire sections were designed to examine what were felt to be the major elements of the Taylor and Ogilvie (1994; 2001) conceptual model of adaptation to retirement from sport, in order to explore the applicability of this model to female athletes in Scotland. The results of the study provide support for the use of this model to assist in our understanding of the retirement transition. The findings highlighted the importance of athletic identity, reason for retirement, and perceptions of control in predicting the level of difficulty and adjustment that an athlete may experience upon their retirement. The most significant finding was the effect that athletic identity had on the retirement process, with those identifying strongly with the athletic role reporting significantly higher levels of difficulty, emotional adjustment, and social adjustment. 29 of these athletes participated in an in-depth interview within Study Two, enabling a more in-depth analysis of their retirement experiences. In this study particular attention was paid to the effect of athletic identity on this transition. In support of the findings of Study One, athletes with a strong and exclusive athletic identity were found to be more likely to experience difficulties when they retire. In comparison, athletes with lower levels of athletic identity generally experience some mild negative emotions after initially retiring, followed by a relatively smooth transition into their life after sport. The second part of this thesis examines formal programmes available to support female athletic retirement in Scotland. Study Three provides an evaluation of the Performance Lifestyle programme offered by the Scottish Institute of Sport, focusing in particular on the services related to preparation for life after sport. The perspectives of a number of different groups with an interest or involvement in the programme were examined and comparisons made with the delivery of Performance Lifestyle to other athlete groups in Great Britain. The results show that Performance Lifestyle is a very valuable source of support for athletes who are part of the Institute Network. The programme does deal with the issue of the end of the career, but it is definitely a weaker aspect, largely due to lack of resources. Performance Lifestyle in Scotland compares favourably with programmes offered by the Institute Network in England and by Welsh Rugby. However other professional sports are currently offering superior programmes due to higher levels of investment and resources.
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Beaussant, Martine. "Essai d'anthropologie sur le sport féminin : le sport, outil de socialisation." Bordeaux 2, 2001. http://www.theses.fr/2001BOR20845.
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Le sport est-il un outil de socialisation pour les sujets féminins ? Dans une première partie, nous essaierons de définir les divers rôles sociaux du sport. Pour chacun d'eux nous voyons de quelles façons les femmes s'intègrent dans ces rôles. En seconde partie, nous observerons un exemple précis de socialisation féminine par le sport. Nous suivrons de jeunes gymnastes depuis les premiers cours de baby gym jusqu'en haut niveau<br>Is sport a mean of socialisation for females ? In a first part, we will try to define some social rolls of sport. For each of them, we will see how women can play these rolls. In a second part, we will observe a precise example of female socialisation by sport. We will follow young female gymnasts from their first lesson in baby gym curses to international level
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Makepeace, Tyler. "Exploring Traditional and Novel Applications for Sport Psychology in Masters Sport." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/40658.
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Due to the expanding aging population, Masters sport is becoming an increasingly popular activity for older adults (Weir et al., 2010). However, few resources are available to support lifelong sport adherence for middle-aged and older adults in competitive sport, or Masters athletes (MAs). The purpose of the thesis was to explore how MAs apply deliberate psychological strategies as a support to enhance their performance, experience, or adherence to the adult sport lifestyle. It also explored how mental performance consultants (MPCs) viewed the application of sport psychology to MAs, including content to which skills/strategies could be applied, and delivery approaches. In Manuscript 1, semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight Canadian MAs (Mage = 51, range 38-62; 3 males, 5 females) from 12 sports (10 individual, 2 team) to explore how they applied psychological skills/strategies as a support to the Masters sport experience. Data were thematically analyzed (Braun & Clark, 2012) deductively (Weinberg & Gould, 2015) and inductively. The results demonstrated that MAs used traditional mental skills predominantly to enhance performance, while novel Masters-specific skills were used to maintain sport adherence. MAs promptly illustrated sport psychology content, but were rather limited when discussing their methods/techniques. In Manuscript 2, five two-person semi- structured group interviews were pursued with ten professional Canadian MPCs (8 women, 2 men) who had experience consulting MAs. These interviews explored the content consultants delivered to MAs and whether there were implications of specific adult attributes associated with service delivery. Data were thematically analyzed (Braun & Clark, 2012) inductively. The results showed MPCs’ perceptions on psychological content they believed was highly pertinent in their consulting practice with MAs. Specifically, they described targeted content related to performance readiness, prioritizing sport, protecting/recovering sport enjoyment, and aging/self-compassionate considerations. MPCs also highlighted nuances related to approaches to consultation with adult sportspersons and the delivery of psychological services to MAs. In both studies with the MAs and the MPCs, interviewees described various barriers and constraints that influenced approaches to consultation and service delivery. Altogether, the corroborative results from both studies suggest the benefits of psychological support services for MAs, the use of MPCs’ services and expertise as an additional support to maintain lifelong sport activity, and provide a formative guide for content and approaches to delivery with the Masters clientele.
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Dickinson, Arlene. "Postconcussive sequelae in contact sport : rugby versus non-contact sport controls." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008455.
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The effects of repeated mild concussive head injury on professional rugby players were examined. Data were collected for rugby players (n=26) and cricket player controls (n=21) using a comprehensive neuropsychological test battery comprising five modalities (Verbal Memory, Visual Memory, Verbal Fluency, Visuoperccptual Tracking and Hand Motor Dexterity) and a self-report Postconcussive Symptomology Questionnaire. Group statistical comparisons of the percentage of individuals with deficit were carried out for (i) rugby versus cricket; (ii) rugby forwards versus rugby backs; and (iii) rugby forwards versus cricket. Rugby players performed significantly poorer than controls on SA W AIS Digit Symbol Substitution subtest and on the Trail Making Test. On Digits Forward and Digit Symbol Incidental Recall, the results approached significance with the rugby players showing a tendency toward impairment on these tests. Rugby players exhibited impairment in areas of visuoperceptual tracking, speed of information processing and attention, and there are tendencies of impairment in verbal and/or visual memory. Results obtained on the self-report questionnaire strongly reinforced cognitive test results and a significant proportion of rugby players reported difficulties with sustained attention, memory and lowered frustration tolerance as well as symptoms of anxiety and depression. It was consistently noted that players in the more full contact positions (rugby forwards) were most susceptible to impairment, confirming that these players, who are exposed to repeated mild head injuries, are at greater risk of exhibiting postconcussive sequelae<br>KMBT_363<br>Adobe Acrobat 9.54 Paper Capture Plug-in
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Haycock, David. "University students' sport participation : the significance of sport and leisure careers." Thesis, University of Chester, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10034/600537.
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There is now national and international evidence which indicates that those who have higher educational qualifications are more likely to be present-day and future sport participants than those who leave education once they reach the minimum school-leaving age. In Britain, despite significant government policy and financial investment in interventions designed to boost youth sport participation alongside other favourable trends, including a doubling in the proportion of students entering higher education (HE) since the 1980s, the rates of sport participation among the general population, including young people, have remained relatively static. This is particularly significant for, if attending HE does indeed help explain why university students are more likely to become present-day sport participants and remain sports-active into later life, then one might have expected to observe increases in participation by young people and adults over the last three decades or so. Since this has not happened, definitive conclusions about whether there is a HE effect on sport participation and, if so, what this effect/these effects are, cannot yet be drawn. The central objective of this study, therefore, was to explore this apparent paradox by analysing the development of 124 20-25-year-old undergraduate students’ present-day sport and leisure participation via a retrospective analysis of their sport and leisure careers. The study employed a cross-sectional, mixed methods, research design incorporating structured and semi-structured interviews held at two universities in England between March and July 2011. The findings indicated that the two clearest predictors of differences in the present-day sport participation and sport careers of university students were subject of study and sex, with sport students and males being the most likely participants over the life course and whilst at university. These differences first emerged during childhood, widened from age 12-13-years-old, and remained relatively set from age 16 onwards. The differences in the present-day sport participation of university students, and the richness of their overall sport careers, could thus not be attributed to a ‘HE effect’ as previous research has suggested. It was during childhood, rather than youth, when the preconditions required for constructing short- or longer-term sport (and leisure) careers were formed. The differential childhood socialization practices students’ experienced played a crucial role in the development of sporting habituses and dispositions within their unfolding networks (or figurations) which provided the foundations upon which present-day inequalities in participation were based. In this regard, the assumed contribution attending HE has previously been expected to make to students’ current and future sport participation appears to have been over-stated, and in so doing diverted attention from other processes associated with the inequalities that underlie students’ differential engagement in sport. It seemed that the context of university did little to promote overall levels of student participation, the numbers of sports they played, and the facilities they used. At best, attending HE may have simply delayed the drop-out from sport among those with already established and longer-running sport careers prior to attending university. In this regard, the present focus on raising sport participation among 14-25-year-olds by various sports organizations and facilitators would appear misguided and perhaps doomed to failure, for the evidence of this study suggests that a more appropriate focal point for policy interventions concerned with boosting longer-term participation is not with youth, but with children.
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Fairley, Sheranne. "Sport Fan Tourism: Understanding Those Who Travel To Follow Sport Teams." Thesis, Griffith University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366608.
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Sport events and attractions which encourage both participants and spectators are seen as significant contributors to the tourism economy (Delpy, 1998; Glyptis, 1991; Standeven & DeKnop, 1999). Further, Gratton and Taylor (2000) note that sport related travel accounts for 7% of total expenditure on sport. To date, the main focus of event sport tourism research has been on the economic impact of large-scale sport events (Burgan & Mules, 1992; Crompton, 1995; Mules & Faulkner, 1996; Walo, Bull, & Breen, 1996). However, Higham (1999) posits that smaller scale events such as regular season games may be of greater benefit to the host community as these events are hosted within existing infrastructure and therefore limit the need for public expenditure. However, fans who travel to regular season competition are a market segment that has been largely ignored by both sport and tourism marketers. Sport marketers have focused on home game attendance, media viewership and product purchases, while tourism marketers have focused on leveraging the destination. Anecdotal evidence suggests that fans who travel organise a substantial proportion of their discretionary time and income around this activity. Recent research by Gibson, Willming and Holdnak (2002, 2003) has begun to understand the behaviours of sport fans who travel to home games. This study seeks to understand the behaviours and experiences of those who travel to attend away games. In particular the study asks: What motivates fans to travel to follow professional sport teams, what experiences fans have and seek during the travel, and what place does travelling to follow a sport team have in the overall consumption behaviour of sport fans. This study examined the motives and experiences of six fan groups travelling interstate to follow their Australian Football League (AFL) team in the 2001 season. As the behaviours and experiences of those who travel to follow sport teams have not previously been explored, exploratory analysis using an iterative process of constant comparison between data colleted from the research setting and the existent literature. Using this method the researcher was able to describe the social world under investigation without preconceived hypotheses. The researcher travelled interstate with each fan group, and collected data via participant observation and interviews with key informants. Data were coded using standard protocols for analysis of qualitative data (Spradley, 1980). The researcher read through the transcripts and field notes and coded all phrases and opinions from the manuscript. Data were analysed through the process of data reduction, selective sampling of the literature, and selected sampling of the data (Stern, 1980). From the initial codes, data reduction identified core variables and emergent themes. Through this grounded theory methodology, a conceptual model was developed which illustrates the motives and experiences of those who travel to follow professional sport teams. Three distinct types of groups were identified, each garnering a distinctive sport tourism experience. The groups identified were: supporter groups, long-term travel groups, and temporary travel groups. While travel to follow the team is the stated rationale for all three groups, the game experience for each is substantially different, four major themes emerged which distinguished the groups and the experiences that they had. These were: (1) group structure, (2) trip characteristics, (3) socialisation, and (4) game experience and reaction to game outcome. Each type of group was found to have a distinct group structure, communication pattern, but differed in terms of the objects to which they identified. Findings suggest that sport fans do not necessarily identify with the team or related object, but can identify with a smaller social group, which has a shared interest in the team. These elements of group structure and point of identification were found to have a reciprocal relationship with various travel elements that were utilised by each group including the mode of transport, temporal elements, choice of destination, and activities at the destination. In particular, the travel elements were chosen so that each group type could best express and experience that which is core to each group. Further analysis suggested that the experience of each of the groups was influenced by the continual development of the group both before and during the travel experience. For the supporter groups and long-term travel groups, rituals, symbols, and folklore played a key role in the experience. These elements of performance were used to continually shape and interpret the travel experience. One would expect that the game would have elevated importance, as it is the activity that legitimates each group. However, the on-field game did not have prime importance. Instead the different points of identification of each group were used as a basis through which the game was experienced. Key implications for sport and tourism marketing suggest that the sport tourism experience is more than an experience of place or an experience of watching the sport. Identification with a small social group is sufficient to generate travel to follow a team. By providing a setting which immerses participants in a particular identity for a prolonged period of time, the act of travelling itself can create a social climate that encourages participants to undertake the trip week after week, and form deep connection to the team. Implications for practice and future research directions are also discussed.<br>Thesis (PhD Doctorate)<br>Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)<br>Griffith Business School<br>Griffith Business School<br>Full Text
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Kennelly, Millicent. "Developing Sport Tourism: A Multiple Case Study of Interaction Between Australian National Sport Organisations and a Sport Tour Operator." Thesis, Griffith University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366210.
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This multiple case study revealed that national sport organisations can play a role in
facilitating and developing sport tourism by interacting with sport tour operators. It
investigated why and how four Australian national sport organisations (NSOs) interacted with
a sport tour operator (STO). The four NSOs featured in this research are Tennis Australia, the
Australian Rugby Union, Cricket Australia, and Football Federation Australia. These four
NSOs play a role in hosting major international sport events in Australia, and also send
Australian representative teams to major events hosted overseas. FanFirm, an Australian
based STO, sells tour packages to many of these events. The four NSOs often interact with
FanFirm in the provision of this service and in doing so play a role in encouraging sport event
tourism.
This research responds to a lack of research on the role, or potential role, of the NSO–
STO nexus in delivering tourists to major sport events. To inquire into the NSO–STO nexus,
this qualitative case study sought to ascertain the perspectives of four NSOs on the evolution,
logistics, benefits, and pitfalls of interacting with STOs. Underpinned by stakeholder theory,
the research asked why the NSOs initiated interactions with FanFirm, how they managed the
interactions, and why the interactions were maintained. A comparison of the four cases identified four major themes which encapsulate why
and how the NSOs and STOs interact. The factors motivating and facilitating collaboration
between the NSOs and FanFirm are multifaceted and the themes reflect this. Broad contextual
factors in the NSOs’ operating milieus, or “distal preconditions”, first led the NSOs to
recognise the benefits of sport event tourism. The decision to collaborate was further
influenced by “proximal preconditions”, or factors that directly facilitated or impeded the
NSO–STO interactions. NSO–STO collaborations commenced when the preconditions were
favourable. The collaborations were then managed through a process of “resource
interactions”, whereby both parties contributed to the development and sale of sport tour
packages. Finally, the sharing of resources produced “relational outcomes”; in particular,
interaction produced financial and intangible benefits for the NSOs. This led to the conclusion
that the NSOs maintained their relationships with STOs for instrumental reasons.
The findings of this research suggest that STOs are not the most salient of the many
stakeholders with whom NSOs interact in the delivery of major events. However, the NSO–
STO interaction was utilitarian for the NSOs: it provided each NSO with a means to increase
the commercial value of its tickets; it facilitated the provision of a tour service to loyal fans; it
ensured that Australian athletes were supported during international contests; and it
encouraged sport event tourism.<br>Thesis (PhD Doctorate)<br>Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)<br>Griffith Business School<br>Griffith Business School<br>Full Text
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Kumar, Harish. "Does the UK sport delivery system's approach to sport provision influence individuals' sport participation and their outcomes differently? : a case study of a County Sport Partnership in England." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2018. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/35702.
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There is a lack of knowledge on how alternative forms of sports facility provision influences end user's sports and physical activity behaviour, and the consequent impact this has on their health, well-being and social capital. To address this knowledge gap, this thesis has undertaken a multi-level analysis of the sport delivery system. It examines if strategic priorities and objectives pursued by different types of sport and fitness facilities, that are being influenced by macro level forces, along with their characteristics and ownership, influences individuals sport participation behaviour with a potential consequent impact on the policy outcomes of health, well-being and social capital. In the UK recently, sport policy objectives have focussed on increasing the population s participation in sport and physical activity to enhance a range of outcomes including health, well-being and social capital. Over the last three decades, there has also been significant changes in sport provision with the growth of private sector facilities, and public sector facilities being outsourced to private management. However, there is no evidence of the effectiveness of these alternative arrangements in delivering the policy objectives. There is limited knowledge on how different agents and actors in the sport delivery system function collectively to achieve these objectives or not, and a multi-level analysis of the sport delivery system i.e., from policy, through facilities, to end users does not exist. This gap in knowledge is addressed in this thesis through the adoption of a mixed methods case study of Leicestershire and Rutland Sport-County Sport Partnership (LRS-CSP) region in the midlands of England. The sport participation of individuals who use differently owned and managed sport and fitness facilities in the LRS-CSP region is examined, and the impact this has on their health, well-being and social capital, from macro level (policy), meso level (facilities), and micro level (end users) perspectives. Data collected at these levels involves, semi-structured interviews with the regional managers (macro level) who are responsible for the development and provision of sport in the region, a quantitative survey involving the facility managers (meso level) who are responsible for the day-to-day activities of the facilities, and quantitative survey and focus groups of end users in the region (micro level). Surveys done at the meso and the micro level are matched to the facilities of a variety of different ownership and characteristics to explore the influence this might have on individuals participation frequency and the impact this has on their health, well-being and social capital. The results show that government and public sport agencies priorities towards the sports sector which operate at the macro level of the sport delivery system influence the strategic objectives pursued by different types of sport and fitness facilities that are responsible for sport provision at the meso level of the sport delivery system. Public sport agencies and government bodies through their policies seem to have a significant influence over public sector including LMC facilities strategic decision making. However, this is not the case for the private sector facilities. Neither the strategic objectives of facilities nor their ownership and characteristics are shown to have a significant difference on the users sport participation behaviour, nor on the sport policy outcomes of their health, well-being and social capital. The largest influence on sport participation seems to be when individuals engage in sport with those they meet at the facility, indicating that facilitation of the co-creation of social capital among individuals could play a bigger role in increasing participation levels. Along with this, results also show that sport participation has a direct positive influence on individuals health which then enhances their well-being and social capital. This thesis contributes towards the long-standing debate about the relative value of different ownership types that span the public, private, and LMCs and their relationship with performance . The findings of the thesis suggest that, providing general availability of space for sport and fitness activities and by facilitating a network of opportunities with others and across activities is important in achieving the policy outcomes of improved participation and the consequent positive impact this has on health, well-being and social capital, and should be given priority in sport provision.
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Suzuki, Naofumi. "Sport and neighbourhood regeneration : exploring the mechanisms of social inclusion through sport." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2007. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/27/.
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This thesis explores the way that sport can be used as a component of effective practice of neighbourhood regeneration. In particular, the thesis examines how and to what extent projects using sport for the purpose of engaging with young people affected by the deprivation of a neighbourhood can add to regenerating the area. The last decade has seen the shift of focus in British urban regeneration policy from physical renewal and economic development to tackling social and community-related matters concentrated in deprived neighbourhoods, such as unemployment, low income, low skills, poor housing, high crime rates, and poor health – in short, social exclusion. Young people who live in these neighbourhoods are greatly disadvantaged in respect both of their well-being at the present time and of their transition into adulthood. Use of sport for the purpose of alleviating these disadvantages is increasingly popular, although conclusive evidence of social benefits of sport participation has been lacking. The thesis identifies four sets of hypotheses that represent how sport may enhance the process of social inclusion; namely, personal development, diversion, social interaction/social networks, and the salience of sport. The normative and analytical framework is developed based on Amartya Sen’s ‘capability’ perspective so as to re-define the goal of neighbourhood regeneration, against which sport-related regeneration projects can be assessed their contribution. An in-depth qualitative case study, based on grounded theory, was carried out in deprived neighbourhoods in the East End of Glasgow. Main findings include: (1) young people in the area were trapped into the vicious circles of leisure deprivation, territoriality, and poor transition into adulthood; (2) the process of tackling youth-related problems in deprived areas can be represented with the analogies of ‘hooking’ and ‘signposting’; (3) a successful structure of a sport-related regeneration project can be represented by a ‘pyramid’, founded on financial sustainability nested in robust organisational base; (4) a project can enlarge its organisational base through a repeated process of ‘ownership’ and ‘evolution’, represented by an expanding ‘spiral’; and (5) sport-related projects are often too small to reach the majority of the ‘excluded’.
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Gilbert, Reyna A. "The relationship of parental sport participation to the sport participation of children." Virtual Press, 2004. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1294244.
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The majority of research in this area was conducted more than 20 years ago, which indicated a need for more current research. There was a need to learn how a parent's previous or current sport participation could impact their child's sport experience. Parents and their children completed questionnaires to determine the role of parental influence upon child sport socialization. Participants included students in the 6th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grade physical education classes at a Mid-west school and their parents. Thirty-eight children, 24 fathers, and 31 mothers were included in the sample.No significant difference was found in the sport participation rates of children whose parents participated in sports previously and children whose parents were not active sport participants in the past. A positive relationship was found between parents who had a positive overall sport experience and their child's perception of their encouragement to pursue the same sport in which parents had previously participated.<br>School of Physical Education
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Silver, Daniel. "Core Stability in Sport : Its association to and effects om sport performance." Thesis, Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH, Institutionen för idrotts- och hälsovetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-4432.
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Aim The aim of this paper was to investigate if there is sufficient evidence that core strengthening/ strength effects on sport performance in a positive way through an analysis of the scientific literature up to date. Method The articles analysed in this paper were gathered through a search of the databases SportDiscus and PubMed carried out between 02.12.11 and 13.12.11. The search words chosen were, abdominal strength, athletic performance AND core, core training, core training AND efficacy, core stability AND athletic function, core AND athlete, trunk stability, trunk stability AND effect. As a complement to the database research, articles were included that could be found in the reference lists from incorporated articles. After an evaluation through exclusion and inclusion criteria, in total 16 articles were included. Descriptive articles and intervention studies were presented separately. Results Five of the 16 articles were descriptive studies and 9 intervention studies.While most studies showed no association between core strength/stability and sports related performance or benefit from core training, adding core training to a program was beneficial for throwing and striking skills in five studies. Core strength/stability was assessed in many different ways and there is no consensus in the literature today regarding valid tests or the very definition of core strength and stability. Conclusions The limited quality and number of studies on the relationship between core strength/stability and sport performance makes it hard to draw any clear conclusion. Although some support was found to substantiate that core strengthening might positively affect throwing and striking skills. Most core stability measurements focused on muscle endurance while sport performance, more likely, demands power and explosive core stability. More research is needed with different subject groups and more sport specific core strength tests before conclusions can be drawn.
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Svensson, Martin. "Dokusåpor är en sport!(?) Ett bidrag till diskussionen av konceptet modern sport." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-27599.
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Sport är en viktig del av samhället. Sport är så mycket mer än matcher och spel. Sport är integrerat i de sociala och kulturella kontexterna i vårt samhälle, människor identifierar sig själva och världen runt omkring sig med hjälp av sport – det är därför viktigt att studera sport. Då sport är viktigt att studera är det också viktigt att ha en diskussion kring hur konceptet modern sport bör tolkas, förstås, förklaras och hur det påverkar och är med i förändringsprocesser i samhället. Begreppet modern sport är i en ständig utveckling, vilket blir ett problem vid resonemang kring modern sport och samhällsprocesser. Uppsatsens syfte är att bidra till diskussionen av begreppet och konceptet modern sport. För att lösa syftet och problemet med uppsatsen kommer det genomföras en studie. Studien ska tolka om dokusåpan och underhållningsprogrammet Sveriges mästerkock kan kategoriseras som en modern sport. Metoden för att undersöka ifall Sveriges mästerkock kan kategoriseras som en modern sport är genom ett deltagande i dokusåpan samt en observation av det färdiga TV-programmet. Det teoretiska ramverk som kommer appliceras och användas vid tolkningen av dokusåpan är Allen Guttmanns teorier kring konceptet modern sport.Resultatet av studien visar att Sveriges mästerkock inte uppfyller sportens alla idiom. Dokusåpan kan inte kategoriseras som en modern sport. Slutsatserna av studien är att dokusåpan är på väg att upptas av sportens hegemoni men det finns moment som är orättvisa och ojämlika i dokusåpan, vilket gör att Sveriges mästerkock inte kan kategoriseras under begreppet modern sport. Andra slutsatser av studien indikerar att sportens behov av att underhålla blir större. Detta föranleder till en diskussion ifall sportens behov av underhållning förtrycker sportens grundläggande attribut jämlikhet och rättvisa. I och med denna diskussion fullföljs uppsatsens syfte - att bidra till diskussionen av konceptet modern sport.<br>Sport is important in society. To better understand how sports influences the rest of society the purpose of this essay is to give a contribution to the discussion of modern sport. This study intends to investigate if the reality show MasterChef can be categorized as a modern sport. The method to investigate this is by participating in the reality show and observe the actual program. The study is based on Allen Guttmanns theories regarding modern sport.The results shows that MasterChef is not a modern sport because it's not fair and equal for all the participants. The conclusions of the essay is that modern sport is getting more focused on entertaining and therefore the fairness and equality is set to side. This leads to a discussion about modern sport and its entertaining versus fairness/equality dilemma, and the purpose of this essay is at its end.