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Participation in sport and influencing factors. People have different preferences and reasons for choosing to participate in sport and their choice is influenced by a number of factors including:...
- Commercialisation in Sport
Sport has always grabbed people's attention. For example,...
- Ethical Factors in Sports
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- Commercialisation in Sport
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It is generally accepted that physical activity confers benefits to psychosocial health, functional ability and general quality of life and has been proven to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and some cancers . Here, physical activity refers to ‘any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that results in energy expenditure’ . Condit...
The review of qualitative research covered the period from 1990 to 2004. This 15-year period was considered adequate to cover the most recent research on barriers and motivation to participation in sport and physical activity. Research papers were sourced in three ways. First, a wide range of electronic databases were searched, including Medline, C...
More than 1200 papers were identified by the initial search strategy. A total of 24 papers were accepted into the final stage of the review, with all but two published during or after 1997. Half of the papers (12) reported research where data were collected in community settings. Of the others, four were set in general physician (GP) referral schem...
This paper has reviewed the qualitative research into the reasons for participation and non-participation of UK adults and children in sport and physical activity. The review covered all qualitative papers relating to sport and physical activity in the United Kingdom from 1990 to 2004. Although we did find >20 studies, few studies met the basic qua...
This review has identified qualitative studies of the reasons for and barriers to participation in sport and physical activity. Participation is motivated by enjoyment and the development and maintenance of social support networks. Barriers to participation include transitions at key stages of the life course and having to reorient individual ident...
- Steven Allender, Gill Cowburn, Charlie Foster
- 2006
Key fact. Around 30% of adults aged 26+ take part in sport compared to over 54% of those aged 16-25. (Sport England Active People Survey, 2014/15) Gender. In the UK, 1.9 million fewer women than...
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- Sprints (100m, 200m, 400m) Often the most eye-catching events at the Olympics, the sprints involve a dash to the finish over distances of 100m, 200m and 400m.
- Hurdles (110m, 400m) A format similar to the sprints over similar distances, except the runners have to jump over hurdles before they get to the finish line.
- Relays (4x100m, 4x400m) Another category in the list of most popular events are the relay races - which consist of four runners from each country running equal distances with a baton in hand.
- Middle and Long distances (800m, 1500m, 5000m, 10000m, 3000m steeplechase) The middle and long distance runners are athletes who are built similar to sprinters but have reserves of energy to unleash during the home stretch.
Men's football, men's cricket and men's rugby are the top three team sports in terms of participation. The next two are women's football and women's netball. The 16-19 age group has the highest...
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word " pentathlon ", from Greek δέκα (déka, meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "contest" or "prize"). Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are ...
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