Growth Of Sport Research Articles

Development Strategy Management Model for Tennis Club in Guangzhou City, the People’s Republic of China

Background and Aim: More tennis players in Guangzhou offer a larger platform for the sport's growth. The Guangzhou Tennis Club has grown quickly in the last few years. However, as the tennis club has grown, several issues have emerged, including management, staffing, and club operations. Materials and Methods: This study used a questionnaire to look into 286 club members, 143 club coaches, and 53 club administrators from 50 tennis clubs in Guangzhou. The data is analyzed using the descriptive statistics method, and the resultant conclusion serves as a foundation for guidance for the Guangzhou Tennis Club's strategic management model. The instrument; (1) Survey data questionnaire for research purposes. (2) Evaluation form for focus groups. (3) Expert interview guide. (4) Questionnaire for expert assessment. Analyzing Data: (1) The average and percentage must be used in the questionnaire. (2) Content analysis will be used to analyze the data from focus groups and interviews. Results: (1) Able to fully mobilize resources to support development; good at forging cooperative relationships with pertinent institutions. (2) There are organizations to support the growth of the tennis club, and the staff management structure is well-defined. (3) There are standards and design requirements for both members and staff to meet to enter the club. Issues and challenges: (1) Absence of strategies to encourage tennis club growth in conjunction with pertinent institutional or national policies. (2) Professional staff is absent from tennis club management and instruction, and the clubs' development trajectory is unidirectional. (3) Absence of a system for tracking tennis club performance and lack of authority over the maximum number of members. And (4) abusing the tennis club welfare allowance, pressuring staff members. Conclusion: (1) Guangzhou Tennis Club should be taken into consideration when creating the phased development plan, and national and government policies should be used to promote development. The organizing section's management development strategy can be summed up as follows: using the organization's current resources to support the club's quick development. The leading development strategy should be summed up in the leadership section as follows: suitable systems should be developed to standardize each employee's daily work and have requirements for employees. The following succinctly describes the controlling development strategy in the control section: planning employee development and effectively ensuring employee welfare, as well as collaboratively advancing the growth of Guangzhou Tennis Club. (2) Fifteen experts have given the Guangzhou Tennis Club's development strategy management mode, which was created for this study, high marks. The Guangzhou Tennis Club's development strategic management mode received an average score of 4.65 from 15 participants, indicating that the experts are satisfied with the mode's practical application and overall impact.

Point shaving? A novel experiment and new insights

In light of the exponential growth in sports betting since 2018, a deeper understanding of the prevalence and nuances of corruption is needed. We demonstrate that in the venues and leagues where the likelihood of game fixing is high (among home teams and in NCAA basketball) point shaving markers are more pronounced, and where it is low (among visiting teams and in NCAA football) such indicators are muted. We explore this suspicious pattern via a natural experiment designed to exploit a positive exogenous shock in media scrutiny. Employing an exceptionally deep and broad dataset we show that corruption markers do not attenuate under social pressure and provide robust evidence that innocuous behaviors explain suspect game and wager outcomes. Our study establishes that a high degree of competitive integrity exists in the NCAA, NBA, and NFL.

Low Energy Availability and Eating Disorders Risk: A Comparison between Elite Female Adolescent Athletes and Ballet Dancers

This study examined the risk of low energy availability (LEA) and eating disorders among elite adolescent female athletes from a mixed-sport cohort and ballet dancers in Singapore, where the accelerated biological needs of adolescent growth and maturation overlap with the pursuit of sport/ballet excellence and high-stakes academic testing. All of these are competing demands for adequate fuelling and seeking timely treatment, which consequently affect the risk of LEA. Eighty-nine participants (41 athletes, 48 dancers; age 16.00 [3.00] years old) were screened for the risk of LEA and eating disorders using the Low Energy Availability in Females Questionnaire (LEAF-Q) and Brief Eating Disorder in Athletes Questionnaire (BEDA-Q), respectively. The main effects of athlete/ballet status and age (≤15 years old versus 15.1 years–18 years old) on LEAF-Q and BEDA-Q scores was be determined via Spearman’s correlation coefficient and linear regression analyses. The Mann–Whitney U test and Fisher’s exact test were used to compare the groups for the risk of LEA and ED. We observed that adolescent athletes and ballet dancers had a similar prevalence of being at risk of LEA (61.98% versus 54.17%, respectively, p = 0.529), with the risk of eating disorders absent in most of them. It appeared that the risk of LEA is likely of an unintentional nature in this study as the risk of ED was absent in 90.2% of the adolescent athletes/ballet dancers that were at risk of LEA. The age of the participants was significantly correlated with the risk of LEA, while the number of training hours was negatively correlated with the same factor. Age was also found to be negatively correlated with the number of training hours. The findings suggest that the risk of LEA in Singapore youth athletes and dancers are multifaceted, involving factors such as type of activity, age, and training hours. Targeted and tailored interventions and programmes are thus needed to promote adequate energy availability for optimal physical and psychological growth in sport and dance.

Achievement of Women Football in India- A Review

The purpose of the present study was threefold i.e., to investigate and document the history of women's football in India, tracing its evolution, milestones, and key developments over the years, to contextualize the study within the broader landscape of women's football in India, examining the challenges, successes, and unique aspects of the sport in the country and to analyze the achievements of women's football, including the accomplishments of individual footballers, and assess their impact on the sport's growth and recognition in India. By addressing these objectives, the study aimed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the history and status of women's football in India, shedding light on its past, present, and the contributions of players to the sport's development. This research can be valuable in promoting awareness and facilitating further advancements in women's football within the Indian context. The Indian women's national football team is under the control of the All-India Football Federation and represents India in women's international football competitions. After a nearly year-long hiatus, the women's team resumed playing on 7 September 2012. The team operates under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and is governed in Asia by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Additionally, the team is a member of the South Asian Football Federation. During the mid-70s to early 80s, the Indian women's national team was among the best teams in Asia. They achieved notable success by becoming runners-up in the 1979 and 1983 AFC Women's Asian Cup. These achievements highlighted their competitiveness and skill on the Asian football stage. In more recent times, the Indian team achieved a significant milestone by winning its first gold medal in the 2010 South Asian Games held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Players like Bembem Devi and Ansha were standout performers during this period, contributing to the team's success. This history underscores the rich legacy of women's football in India and the potential for future growth and success on both the Asian and international stages. The Indian women's national football team continues to inspire and pave the way for future generations of female footballers in the country. To find out the data and various information Researcher reviewed different websites, Google, Wikipedia, Newspaper, Sports magazines, Books, etc. Initially, the author went through literature related to women's sports. Further, he shortened his area of focus and restricted it to the area of Women's football in the Olympics and other sports. He went through all sorts of information available in the form of secondary sources like books, journals, articles, magazines, newspapers, the internet, etc., and accumulated all important data relevant to the topic and presented in the thesis. In conclusion, while progress has been made in the realm of women's football, there is still much work to be done to ensure that female athletes receive the same rights, recognition, and opportunities as their male counterparts. It is imperative that stakeholders in the football world and society at large continue to push for greater gender equality in sports, fostering an environment where female football players can thrive both on the field and in their social lives..

Reduction of the Quality of Life as an Independent Kind of Non-Economic Losses in Case of Damage to Health

The paper is devoted to examination of the decline in the overall quality of life of a person who has suffered health damage as an independent kind of non-economic losses. The author defines doctrinal and regulatory prerequisites for the development of scientifically grounded criteria for its assessment and compensation in tort obligations. It has been established that, despite the use of the term «physical suffering» in Article 151 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, this element does not have reliable accounting methods when determining compensation for moral damage, largely due to the concentration of the appropriate method of civil rights protection on the act of unlawful behavior itself and the combination of the functions of conditional restoration of individually perceived losses and private sanctions. Taking into account significant foreign experience (Australia, Spain, Italy, USA, France, etc.), the author substantiates that consideration of adverse changes in the general parameters of the physical condition of the victim separately from the moral harm construction is predetermined by their role as a non-economic basis for the life of each person, resulting from a resource-oriented approach to the category of quality of life. The author proposes the method of calculating compensation for non-material damagebased on the principles of isolation of the assessment of physical conditions for temporary and persistent injuries, the complexity of factors of the impact of health damage on the overall quality of life of the injured person, the objectivity of the characteristics of the severity of pain. The scope of application of the construction of moral harm in legal relations under consideration is clarified, extending it to physical and moral suffering, developing from the accompanying intangible losses of «special value» (loss of the ability to enjoy professional activities and ordinary daily activities, loss of prospects for personal growth in sports and hobbies, etc.).

SPORT AS AN OBJECT AND SUBJECT OF POLITICAL COMMUNICATION IN MODERN RUSSIA

Recently, Russia has been showing increased attention to sports as a political tool. The country is striving to obtain the status of a ‘sports power’, hosting the most prestigious world-class competitions. The political impact on sports’ progress remains significant, as politics evidently "absorbs" traditional athletic habitat, using sport occasions as an instrument of influence. The significance of sports in political communication is becoming wider. A situation arises in which sport ceases to act as a sole object of politics, falling into the category of ‘means’ or ‘subject’, while representatives of the sports community become full participants in the political process in modern Russia. The article regards political aspects of sports and urges to trace its role within the framework of political communication. The authors develop the concept of ‘sports politics’, separating it from sports policy per se, or state policy within sports. Based on two models of political communication by G. Lassawel and T. Newcomb, principal forms of relationship between politics and sports in the matrix of communication are highlighted: an object, an instrument, a subject, and a communication channel. As a political tool, sport has been interpreted as a means of communication using the concept of the national idea of Russia. The rhetoric of top officials related to sports demonstrates its symbolic roots, based in patriotism. When considering sport as a subject of politics, the main attention is focused on sports personae and their representation in government bodies, governing structures - as proxies and opinion leaders, or invited experts. The research also considers biographies of sport leaders as their personal and professional "background", as well as their formal and informal interaction with decision-makers. The article concludes that, despite the intensification and growth of sports’ potential to its subjectivity, the key interaction model remains the one where it takes the place of a communication mechanism.

U.S. SPORTS BETTORS WRAP UP RECORD 2021 ON POSITIVE NOTE

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FACTORS AFFECTING THE FORMATION OF MORPHOLOGICAL STATUS OF SWIMMING STUDENTS

The article reveals the influence of factors on the morphological status of student swimmers. It is established that in sports selection taking into account the morphological type is one of the criteria. In modern sports conditions, it is especially important to identify the most talented, promising athletes, and record achievements are typical for athletes who have the most optimal performance inherent in this sport.
 Thus, it is determined that on the one hand, students-swimmers, differing in their morphological, functional, psychological characteristics, differently adapt to different conditions of activity, and on the other - purposeful activity affects the selection of the most talented athletes and their formation specific morphofunctional status.
 Growth of sports achievements in most sports, including swimming, requires further study of individual capabilities athletes. In modern conditions of sport of the highest achievements, special significance acquires the identification of the most talented, promising athletes, as record achievements are typical for athletes with the most optimal indicators characteristic of this sport.
 The study of the problems of sports selection has led to the identification of a number genetically determined morphofunctional indicators, allowing to determine the prospects with a greater degree of probability athletes in swimming at a certain stage of long-term training. Rapid growth of sports results in the Olympic water Cyclical sports show that they become the most champions talented athletes, adapted to high loads, both in volume and in intensity, in good health.

Prizefighting and Civilization: A Cultural History of Boxing, Race, and Masculinity in Mexico and Cuba, 1840–1940

Cuba and Mexico have two of the richest pugilistic traditions in the world, let alone Latin America. The former country has produced boxing legends like Kid Chocolate and Teófilo Stevenson, while the latter is home to world champions like Rubén Olivares and Julio César Chávez. In Prizefighting and Civilization, David C. LaFevor examines the roots and development of boxing in both nations through the lenses of gender, nationalism, and the public sphere.Prizefighting and Civilization centers on the development of prizefighting culture in Cuba and Mexico from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Although different in geographic size and demographics, both nations share a Spanish colonial past and a close proximity to the United States that made them susceptible to US economic and cultural influence. The emergence of boxing in both societies was contentious, with intellectuals like Justo Sierra and José Martí expressing their disdain for the “barbaric” Anglo-Saxon sport. However, a transformation took place, and by the early 1920s both nations had boxing commissions; by the late 1920s and early 1930s, Cuban and Mexican boxers became viewed as national heroes and paragons of masculinity and nationalism. According to LaFevor, during this time “prizefighting . . . destabilized local expressions of manliness by framing that identity within transnational vernaculars” surrounding boxing in both nations (p. 4). This analysis draws from Jürgen Habermas's and Pablo Piccato's notions of the public sphere and from R. W. Connell and James W. Messerschmidt's concept of hegemonic masculinities.LaFevor's investigation of this development of national prizefighting cultures divides into six chapters, a photo and image essay, and a brief conclusion. The first chapter serves as the introduction, laying out the book's argument and framework. The second chapter centers on the rise of boxing in Mexico from the Porfiriato (1876–1911) to the end of the Mexican Revolution (1920) and the Mexican responses to this emergence, which ranged from concerned to accepting. This chapter highlights the role that Afro-descended boxers like Billy Clarke played in promoting the sport and also draws attention to the exploits of Mexican boxers like Fernando Colín, Salvador Esperón, and Enrique Ugartechea, who become symbols of Mexican virility. The third chapter moves the focus to Cuba, tracing the development of boxing in the nineteenth century and the turn of the twentieth, with emphasis on gymnasiums and body culture. According to LaFevor, by the early twentieth century “boxing emerged as a contentious symbol of cultural imposition” from the United States (p. 101).The fourth chapter examines Jack Johnson's 1915 championship bout in Havana against Jess Willard and highlights discourses about both race and women's attendance at boxing matches during that period. The fifth chapter traces the consolidation of boxing as a Mexican activity, examining Mexican responses to Argentine boxer Luis Firpo's 1923 bout against heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and the increasing popularity of the boxer as an archetypal figure in Mexican cinema. The sixth chapter examines the development of boxing in 1920s Cuba, with a particular emphasis on Cuban responses to the Firpo-Dempsey bout. For many Cuban sportswriters, Firpo stood as a positive example of Latin American masculinity. The chapter also briefly analyzes the rise of Afro-Cuban boxer Kid Chocolate as a symbol of national pride.Analyzing archival evidence from Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, and the United States as well as periodicals from ten nations, Prizefighting and Civilization fills important gaps in the sport historiography of Cuba and Mexico. For Cuba, the book provides a deep analysis of the roots of sports before US occupation, which is understudied. Regarding Mexico, this work establishes a narrative of boxing's development from the Porfiriato to the Second World War. The book's most groundbreaking aspect is the highlighting of the contributions of Afro-descended foreign pugilists to the sport's growth there. In addition, LaFevor's analysis of Mexican and Cuban depictions of Luis Firpo as a symbol of Latin American virility offers a new perspective on the Argentine prizefighter.Prizefighting and Civilization provides the reader with a myriad of primary sources as well as a large cast of characters, including boxers, “professors” of sport, and journalists. Although enlightening, this abundance of information at times interferes with the book's narrative and analytical arcs. Also, a stronger conclusion could have informed the reader more clearly about how the public sphere shifted local notions of masculinity and virility and whether boxing shifted the public sphere in the book's two case studies. That said, the original research and accessible writing will make this book an attractive option for undergraduate and graduate courses on Latin America, sports, and gender.

Role of CSR for Sports Infrastructure Development

Indian athletes have won numerous medals for the country at international sporting events such as the Olympic, Commonwealth, and Asian Games, and they continue to make tremendous growth in the field of sports. CSR has piqued the interest of many businesses, and as a result, several research studies are being conducted in both academia and industry. CSR has the potential to give a powerful impetus for the fastest possible growth of sports in society. Without a doubt, the only way to make development is for every Indian citizen to work together to make India a superpower in the sphere of games and sports. Apart from the government, businesses, and individuals should all make efforts in terms of "Complimentary Self-Responsibility" to set down the actual development on the ground rather than in papers or reports. The paper represents one of the possible solutions for sports infrastructure development, which is based on supporting a sensible improvement of the city's metropolitan sports infrastructure and increased grant sport support, which allows for greater adaptability of offered services as well as a higher type of viability in terms of future budget expense cost flexibility.

Female representation among notable people born in 1700–2000

Using Wikipedia personal entries, we analyze female representation among notable people born in 1700–2000 in thirty countries that currently account for 75% of the world population. Female representation has improved over the last three hundred years but is far from reaching parity with men. In terms of years of birth, female representation was stagnant at 7% in 1700–1810, increased at modest rates in 1810–1935 to reach 14%, and grew faster in 1925–2000 to attain 30%. Female representation differs across sectors of notability. It is higher in entertainment and lower in sports. Growth in the relative importance of entertainment has favored female representation, while growth in sports has disfavored it. Analyses by country show gains in female representation are generalized, although at different paces.

Можливість використання методу коротких інтервалів для гліколітичного тренування юних спортсменок, що спеціалізуються з маунтенбайку

The main task of the coach and the athlete is to increase the effectiveness of training programs, which is only possible by selecting certain training regimes. For this, it is necessary to understand the peculiarities of the energy supply of muscles during different intensity and duration of physical activity. Effective training is possible only with a correct assessment of various aspects of the functional readiness of athletes and understanding which of them limit the growth of sports results, in particular lactate threshold, VO2max, complex cardiac indicators etc. This is especially important for young athletes who need to develop those qualities of the body that will help them to achieve success. The purpose of the study was to give a theoretical substantiation of the need to activate the anaerobic threshold in young athletes in order to increase their endurance in cyclic sports. Material and methods. The study involved five 12-14-year-old female cyclists, with a training experience of 2-3 years. Before the experiment, control races were carried out on an almost horizontal section of asphalt road 1.5 km long in calm weather in order to calculate the strength of the cyclists so that the subsequent ride would be performed with greater intensity. Each participant performed 3 races after 6-7 minutes of rest. Only the first participant was able to complete the task correctly. Results and discussion. The experiment had been carried out during two months before the competitive season, using the interval method on incomplete recovery with the duration of intervals of 1-3 minutes. The work of young cyclists was carried out in a mode close to the lactate threshold with duration of 90-120 seconds on a cross-country track and consisted of a series of three intervals. During one training, depending on the level of athletes' fitness, from two to six series were performed. Taking into consideration the young age of the cyclists, such trainings were carried out on average once every 10 days. On the second day after such glycolytic training, a light aerobic training was carried out at a heart rate of 55-60% max for the recovery of athletes. The rest of the training time was devoted to improving aerobic endurance, the technique of passing difficult sections, overcoming hills. A week after the completion of the study, control races were carried out under similar weather conditions. Comparison of the results of control and experimental races shows that the average decrease in the time to complete the races, which was 6.1%, was not always connected with the increase in heart rate - 4.5%, that is, the work of athletes in the submaximal power zone allowed them to improve the individual competitive result in simulated conditions. Conclusion. Thus, for young athletes in the postpubertal period the method of short intervals should be used, because it affects the increase in the lactate threshold and gives an increase in results

Features of speed endurance increase in swimmers of middle school age

The article considers the increase of special physical training, in particular, speed endurance in children of middle school age who are engaged in swimming. Increasing speed endurance is currently one of the most pressing issues in classes with children in sports sections, which is extremely acute in modern swimming in general. At the beginning of the study, a test was performed, which showed no significant differences between the performance of boys in both groups, ie at the beginning of the experiment they had the same level of development of functional abilities, including speed endurance. In the course of the research the technique aimed at the development of speed endurance in middle school children was used. At the end of the experiment, it was found that the performance of the swimmers of the experimental group was significantly higher, compared with the control group (62.1 ± 0.6s) in swimming 2x50m. It was 56.2 ± 0.2 s. The significance of the differences between these indicators was 9.33. In the 25 m swim without the participation of the legs, the result of the swimmers of the experimental group was 20.3 ± 0.8 s, and in the control - 25.8 ± 1.1 s. Significance of differences was established between them (t = 4.04). There is a positive growth of sports results of young swimmers. A high increase in results was found in the Cooper test - 19%, swimming in the distances of 25 meters - 10%, 100 meters - 9%, 800 meters - 9% and 200 meters - 8%. The influence on the functional state of children during the experiment, the use in the training process of exercises that are not specific to swimmers and aimed at improving the level of development of functional abilities, which created the conditions for the most effective special physical training.

General characteristics of the construction stage of pre-competitive training

In the article the analysis of construction of training is given in the annual loop of preparation of decathlon competitors, that allows to manage a sport from and provides continuous development of trained.
 The problem of preparing athletes to competitions is one of the most important in sports training. It is of great practical importance.
 The increase of the level of sports results is a consequence of a significant increase in the amount of training loads. Further growth of sports results is possible provided the quality of the training process is improved. Analysis of the performances of Ukrainian and foreign athletes at major competitions showed that the vast majority of athletes do not achieve their best results.
 The competitive period is characterized by the fact that the athlete must maintain for a long time a high level of special physical and technical training, which was acquired in the preparatory period. This can be achieved by using competitive and similar special training exercises.
 Participation in competitions makes high demands on the athlete's body, so in the competitive period, the athlete in their training sessions should include exercises of general and special nature.
 The stage of direct pre-competition training (SDPT) is an important component of the athlete's training process in the competitive period. Success in competitions largely depends on the effectiveness of the training process at this stage.
 It is shown that in the work on the organization and management of training of high-class athletes at the competitive stage, the success of the athlete's performance is largely due to correct scientifically sound predictions that can influence the organizational processes of athletics. The quality and accuracy of these decisions, the responsibility for their adoption increase even more at the stage of direct pre-competition preparation for the main start.
 Having one goal -performing at the main start, the most highly qualified athletes prepare for this start without speeding up their training, trying to solve the main task.

The influence of cycling on the functional state of young athletes 14-15 years old

At present, due to the constant growth of sports results and intensified competition at competitions of various levels in cycling (MTB), the problem of adaptation of the body to specific physical loads is becoming urgent As you know, the most violent processes in the body of a young man occur in the period from 13 to 15 years old, where all the functions and systems of a young body under the influence of physical exertion are of particular importance. Many works have shown that at a young age it is impossible to predict sports results in a chosen sport without taking into account functional characteristics. The article presents the indicators of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems of the body of young athletes 14-15 years old, who specialize in mountain bike. Under the influence of specific physical loads, changes in the functional state of young athletes of 14-15 years old in the basic, pre-competitive and restorative mesocycles were determined.
 The aim of the work was to determine the changes in the work of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems of the organism of young athletes 14-15 years old, specializing in mountain bike. A significant difference was found in the indicators of heart rate, maximum oxygen consumption, vital capacity of the lungs in the recovery and maintenance microcycles of the recovery mesocycle. The statistical difference was determined in terms of systolic and diastolic blood pressure (t=2.61; t=2.73; p<0.05), heart rate (t=2.51; p<0.05), vital capacity of the lungs (t=2.28; p<0.05) young athletes 14-15 years old in the recovery and maintenance microcycles of the recovery mesocycle relative to the primary data.

The Gravitational Pull of Identity: Professional Growth in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychologists

Theories based in symbolic interactionism and narrative psychology can help us understand practitioner identity. Drawing on theories from these approaches, our purpose in this article is to distill research on sport psychologist growth, argue professional identity is a central goal in practitioner development, and offer applied implications. Professional growth includes movement from the self as an expert, who solves clients’ problems, to the self as a facilitator, who works alongside clients. Practitioners strive toward being authentic and along the way, develop self-awareness, learn to manage anxiety, and choose their preferred ways of working. A key feature of being authentic is an articulated professional identity. Practitioners can shape their professional identities by interacting with helpful people, consuming various genres of literature, and engaging in different types of writing.

Enfermería deportiva: intervenciones del enfermero experto en la actividad física y el deporte

El enfermero experto en la actividad física tiene un rol importante en el equipo técnico de medicina deportiva, actuando hacia la consecución de mejoras en las aptitudes físicas del deportista, mediante cuidados de calidad dirigidos a las esferas física, psíquica y social de la salud. Pese al perfil profesional polivalente y el crecimiento de las necesidades deportivas en las últimas décadas, actualmente su presencia es escasa en los clubes, federaciones e instalaciones deportivas, habiendo sido a finales del siglo pasado cuando la enfermería deportiva contó con mayor reconocimiento desde el deporte. El objetivo de este trabajo es determinar las intervenciones de la profesión enfermera que son susceptibles de realizarse en el ámbito deportivo. Se ha realizado una revisión bibliográfica narrativa de la literatura científica sobre las intervenciones de enfermería en el equipo técnico de medicina deportiva, para definir el perfil profesional del enfermero experto en la actividad física y el deporte, desarrollada a través de las bases de datos Dialnet y Medline, y la revista científica Journal of Athletic Training.

Power and Trust Dynamics of Sexual Violence: A Textual Analysis of Nassar Victim Impact Statements and #MeToo Disclosures on Twitter

Employing a natural language processing approach, we analyzed textual content derived from publicly-available athlete victim impact statements (VIS) from the Larry Nassar trial (N = 111) to examine psychosocial responses to sexual violence. To explore potential differences in a non-sports context, we conducted similar analyses on a sample of #MeToo tweets (N = 45,848). Our research focused on the semantic content of VIS, including positive and negative affect, power and trust dynamics, well-being, and post-traumatic growth. We hypothesized that athletes’ reactions to sexual violence would be more likely to contain language related to power and trust. Traditional null-hypothesis significance testing and network analyses were used to identify the psychosocial indicators unique to sexual violence disclosures in a sports context. Results indicated differential use of language related to negative affect, trust, power dynamics, and post-traumatic growth in sports versus non-sports contexts. We discuss clinical, practical, and policy-based implications for risk reduction and intervention.

Understanding persuasive attributes of sports betting advertisements: A conjoint analysis of selected elements.

Background and aimsDespite recent growth in sports betting advertising, minimal research has examined the influence of different advertising message attributes on betting attitudes and behaviors. This study aimed to identify which attributes of sports betting advertisements most engage attention, interest, desire and likelihood of betting among non-problem, low-risk, moderate-risk, and problem gamblers.MethodsA novel approach utilizing an experimental design incorporating conjoint analysis examined the effects of: three message formats (commentary, on-screen display, and studio crossover); four appeals (neutral, jovial, ease of placing the bet, and sense of urgency); three types of presenters (match presenter, sports betting operator, and attractive non-expert female presenter); and four bet types (traditional, exotic key event, risk-free, and micro-bet). A professional film company using paid actors produced 20 mock television advertisements simulating typical gambling messages based on the conjoint approach. These were embedded into an online survey of 611 Australian adults.ResultsThe most attention-grabbing attributes were type of presenter and type of bet. The attractive non-expert female presenter gained more attention from all gambler groups than other presenters. The type of bet was most persuasive in converting attention into likely betting among all gambler groups, with the risk-free bet being much more persuasive than other bet types. Problem gamblers were distinct by their greater attraction to in-play micro-bets.Discussion and conclusionGiven the potential for incentivized bets offering financial inducements and for in-play micro-bets to undermine harm minimization and consumer protection, regulators and wagering operators should reconsider whether these bet types are consistent with their responsible gambling objectives.

Professional knowledge of tennis coaches


 
 
 The role played by the coach, an emerging profession in terms of importance, is key to the growth of sport regardless of the sport in question. This study presents the most valued professional insights for tennis coaches, in order to contribute to current research, which can assist the institutions responsible for training coaches in promoting meaningful activities, which are close to the interests of the learner.