1 Leeds Beckett University, Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure, Leeds, United Kingdom. 2 Leeds Rhinos Rugby League Club, Leeds, United Kingdom. 3 Yorkshire Carnegie Rugby Club, Leeds, United Kingdom. 4 The Rugby Football League, Leeds, United Kingdom. . Authors submitted their contribution to the article to the editorial board. Accepted for printing in the Journal of Human Kinet...

1 University School of Physical Education in Wroclaw, Department of Track and Field. 2 Gdańsk University of Physical Education and Sport, Department of Track and Field. 3 Inter-provincial Sports Medical Clinic in Wroclaw. . Authors submitted their contribution to the article to the editorial board. Accepted for printing in the Journal of Human Kinetics vol. 45/2015 in March 2015. Selected Deter...

Contributed by R. HAM ILTON THOMPSON, P. D., STERN, M. P., WILLIAMS, P., DUNCAN, K., HASKELL, W. L. and WOOD, P. D. Death during jogging or running. JAMA, Vol. 242, No. 12, Sept. 21 1979, pp. 1265-1267. 15 references. The activity history, medical history and autopsy results were examined in 18 cases of individuals who had died during or immediately after jogging. The coronary heart disease ris...

The vast majority of research on sport consumers fails to utilize a theoretical understanding of motivation to examine behaviour. Self-Determination Theory was used to develop a new understanding of sport consumer motivation. Sport consumer motivation is conceptualized as representing autonomy and control orientations that energize a desire to engage in sport goal directed behaviour to acquire ...

Introduction Voluntary involvement in sports coaching in local communities is widespread within Europe. In the European Commission’s (2010) Eurobarometer on sport and physical activity, 7% of respondents indicated that they gave their time to these activities. In Sweden, the rate was 18% which, together with Finland, was the highest level in the European Union. Sport is an important part of man...

Sports officials’ recruitment and retention is currently an issue for many sports. The sources of stress are numerous but seem to have a reduced impact on sport officials’ dropout. To examine potential reasons of sport officiating dropout, 1718 sport officials were asked to fill a survey about their motivation, the way they trained and are evaluated, perceived stress, the qualities and skills r...

Since sport marketing is a commercial activity, precise customer and marketing segmentation must be investigated frequently and it would help to know the sport market after a specific customer profile, segmentation, or pattern come with marketing activities has found. Such knowledge would not only help sport firms, but would also contribute to the broader field of sport customer behavior and ma...

Sport genomics is a comparatively new scientific discipline concentrating on the organization and functioning of the genome of elite athletes. It seems to be the most promising tool for sport selection, individualization of the training process, sport traumatology, and also in illegal ‘gene doping’. With genotyping more available, research of gene variants’ influence on several phenotype traits...