BACKGROUND This study investigated the perceived influence of a Healthy Welcoming Environment (HWE) on participation in sports clubs among adolescent girls, and how these perceptions changed longitudinally. HWE was defined in terms of a set of health promotion policies advocated by a health promotion foundation as the basis of sport club health promotion practice to promote structural reform in...

this study aimed at investigating the state of tourism and sport tourism in abu dhabi which considered the competences of sport tourism, ongoing sport fields and the capacity and condition of places of residence in abu dhabi between 2004 and 2008. the statistical population equaled the sample consisting of 40 tourism authorities, experts and managers, hotel, sport club and travel agency manager...

Segregated sport was a source of bitter conflict in apartheid South Africa. This paper focuses on cycle apartheid-era Natal, concentrating the circumstances which led to rise and ultimately demise one specific multiracial Durban cycling club: ‘Triangle Cycling Club.’ Based mixed research methodology, it explores impact micro-level state’s changing sports policies local over last quarter twentie...

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...

This study investigated a pilot community youth sport club coach developer initiative. Coach development and education literature indicate that coaches are central in Australian participation, retention. A Lead Developer (LCD), 7 Club Coordinators 14 took part interviews this research. The provided qualitative data were thematically analysed to elicit key themes of perceptions experiences parti...

Abstract This study aims to analyse the efficiency of sports clubs belonging Academic Federation University Sports and influence organisational structure holds over their performance standards. First, we included 92 that registered points in Club. The analysis was carried out using two-stage data envelopment (DEA) methodology efficiency. Second, analysed how strategy, stakeholder relations fund...