OBJECTIVE Australian data indicate that 63% of children participated in sport in 2009, a 4% increase since 2000. Children's high participation in sport, and the association between sport and health, means that these settings provide an opportunity to promote other aspects of health, such as healthy eating, to children. This study aimed to determine healthy eating practices and policies at child...

the aim of this study is to assess the status of strategic thinking among directors of private sport clubs in shiraz city based on goldman model. the methodology used here is descriptive-analytic and data are collected through literature studies and survey. the target population of the study included all private sport clubs offering more than three types of sports (90 clubs) and the sampling me...

This study examined social capital development in three all-terrain vehicles (ATV) clubs in Maine using an adapted version of Lin's (2001) social capital theory model. The structural components of social capital identified included collective assets and individual assets in the form of normative behavior and trust relationships. Also identified were counter-norms for individual ATV riders ident...

the aim of this study was to investigate the problems of private sport clubs in shahr-e-kord city. this study used a descriptive method and it was conducted as a survey. the statistical population and sample were all managers and owners of private sport clubs of shahr-e-kord city (n=91). a questionnaire (21 items) which evaluated the problems of these sport clubs from different perspectives was...

The concept of citizen oriented application is defined. These applications are described. Their quality characteristics are stated and analyzed. Different types of interfaces are discussed. The advantages, as well as disadvantages of self adapting and non adapting user interfaces are analyzed. Data input for the bodybuilding training management applications is taken into discussion. The data in...

This study suggests a two-step approach to identifying and interpreting regional convergence clubs in Europe. The first step calculates Bayesian probabilities for various assignments of regions to two clubs using a general stochastic space-time dynamic panel relationship between growth rates and initial levels of income as well as endowments of physical, knowledge and human capital. This approa...

OBJECTIVES To explore the factors that facilitate or hinder the development of healthy tennis clubs in the Netherlands and to identify suitable interventions that would help clubs to reach 'healthy club' status. METHODS A maximum variation, purposive sampling strategy was used to identify and recruit board members (n=16) from 10 Dutch tennis clubs. Data were collected using in-depth interview...

The aim of this study is to assess the status of strategic thinking among directors of private sport clubs in Shiraz city based on Goldman model. The methodology used here is descriptive-analytic and data are collected through literature studies and survey. The target population of the study included all private sport clubs offering more than three types of sports (90 clubs) and the samplin...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate a sports safety-focused risk-management training programme. DESIGN Controlled before and after test. SETTING Four community soccer associations in Sydney, Australia. PARTICIPANTS 76 clubs (32 intervention, 44 control) at baseline, and 67 clubs (27 intervention, 40 control) at post-season and 12-month follow-ups. INTERVENTION SafeClub, a sports safety-focused risk-m...