Tag: SSSF

There is a paucity of studies that have used qualitative methods to examine organizational capacity in relation to membership growth. Against that background, Eva Berthelsen Schmidt & Karsten Elmose-Østerlund set out to identify critical capacities for membership growth in voluntary sports clubs. Data was collected through telephone interviews. The study identified critical capacities for membership growth that other studies have found to be important for goal achievement, but the authors also identified differences in the role of some capacities.

Research that investigates the impact of heteronormativity on physical education (PE) is extensive. In this peer review article, Kristin Vindhol Evensen, Håkan Larsson and Elisa Strømman expand previous knowledge that describes PE as heteronormative, binary, and hierarchical by offering phenomenological analyses of transgender people’s experiences of PE. Where previous research has focused on structural binary arrangements in PE, this article describes the embodied experiences of such arrangements.

This study by Lucas Adler & Alex Krumer is motivated by the scarcity of research on attendance demand in women’s soccer. They aimed to investigate the determinants that shape stadium attendance in Norwegian Toppserien women’s league. From relatively low numbers, attendance has increased significantly over the examined period. Toppserien fans appear to respond positively to the level of game quality and the team’s performance. The results also suggest that the fans of women’s and men’s Norwegian soccer teams have rather distinct consumer profiles, highlighting the need for tailored marketing strategies for women’s teams.

Therese Hareide Holstads och Anne Tjønndals referentgranskade artikel handlar om genusimplikationerna av införandet av idrottsteknologi i tränarrollen i fotboll. Följande forskningsfrågor utforskas: Vilka erfarenheter har fotbollstränare för dam- och herrlag av idrottsteknologi och vilka könsmässiga betydelser har tekniken för fotbollstränarna? Artikeln bygger på kvalitativa intervjuer med 12 fotbollstränare för herr- och damlag, som tolkas mot bakgrund av tidigare forskning kring idrottsteknologi och tränarens roll. Vidare används feministiska teorier om teknologi och den digitala klyftan.

Med bakgrunn i idrettssosiologiske studier av organisasjonsendringer som belyser «high impact systems» og analytisk tuftet på teorier om institusjonelt lederskap og institusjonelt arbeid, undersøker Eivind Skille i denne artikkelen hvordan frivillige norske fotballklubber forholder seg til private fotballakademier. 16 intervjuer med representanter for seks frivillige fotballklubber utgjorde det empiriske grunnlaget, hvorav det ble identifisert to overordnede og sammenvevde funn som presenteres og diskuteres i artikkelen.

This study by Per Göran Fahlström, Filip Andersson and Owe Stråhlman analyzes the relationship between physical test results from a young age and future sporting success in the context of cross-country skiing. A cohort consisting of Swedish cross-country skiers who underwent physical tests before admission into ski high schools between 2002 and 2006. The test results of this cohort were analysed to explore their potential to predict future sporting success, using FIS-points, the official ranking and point system established by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation.

In Niklas Hafen’s article, two Scandinavian SDP programs serve as examples: LdB FC for Life in South Africa (sport and HIV/AIDS prevention) and Open Fun Football Schools in Moldova (sport and peace building). Drawing on a case study methodology, representatives involved in these cases have been interviewed, and observations in South Africa and Moldova have been made targeting the practical implementation of each endeavor. The aim of the article is to analyze the relationship between rhetoric and practice surrounding both projects.

Forskning om talangfulla idrottare har en stark tradition inom idrottsvetenskaplig forskning, där centrala frågor handlar om idrottares utvecklingsprocesser i olika faser och övergångar. I denna peer review-artikel av Max Bergström, Ingrid Okkenhaug, Rune Høigaard & Stig Arve Sæther redovisas en studie av kvinnliga och manliga norska ungdomslandslagsspelare (U19) i handboll om deras erfarenhet av sin egen utvecklingsmiljö, och om det finns könsskillnader i spelarnas förväntningar relaterade till en professionell karriär som seniora spelare.

Floorball is a team sport associated with many potential injuries, but several studies have shown that injury-prevention programmes (IPEPs) can reduce the risk of injuries occurring. The results of this peer reviewed study by Taru Tervo, Andreas Simensen and Staffan Karp, show that the conditions necessary for floorball players’ motivation in their sporting environment to perform injury-pre­ven­tion exercise programme are insufficient, despite knowledge of their significance in avoiding injuries

Christian Tolstrup Jensen’s paper analyses the development of the sport event policy in the case of Denmark, a small, Western country with no mega sport event hosting experience. Based on an analysis of archival documents, media coverage and interviews with representatives of sport federations, municipalities, and the organisations carrying out the event policy, the paper traces the start of the policy to 1994 when the Danish sport confederation (DIF) founded the Sports Foundation Denmark.