Children's Sports Research Articles

Uptake of a Universal Sports Subsidy Program for School-Aged Children: A Population Data Analysis.

Around 40% of Australian children do not participate in sport. Cost is a major barrier to participation, particularly for children from low socioeconomic backgrounds. This study aimed to evaluate the uptake of a population-level children's sports subsidy scheme, including sociodemographic differences in uptake. A state-wide cross-sectional analysis comparing sports voucher claimants (primary school-aged children with a valid Medicare or Australian visa number) from the 2019 financial year with population census data from South Australia. Chi-square was used to examine whether the percentage of eligible children who claimed a voucher differed based on age, sex, socioeconomic status (SES), and geographical remoteness. Subgroup analyses were conducted for the lowest 2 socioeconomic disadvantage deciles, split by gender. Scatterplots were used to compare sports between high and low SES children. A total of 74,668 children claimed sports vouchers (45.5% of eligible children). Children who were relatively younger, female, from low socioeconomic backgrounds, and from major cities were least likely to claim the voucher. The 5 most common sports were Australian rules football (30.2%), netball (13.6%), soccer (13.1%), gymnastics (10.4%), and basketball (5.7%), with the popular sports similar for high and low SES children. Future work is needed to understand how Sports Voucher, and sport participation rates have changed over time, and to improve voucher uptake among girls, city dwellers, and low SES children.

Higher Levels of Income and Education are Associated with More Specialized Sport Participation Behaviors: Results from a Representative Sample of Youth Sport Parents from the United States.

While previous studies have examined the impact of family socioeconomic characteristics on a child's sport specialization behaviors, this research has been limited to affluent communities with limited sociodemographic diversity. The purpose of this study was to examine associations of parent income and education with child sport specialization behaviors among a nationally representative sample of youth sport parents in the United States. Cross-sectional. Parents of youth athletes in the United States (n=236, age: 39.2±8.1 years, 57.2% female) were recruited to complete an online questionnaire by Qualtrics Online Samples (Qualtrics, Provo, UT) using a combination of actively managed, double-opt-in market research panels. The questionnaire used for this study consisted of: 1) parent demographics (including parent age, race/ethnicity, biological sex, gender identity, household income, and educational status), and 2) child sport participation characteristics and sport specialization behaviors. Parents who reported an annual household income of $75,001 or more were more likely than parents making less than $75,000 to report that their child participated on an organized club team (OR [95%CI]: 1.94 [1.15-3.27]), participated on multiple organized teams at the same time (OR [95%CI]: 1.85 [1.10-3.11]), or specialized in a single sport (OR [95%CI]: 2.45 [1.45-4.14]). Parents who reported receiving a Bachelor's degree or higher were more likely than parents who did not to report that their child participated on an organized club team (OR [95%CI]: 3.04 [1.78-5.18]), participated on multiple organized teams at the same time (OR [95%CI]: 2.42 [1.43-4.10]), or specialized in a single sport (OR [95%CI]: 1.94 [1.15-3.26]). Thes results suggest that in the modern youth sport culture, family resources may serve as a major determining factor in the type of experiences available for a youth athlete. III.

Visual representations of single- and multi-sport participation in a youth swimming sample: Implications for definitions and discussions of early specialization.

Academic literature and sport policy documents have cited concerns about an increasing prevalence of early sport specialization, with associated burnout, dropout, and injury. However, evidence to support such statements is limited. Definitions of early specialization vary, but a common criterion is continued participation in a single sport, prior to adolescence. We explored the prevalence of single-sport participation and other patterns of sport involvement from ages 6-12 in a Canadian swimming sample using retrospective longitudinal methods. Parents of 236 competitive swimmers (ages 12-17) completed surveys on their children's sport backgrounds, including the number of sports participated in annually from age 6-12. A cluster heat map elucidated single- and multi-sport patterns over time. Mixed analyses of variance tested for differences by gender and club type. Fourteen percent of our sample showed stable participation in either one sport or multiple sports per year over time, 25% decreased their annual number of sports, and 60% increased. This trend of increasing, rather than decreasing the number of sports in their annual activity roster when approaching age 12 was particularly pronounced for girls. Only 10 participants (4% of the sample) consistently engaged in a single sport each year from age 6-12. Summer (seasonal) swimmers consistently did more sports than year-round swimmers. Overall, our findings showed highly idiosyncratic longitudinal patterns of sport participation that did not easily conform to current sport activity guidelines. We also found similar idiosyncrasy in an ad-hoc analysis of participants who had dropped out of swimming a year later. If single-sport participation is considered a key criterion for defining early specialization, our findings suggest the prevailing narrative around early specialization may be overstated in relation to the number of single-sport athletes. Alternatively, other components of early specialization may be more prevalent and deserving of attention due to possible associations with harmful outcomes.

Ritual pathways and dramaturgical efforts: Negotiating the meaning of organized play in Norwegian children's sports

This article joins Durkheim's theory of cult and Goffman's notion of an interactional membrane to show how rituals transform social life from mundanity to ritual, and back again. I update these classical theories with a cultural sociology of performance and the sociology of fun to emphasize diversity in social compositions, contextual transformations, and contradiction in meaning. With an abductive methodology, I leverage an ethnography of children's sports in Norway to show how we carry out symbolic work to set sports apart from the mundane and then meaningfully enact games either as an attractive play modality or as a constrained organizing of creative play. Dramaturgy, not athletic success, is key in this study. Children's sports, as an arena for tacit learning about symbolic modalities, show us how much effort it takes to create ritual-like encounters and fun. The study also reveals how broadly available codes about children's sports, and about play itself, are worked into sports through social performances where adult coaches and children manoeuvre the possible meanings of sports. The result is a theory of the multiple pathways for symbolic work we can travel to create ritual-like interactions.

Systematic Literature Review: Sports in Early Childhood in Indonesia

Systematic Literature Review: Sports in Early Childhood in Indonesia

THE ROLE OF COACHES AND PARENTS IN YOUTH FOOTBALL TRAINING

ABSTRACT. Our topic is the investigation of the influence of parents and coaches of youth soccer children on the children's sports performance, what is the role of coaches in teams of different youth age groups (according to the physiological effects of children), the relationship between coaches and parents, the relationship between coaches and players, the control and development of the most talented players. With our chosen topic, we set myself the goal of examining whether the support and help of parents or coaches has a greater effect on the child's sports performance. We chose this topic because we would like to help during the coaching career in the future, and we also consider it important to develop the skills of young Hungarian football talents, in which parents and coaches have an important and outstanding role. In our article, we would like to reveal what are the outstanding factors that most influence a player's performance on the field, and to what extent coaches and parents contribute to this. We think that it is important for both sides to see their role in the development of football talent. We would also like to examine to what extent parents contribute to the advancement of their child's soccer career, whether they recognize the factors in which they should help their child progress in soccer. After all, in our opinion, without parental support, it will be more difficult for the player to progress, who will also be more balanced emotionally, which also has a significant impact on his sports performance, if the parent monitors and encourages him during his football career. Do soccer coaches consider their relationship with their students important? What is the role of football coaches in the different youth age groups, what is the focus? To what extent does the role and education of parents influence their children's performance, football coaches, how can they cooperate with parents and players? How can football coaches keep under control and develop the most talented child?

IMPLEMENTATION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD SPORTS

Implementation of physical education and early childhood sports is an integral part of overall education that contributes to individual development through physical activity of natural human movement. Physical education is a planned and designed sequence of learning experiences to meet the developmental and growth, and behavioral needs of each child. Physical education starts from an early age to stimulate growth. The purpose of this study was to find out the implementation of physical education and sports for early childhood in PAUD schools in the city of Palopo in 2022. This study used a survey method with a qualitative descriptive analysis approach. The sample is PAUD teachers in the city of Palopo with a total of 60 people taken by random sampling. Data collection using a questionnaire. Based on the results of data analysis, it can be concluded that the implementation of physical education and sports for early childhood at PAUD schools in Palopo City has been carried out properly

APPLICATION OF WORKING CAPACITY RECOVERY MEANS FOR INJURY PREVENTION OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM OF ELITE ATHLETES

Competitions in sports of higher achievements are safe if a number of conditions are observed in the process of training activities, precompetition and pre-start preparation. The high intensity and load in modern sports requires adaptation to them at the initial stage of training athletes, which is not always possible for coaches to do in the absence of a specially organized recovery process and programs for the prevention of injuries of the musculoskeletal system. Unfortunately, the number of injuries in adult and children's sports is not decreasing. Existing external and internal injury risk factors require special attention from the administration of sports schools and clubs, coaching staff to training and competition venues, as well as to the selection and application of special means of injury prevention for athletes. Injuries received by an athlete in the process of training or competitive activities require the presence of appropriate training of trainers in first aid.

Factors Influencing the Likelihood of Alcohol and Tobacco Use in Adolescent Athletes: Type of Sport, Age, and Action Tendencies in Sport.

This article proposes a new approach to understand substance use among adolescent athletes. Thus, this article describes an investigation of the likelihood of alcohol and tobacco use in adolescent athletes considering the type of sport, age, gender, and their action tendencies. A total of 552 athletes with an age range of 12-16 years were engaged in medium-high-contact sports (n = 291) and non-contact sports (n = 261). They completed the Children's Action Tendency Scale, the Sport Children's Action Tendency Scale, and the Personal and Social Responsibility Questionnaire. The results showed that 16-year-old athletes were the most likely to drink alcohol and to smoke tobacco (p < 0.001). Likewise, it was found that practicing a medium-high-contact sport was a risk factor for alcohol and tobacco use (p < 0.01). The more aggressive athletes were more likely to have smoked tobacco during the last month (p = 0.019) and also to drink more alcohol that the less aggressive ones (p < 0.001). Finally, the athletes who showed more submissiveness were less likely to have drunk alcohol in the last year and the last month (p < 0.001). These findings show the predictive value of new factors associated with alcohol and tobacco use among adolescent athletes. Preventive measures should be targeted, since a new link between the action tendencies in sport and substance use has been found.

Features of the development of children's and youth's sports

One of the priority directions of the development of modern sports is the creation of conditions for the development of children's, children's and youth sports, and reserve sports; and this is not accidental as children's and youth, and reserve sports are the basis of the development of high-achieving sports. It is the key to the development of reserve sports and the condition of forming a healthy society. Children's sports solve more than just wellness tasks, but also solve critical social problems; namely, they provide active recreation for children, help to fill leisure time during free time from education, prevent the emergence of bad habits, remove children from the streets, contribute to the formation of a healthy lifestyle, help the child to socialize in society, help to self-realize, to establish new friendships, to communicate, to have fun.&#x0D; Nowadays, there is a violation of the selection system for sports schools. The positive experience of the selection, examination, and analysis of growth and physical parameters of the child, conducting various mobile games during the after-school time, is losing. The modern practice of selection and orientation of training of capable athletes shows the low effectiveness of children's and youth sports. In this system, it is necessary to ensure the optimal ratio of the number of children who play sports at various stages of multi-year improvement, providing the selection of the best considering special training. This is possible considering, firstly, that the practice of mastering the main types of sports, preliminary testing of motor functions and health status will make it possible to direct the most capable children in specific types of sport for further improvement in the system of children's and youth sports schools, specialized youth schools of the Olympic Reserve (SDYUSHOR), and training at the initial stages - to form and select a contingent of athletes, promising for further improvement, for reserve sports. Secondly, children who have not shown apparent abilities for further sports improvement should be oriented to be engaged in mass sports. This approach makes it possible to increase the selection system's efficiency and develop a system of mass children's and youth sports.&#x0D; Health and educational components of children's and youth sports form a healthy lifestyle for their pupils. Fulfilling the tasks assigned to the Youth Sports School ( CYSS ) by the state includes three interrelated aspects: sports, physical culture, and educational.

Psychological distress and physical activity behaviors among parents and caregivers during different COVID‐19 restriction periods: Secondary analysis of the Active Kids voucher program evaluation

AbstractParents and caregivers who participate in regular physical activity have improved physical and mental health and can influence the physical activity behaviors of children in their care. This study aimed to assess the association between psychological distress and physical activity levels of parents/caregivers in New South Wales, Australia during different COVID‐19 restriction periods. A repeat‐cross‐sectional design was adopted. Parents/caregivers involved in a government‐led children's sport and recreation voucher program were recruited to participate in an online survey as part of the program's evaluation. In response to COVID‐19, parents and caregivers' psychological distress and physical activity levels were assessed using validated items. Binary logistic regression models were used to examine the relationship between physical activity and probable mental illness, and differences across different COVID‐19 restriction periods in 2020 and 2021. In 2020, 10,990 parents/caregivers responded to survey questions and in 2021, 17,106 parents/caregivers responded. Parents/caregivers who were physically active on 7 days per week had lower odds of reporting high psychological distress (odds ratio [OR]: 0.40, 95% confidence interval [CIs]: 0.33, 0.49) than parents/caregivers physically active on fewer days per week. In 2020 9.8% of parents/caregivers (n = 1076) reported high psychological distress, which decreased to 8% in 2021 (n = 1366). In 2021, parents/caregivers had lower odds of reporting high psychological distress (OR: 0.79, 95% CIs: 0.72, 0.86). Socioeconomic disadvantage negatively impacted psychological distress and physical activity levels. Australian parents and caregivers who reported high psychological distress, during and after COVID‐19 restrictions, were participating in low levels of physical activity. Greater collaboration between the mental health, and sport and recreation sectors is recommended to harness the co‐benefits of physical activity throughout parenthood, particularly in low socioeconomic areas.

Psychomotor determinants of children's sports talent for team sports: a case study of mini-volleyball athletes

Background: Psychomotor predispositions significantly impact the effectiveness of the training process and achievement in team sports. The aim of the present study was to assess the level of psychomotor indices in 12-year-old children who achieved outstanding sports successes in mini-volleyball. Materials and Methods: The results of the tests conducted on the six medalists of the Polish Mini-Volleyball Championships were qualified for analysis. To assess psychomotor indices, a battery of computer tests was used; the following were measured: simple reaction time, choice reaction time, eye-hand coordination, divisibility of attention, and spatial orientation - accuracy of perception. Results: Four of the six mini-volleyball medalists achieved an outstanding level of psychomotor development; the remaining two children showed an average level on the scale of sports norms. Most often, young champions are distinguished by a short choice reaction time and outstanding (against the background of sports standards) orientation indices: accuracy of perception, and divisibility of attention. Conclusion: The analysis confirmed, as suggested in previous publications, a significant relationship between outstanding sports talent and the level of selected psychomotor and coordination indices in children practicing volleyball.

Describing early years sport: take-up, pathways, and engagement patterns amongst preschoolers in a major Canadian city

Despite high rates of early childhood (<6 years) sport participation, limited research captures children’s experiences or parents’ motives for children’s engagement during this time. This study aimed to identify the sport take-up, pathways, and patterns of engagement among 3-5 year-old children participating in organized sport programming in a major Canadian city. Data were gathered through external observations of five programs (i.e. multi-sport, soccer, hockey, gymnastics, rugby), and 10 semi-structured parent interviews (Mage= 36.4; six female). Results provide novel insight into preschool-aged children’s sport and unstructured sport/physical activity habits, while highlighting common program elements (i.e. fundamental movement skills, sport-specific skills, deliberate play, free play, competition). Findings suggest that many existing life-span sport participation and development models do not align with delivery of or experiences within preschooler programs; continued research is warranted to determine what pathways, engagement patterns, and program activities are optimal for preschooler development, in turn, contributing to modified models.

Hardiness in the profession of sports coaches and physical education teachers

Background and Study Aim. To study psychological features of sports coaches and physical education teachers’ professional hardiness. Material and methods. The study involved 60 participants. Among them, 24 were coaches of children's and youth sports schools, 19 coaches of national teams of Ukraine and 17 physical education teachers. English-language version of the Professional Hardiness Questionnaire (PHQ) were used. The development of the English-language version of the PHQ was based on its initial Ukrainian-language version (http://prof-diagnost.org). The accuracy of its translation into English was checked and corrected by 12 bilingual specialists with degrees in medicine and/or psychology. To identify the peculiarities of the relationship between the indicators of professional resilience in different professional groups, we conducted a Spearman correlation analysis. Results. The analysis of professional hardiness revealed the presence of significant differences between the surveyed groups of coaches and physical education teachers by various indicators. It turned out that the length of service in the respective positions of national team coaches is significantly higher than that of Youth Sports School (YSS) coaches and physical education teachers. This indicates the presence of greater professional experience among this category of coaches. Accordingly, physical education teachers and coaches of national teams have significantly higher professional experience than coaches of YSS. As a result, the majority of young specialists are among the coaching staff of the YSS. The correlation coefficient between the general level of professional hardiness and the namely professional component of 0.80 is much higher for coaches of national teams. Among physical education teachers it reaches 0.61, most likely this is because the control over the work of this group is less specific in contrast to the work of the coach. Coaches of YSS have the lowest level of the namely professional component 0.50, we explain this by the fact that the overall level of experience in the position is half as much as in the previous two groups. Conclusions. The conducted analysis made it possible to establish relationships between the general level of professional hardiness and indicators of professional hardiness in each group of coaches and teachers.

Higher Family Affluence is Associated With Multi-Sport Participation Among Irish Youth.

The impact of early single sport participation among young people has received much attention, with both sport leaders and pediatricians advocating multi-sport participation at least until early adolescence. In this study we explored the association between family socioeconomic status and level of Irish youth specialization in sport. We relied on data from the Children's Sport Participation and Physical Activity (CSPPA) study, involving a representative sample of 3499 Irish children and adolescents aged 10-15years. We analyzed data from questions related to the number of sports played, the number of days per week the youth were engaged in sport, and family affluence (as a proxy measure for socioeconomic status). Youth sport specialization before 12years of age (males 5.7%; females 4.2%) and even between 13-15years of age (males, 7.8%; females, 5.8%) was uncommon. However, lower levels of specialization were associated with higher socioeconomic status in that more children with high family affluence participated in multiple sports. Careful consideration should be given to whether low socioeconomic status may act as a barrier to participation in multiple sports.

أساليب التنشئة الاجتماعية للوالدين وعلاقتها بالممارسة الرياضية للأبناء

The research aims to identify the methods of socialization that parents followed with their children, as well as to know the relationship between the methods of socialization and the sports practice of children. positivity and mathematical practice, and the researchers used the descriptive approach in the survey method for the suitability and nature of the research, as the research sample consisted of (59) students who were drawn as a simple random sample representing 30% of the parent community, and the researchers prepared a questionnaire form benefiting from scientific references and previous research in this the field, especially those related to the field of their research, where the questionnaire consisted of (15) phrases. The questionnaire was distributed to the research sample after clarifying the required purpose of the research. After that, the distributed questionnaires were collected, and then the phrases were coded according to the nature of the phrase. The two researchers used a Likert scale for the answers based on Three levels of response distributed to the questionnaire phrases, and each level represents a weight for the answer ranging from (1-3). After collecting and processing the data statistically, the researchers reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which are: (1) There is a big important role for parents' socialization methods on children's orientation toward sports practice. (2) There is a strong correlation between positive socialization methods and sports practice. In light of this, the researchers recommend the following: (1) Continuing to encourage the family, especially the parents, to adopt positive social upbringing methods in dealing with children. (2) The need for the rest of the social institutions, especially the school, to follow the positive methods of the process of socialization because of its active role in students' orientation towards sports practice and to continue it in the future.

Effects of Age and Popularity of Sport on Differences among Wrestlers' Parental Support: An Exploratory Study.

No research was previously performed on wrestling related to parental support. It is not known whether there are differences in support between younger and older children. The popularity of a sport can be reflected in parental support, and parents may be more inclined towards popular sports. The aim of this research was to examine differences in parental support among wrestlers of different age categories and between those coming from communities in which wrestling is a popular sport versus communities in which it is less popular. The sample of participants consisted of 172 wrestlers. The Parental Support Scale for Children in Sports was applied. Parental willingness to set an example was lower. As far as age is concerned, the period of entry into specialisation is sensitive. At this age, children perceive less parental support (p = 0.04) and lower parental belief in the benefits of sports (p = 0.01). The popularity of the sport is related to parental support. In environments in which wrestling is popular, parents know the sport better and can participate; therefore, children perceive more parental support. The findings of this study may help coaches to better understand athlete-parent relationships.

PEDAGOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR THE FORMATION OF THE VOCATIONAL QUALITIES OF ADOLESCENTS IN OUT-OF-SCHOOL SPORTS INSTITUTIONS

The article substantiates the pedagogical conditions for the formation of strong-willed qualities of teenagers in out-of-school sports institutions. Emphasis is placed on the potential of sports-oriented institutions and sports activities to ensure the physical development of students and listeners, the acquisition of social and community experience, the formation and identification of strong-willed qualities (determination, initiative, perseverance, purposefulness, endurance), in particular, in adolescence. The purpose of the article is to justify and characterize the pedagogical conditions for the formation of willpower of teenagers in extracurricular sports institutions. The research singles out and characterizes the pedagogical conditions for the formation of strong-willed qualities of teenagers in extracurricular sports institutions: the expansion of teenagers' ideas about sports activities as a way of developing the strong-willed qualities of an individual; implementation of differentiated training of teenagers and the use of effective methods and means of its provision based on a personally oriented approach; ensuring positive motivation of teenagers for team sports activities and real self-assessment of their own capabilities. Pedagogical conditions for the formation of strong-willed personality qualities of teenagers are defined taking into account the influence of: a children's sports team, in which teenagers perform sports activities; surrounding subjects who interact with teenagers (coach, teenage peers); leading strong-willed personality qualities of teenagers. Research materials can be used in the organization of activities of extracurricular sports institutions, institutions of general secondary education for the purpose of forming willpower of students. Further research is needed to determine the dynamics of the levels of formation of willpower of adolescents, which is provided through the implementation of an experimental model and pedagogical conditions for the formation of willpower of adolescents in extracurricular sports institutions.&#x0D; Keywords: conditions; pedagogical conditions; volitional qualities; adolescence; sports activity; extracurricular sports institutions; pedagogical conditions for the formation of volitional qualities of teenagers; the process of formation of volitional qualities.

Participation of women in sports competitions and their organization for the ukrainian people's republic

With the growing participation of women in the social and political life of European countries, their role in sports became more important. From the second half of the nineteenth century, in Ukraine, primarily in Galicia, Bukovina, Transcarpathia, and later with the extension to Volyn, Podillya, Polesie, the Dnieper and the Administrative Sea, cultural and educational, and with them a number of sports and physical, gymnastics and fire, "Sich" and "Sokil" formation, scout and tourist organizations. The "Sich" and "Sokil" sports associations had women's divisions, where Ukrainian girls and women increasingly participated in training and competitions in various types of sports, which served as a basis for the further development and participation of women in sports. Based on the material of sports notes and announcements of the newspaper "Renaissance", the effective participation of Ukrainian women in sports associations, competitions, and the organization of children's sports grounds by place of residence on the territory of the Ukrainian People's Republic during the Hetmanate period (1918–1919) was investigated and established. Women's departments of sports associations operated in Kyiv, for example, at the Ukrainian State University, and other cities and towns, the network of which was growing. The "Sports Society of Physical Development of Women" was founded in Kyiv. For the wider involvement of young people, including girls, in sports, women took the most active part in arranging children's, mainly summer, sports grounds ("sports platforms", "sports fields", "gymnastic grounds-beaches"), where children played during the day, and in the evenings a large number of supporters of games, gymnastics and other sports gathered. The range of sports in which women participated was quite wide. The most popular sports included fencing, dancing, running and jumping in athletics, and games, but their list was constantly growing with the introduction and popularization of new sports disciplines. In order to ensure proper conditions for the development of sports, women directly participated in lectures, training courses for pedagogical personnel on physical education among young people, which were attended by well-known sportsmen, teachers, and doctors of that time. In Kyiv, the initiative group for physical development, with the support of the Ministry of Public Education, opened the first "Courses for the training of teachers of gymnastics, dance and other sports" in Ukraine with a two-year full and a three-month shortened period of study. Residents of the provinces were preferred in admissions, and a "boarding" (dormitory) was organized for the students to live in during the courses. The training of specialists in physical education made it possible to increase the methodological level of classes in general and, first of all, in regional cities, and expanded the geography of women's participation in sports.

Private football academies—friend or foe? An analysis of Norwegian media's framing of arguments about private football academies and the monopoly of organized sport

Private football academies challenge the monopoly of Norwegian voluntary and democratic sport. Using field theory and framing approach as analytical perspectives, this article presents a media analysis that reveals that, first, association football and private academies agree on the fact that Norwegian football is not good enough and must improve. Second, they disagree on whether to improve it within association football exclusively or supplemented by private actors that are inspired by the international football field. Third, there is a negative popular view of private academies as too expensive, unconcerned with children's best interests, in violation of Norwegian sport's regulations for children's sport, and—in sum—thus being accused of destroying ‘sport for all’. However, by employing the analytical concepts of habitus and fields, the article also shows how actors partake in several subfields—often on both sides of the private—association border.