This article critically examines the portrayal of sport for development (SfD) international volunteering by UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Volunteer tourism or ‘voluntourism’ is a popular experience in which individuals combine travel with voluntary work destination typically Global South bid to offer support those need. A body literature offers an optimistic view volunteer tourism, s...

the aim of this study was to evaluate the development priorities and strategies of judo championship in iran from experts' viewpoints. statistical population consisted of all experts of this field including adult national judokas, coaches, board of directors and superior managers of judo federation (n=60) and the available sample consisted of 40 subjects. a researcher-made questionnaire wa...

BACKGROUND Numerous studies have detailed the physical health benefits of children's participation in sport and a growing body of research also highlights the benefits for mental health. Children who participate in sport have also been shown to be advantaged academically. However, despite the benefits there is evidence that children are leading increasingly sedentary lifestyles and are at great...

the aim of this study was to survey sport sponsorship objectives of super league sponsors of iran. the method of this study was descriptive correlation. the statistical population consisted of all sponsors who sponsored 9 active sport fields in super league. the sample consisted of 134 sponsors. a research-made questionnaire was used to collect data; its content and face validity was confirmed ...

BACKGROUND Children with disability engage in less physical activity compared to their typically developing peers. Our aim was to explore the barriers and facilitators to participation in physical activity for this group. METHODS Ten focus groups, involving 63 participants (23 children with disability, 20 parents of children with disability and 20 sport and recreation staff), were held to exp...

media has an undeniable role in shaping and directing beliefs, attitudes and thoughts of society and also in creating a suitable ground in sport. the aim of this study was to examine the effective factors of sport media in development of athletic sport. the research methodology was descriptive-comparative, the type of the research was applied, the method was survey, and data collection was fiel...

Team sports are increasingly popular, with millions of participants worldwide. Athletes engaged in these sports are required to repeatedly produce skilful actions and maximal or near-maximal efforts (eg, accelerations, changes in pace and direction, sprints, jumps and kicks), interspersed with brief recovery intervals (consisting of rest or low-intensity to moderate-intensity activity), over an...