18 Abstract In recent years, fundraising has been a major challenge for nonprofit organizations (NPOs) due to lack of support from state and federal governments, the recent economic downturn, and fierce competition among increasing numbers of charities. To overcome this challenging environment, NPOs have attempted to reach prospective donors and contributors by developing broad and diverse fund...

Sport psychology education has been shown to have a positive impact on the practice of sport injury rehabilitation professionals (SIRPs). The purpose of this paper is to review recommendations relating to such education. The paper presents a review of existing literature relating to the content and mode of delivery for a sport psychology education programme for SIRPs. The review seeks to addres...

Sport and sport events provide a significant source of volunteering opportunities for a wide range of individuals and especially for young people. Organisers of major sport events often target the youth market to source volunteers due to the apparent high level of interest in sport by this group. Consequently, it is suggested that sport may act as a nursery for volunteering and therefore the ex...

Objectives: The purposes of this study were to investigate adult sport novices’ use of the functions of observational learning and to examine its relationship to their self-efficacy beliefs to learn sport-related skills and strategies, and to regulate mental states during the learning process. Method: Adults enrolled in beginner level sport classes completed the Functions of Observational Learn...

The relationship between sport participation and BMI in children and adolescents is unclear, with some studies showing no association at all and others suggesting that sport is linked to lower BMI. Another possibility, however, is that this relationship is bidirectional, with sport leading to lower BMI but BMI also influencing sport participation. Here, we examine the direction of this associat...

Computer science has become an important partner for sport science. Although many cases for the successful application of computers in sport exist, only a few meta-theoretical mediations on this research field can be found. To fill this gap, this paper looks at the genesis of sport informatics in Germany, discusses the interdisciplinary relation between computer science and sport science and fo...

Purpose: To examine the association between overweight or obesity and sport injury in a population-based sample of Canadian adolescents. Methods: Cross-sectional analyses were performed using the Canadian Community Health Survey (2009-2010), a nationally representative sample (n=12,407) of adolescents aged 12-19 years. Body composition was quantified using BMI, grouping participants into health...

1 Department of Theory of Sport and Kinesiology, Academy of Physical Education in Cracow, Poland. 2 Department of Team Sport Games, Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, Poland. 3 Department of Sports Theory and Technology of Sports Training, University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport in Biała Podlaska, Poland. 4 Institute of Physical Education, Tou...

the aim of this study was to identify sport marketing barriers in iran from sport managers’ perspectives. the statistical population involved top managers of sport and youth ministry, national olympic committee and sport federations (n=80). sample was equal to the population and 67 questionnaires were returned correctly. a researcher-made questionnaire (with 40 items) was used to measure sport ...