Fantasy football participation is an extremely-popular, yet unique online activity that combines traditional sport fandom with interactive components to enhance a fan’s overall sport experience. The player-specific concentration of the game, however, has the potential to alter traditional team-focused loyalties that have driven sport consumer behavior inquiry for decades. Due to this intriguing...

This study investigated the relationship of self-efficacy and coping styles to stress and burnout in selected coaches sports in Tehran. Accordingly, 450 coaches were randomly selected on the base of Morgan table. Data gathered from the questionnaires as follows; a) coping style of stress (Dadsetan et al., 2009, α=0/74), b) self efficacy (Schwartz et al., 1995, α=0/82) and, c) Burnout Inventory ...

The objective of this work was to compare the anthropometric and physical fitness characteristics of Brazilian adolescents who practise team court sports and to compare specific parameters obtained for adolescents with data from the general population. This was a cross-sectional study of 1,348 male adolescents grouped as follows: basketball players (n = 287), indoor soccer players (n = 665), ha...

The increase in competition demands in elite team sports over recent years has prompted much attention from researchers and practitioners to the monitoring of adaptation and fatigue in athletes. Monitoring fatigue and gaining an understanding of athlete status may also provide insights and beneficial information pertaining to player availability, injury, and illness risk. Traditional methods us...

Background: The goals of participation youth sports are primarily concerned with the facilitation of positive youth development as opposed to outright success. Consequently, there are strong theoretical and empirical links between sports coaching and athlete development. Transformational leadership behaviours, in particular, have been theoretically linked to positive developmental outcomes with...

AIM To examine whether receipt of alcohol industry sponsorship is associated with problematic drinking in UK university students who play sport. METHODS University students (n = 2450) participating in sports were invited to complete a pen-and-paper questionnaire by research staff approaching them at sporting facilities and in university settings. Respondents were asked whether they, personall...

Team Members Carla Rêgo Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto; Pediatric Unit CUF Hospital Alice Silva Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto Sandra Torres Faculty of Psychology, University of Porto Sandra Abreu Faculty of Nutrition, University of Porto Luís Belo Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto Henrique Nascimento – Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto Susana Vale Faculty of S...

This study aimed to test a multilevel mediation model which examined the relationship between the perceived motivational climate created by coaches at team level and motivational regulations towards sport at individual level, as mediated by individual goal orientations. 211 university athletes from 20 teams training in different types of sport completed a battery of instruments that measured th...