The aim of this paper is to examine the role football in lives novel’s characters, what way represented Greek society early post war period, as well which extent similar current society. It turned out that was extremely big, only possibility for entertainment and relaxation, but also much more than that. Football matches were a place gathering strengthening unity, an opportunity belong communit...

When evaluating one’s own or others’ performances, there is a strong tendency to rely on social comparison information. Remarkably, however, the extant achievement goal research suggests that prevalence of other-based goals very low, also in sport contexts. In present research, we argue and demonstrate context sports match: (1) most athletes’ overarching an approach (i.e., win), (2) athletes wi...

Complete List of Authors: Deighton, Kevin; Leeds Beckett University, Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure Duckworth, Lauren; Leeds Beckett University, Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure Matu, Jamie; Leeds Beckett University, Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure Suter, Matthew; Leeds Beckett University, Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisur...

Cathy J. Campbell, BPE, MSc, MD, Dip Sport Med,* James D. Carson, MD, Dip Sport Med,* Elena D. Diaconescu, MD,† Rick Celebrini, PT, PhD,‡ Marc R. Rizzardo, Dip Sports Physio, BScPT, MPE, BPE,‡ Veronique Godbout, MD, Dip Sport Med, MA, MedEd, BSc,§ Jennifer A. Fletcher, MD, Dip Sport Med,¶ Robert McCormack, MD,k Ross Outerbridge, MD, Dip Sport Med,** Taryn Taylor, MSc, MD, Dip Sport Med,†† Naama...

OBJECTIVES Early sports specialization is being seen with increasing frequency in children and adolescents in an attempt to achieve elite performance status. This phenomenon has attracted negative medical and lay media attention due, in part, to the possibility of an increased risk of acute and overuse injuries. The purpose of this study was to systematically review available research on youth ...

1. A globalizing sports economy 1.1 The Economic Significance of Sport 1.2 From Sport Participation to Global Sport Markets 1.3 Sports and Economic (Under-) Development 2. Sports economics: the economic determinants and impact of sport activities 2.1. The economic determinants of sport performances 2.2. The economic impact of sports megaevents 2.3. The economic theory of professional team sport...

En sciences sociales, l’étude de la connaissance porte façon privilégiée sur le domaine scientifique et sa production. La médiatisation du sport ne bénéficie ordinairement pas même prestige est rarement perçue comme un vie sociale où s’expriment recherche l’objectivité correspondance aux faits. Mettant côté ces présupposés, cet article propose d’examiner les pratiques d’objectivation d’un phéno...

Purpose – Sport celebrities often endorse their team, their sport, and non-sports-related products. Increased idolizing of sport celebrities by adolescents is one artifact of this promotional practice. Although seemingly innocuous, adolescents who idolize sport celebrities may, as adults, come to worship such celebrities; this unhealthy obsession may afflict 10 percent or more of adults. If ado...

This paper presents many common areas of interest of different specialists. There are problems described from sport, biomechanics, sport biomechanics, sport engineering, robotics, biomechanics and robotics, sport biomechanics and robotics. There are many approaches to sport from different sciences and engineering. Robotics is a relatively new area and has had m...

Previous studies have shown that sport officials’ decisions can be impacted by biases associated with expectations. The aim of this study was to determine whether elite cricket umpires’ are also influenced expectations batter skill. LBW (n = 5578) from actual level matches in Australia between 2009 and 2016 were analysed a multi-level binomial logistic regression paradigm. In our first model, w...