Gender-based violence, which includes sexual and intimate partner violence against women, is prevalent worldwide, prompting calls for primary prevention programs which engage men and boys in changing social norms that condone violence against women. Bystander intervention efforts which encourage males to say something to stop peers from enacting disrespectful and abusive behaviors toward female...

http://www.ukhealthcare.uky.edu/sportsmedicine/ Overtraining in Young Athletes While most coaches, parents and athletes tend to think of the term “overtraining” as a description of time spent on a specific activity it is actually much more. Overtraining syndrome (OTS) is a condition that can prevent athletes from reaching training and competitive goals, increase injury rates, and effect activit...

Because increasing numbers of young people are nowadays seriously committed to highly competitive sports programmes and as many coaches and athletes are aware of the advantages of reducing fatness for optimal performance in most sports there are risks that excessive voluntary weight reduction may ensue. The urge to minimise body fat may indeed lead to a pathological degree of food and fatness a...

Epidemiologically-based evidence has demonstrated that a substantial number of athletes and exercisers are injured each year, which can result in physical disability as well as other negative physical, social and psychological consequences. Accumulated research has indicated that the prevalence of sport and physical activity-related injuries varies based on gender, age group, type of sport, lev...

OBJECTIVES Competence, confidence, connection, and character are regarded as outcomes of positive youth development (PYD) in sport. However, the specific athlete behaviors associated with different PYD profiles are not well understood. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between athletes' observed behavior during sport competitions and their perceptions of PYD ou...

Over the last 30 years, strength and power training has been a major issue for, coaches, athletes and researchers. Unfortunately, despite the increasing professionalization of coaches and athletes, there is little research data concerning performance in top athletes. In fact, experimental studies in high level athletes are very difficult to put into practice for many reasons. However, such cons...

The physical component and food intake are significant factors in football. aims of this study were 1) to identify materials media for exercise diet management soccer athletes 2) map training athletes. method used is Research Development (R&D) with the Four-D (4D) model. population football coaches. sample consisted 82 coaches from PSMS Medan. Data analysis using descriptive analysis. resul...

Introduction Limited effort has been invested in understanding doping Paralympic sport. The limited evidence that exists suggests factors influencing parasport are similar to Olympic However, based on the design and nature of previous studies, where methods have mostly qualitative data prevalence numbers, further research is warranted extend findings. Methods Informed by current from sport, we ...