the aim of the present research was to compare the performance evaluation indicators of club coaches from experts, athletes and coaches' viewpoints. the statistical population included all physical education experts of guilan province, heads, deputy heads and secretaries of physical education boards, athletes and coaches from rasht city (n=470) and 345 subjects (73.4%) participated in the ...

abstract the aim of this study was to validate and localize lawson’s (2002) knowledge management and winand et al. (2009) performance models and to determine their effects and relationships in iran sports federations. this study was a descriptive-correlation research. the population included presidents, vice presidents, general secretaries, committee managers and experts in all sports federatio...

The integration of isolated XML repositories has drawn more and more interest recently. In this paper, we propose XML federations to provide global e-services while preserving the necessary autonomy and security of each individual repository. First we show a logical architecture of XML federations, which is adapted from the common architecture of traditional federated databases according to the...

The notion of sport policy is a relatively recent subject study, but it has been frequently used over the last 20 years, particularly referring to governmental policies. However, less research conducted in field national federations (NSFs), which are key non-governmental structures governing, organising and sustaining development sports. objective this article propose conceptualisation adapted ...

purpose this study aimed to assess the rate of tobacco consumption among professional athletes in iran and assessing their knowledge and attitude in this regard. methods a total of 738 athletes from 10 different types of sports were evaluated. athletes were all members of the priority leagues. after obtaining consent from the physical education organization and coordination with the related fed...

The emergence of sport sociology related to and communication spurred a gradual entry into academic research. This study uses bibliometric analysis bibliographic coupling, phenomenon that occurs when two texts quote the same source. purpose this is explore publishing trends using unit bibliographical coupling on organizational in sports. results indicated 419 publications had been indexed Scopu...

Abstract. The player of squash has a choice between two options when his/her opponent changes the score from 8:7 to 8:8. The player to receive has to decide whether to play until 9th or until 10th point. We observe in this paper that the score of the squash game can be modelled as a Markov chain. Thus using standard techniques of Markov processes, we can derive the optimal strategy for the squa...

Abstract There is currently disagreement in the international sports world about whether Russian and Belarusian athletes should be admitted to competitions. While initially proposing ban these athletes, International Olympic Committee (IOC) now recommending that federations readmit under certain conditions. The IOC believes this unavoidable order respect human rights. Sports are invoking their ...

BACKGROUND The contribution of sport to overall health-enhancing leisure-time physical activity (HELPA) in adults is not well understood. The aim was to examine this in a national sample of Australians aged 15+ years, and to extend this examination to other ostensibly sport-associated activities. METHODS The 2010 Exercise, Recreation and Sport Survey (ERASS) was conducted by telephone intervi...