Tag: children’s and youth sports

Det vitenskapelige arbeidet må dreie seg om barn i norsk idrett i tida etter 1970. Barneidrettens plass i det norske samfunnet er et underbelyst tema i idrettshistorien. Norges idrettsforbund (NIF)s ulike og reviderte barneidrettsbestemmelser i perioden fra 1976-2027, og særforbundenes og særkretsenes tilknyttede retningslinjer for sin barneidrett, trenger å bli behandlet i sin helhet, og i en bredere samfunnskontekst. Også historisk orienterte studier av barneidrett og konkurransearenaer utenfor den organiserte rammen av NIF, kan tenkes i dette PH.D.-arbeidet.

Camilla Strömbergs doktorsavhandling Att vinna utan att förlora (Malmö universitet) handlar om barn- och ungdomsfotbolls­tränarnas balansgång mellan å ena sidan att låta alla få vara med, å andra sidan att vinna matcher. Idrottsrörelsen har – påhejad av staten – en ambition om att idrott ska vara till för alla. Men tävlingsidrott i en prestationskontext utmanar ledarna när de ska förhålla sig till denna ambition. Syftet är att visa hur spänningsförhållandet mellan ”idrott för alla” och tävlingsidrottens prestationslogik tar sig uttryck i barn- och ungdomsidrotten.

Inger Eliasson, PhD, is an associate professor in Education at the Department of Education and Umeå School of Sport Sciences, Umeå University, Sweden. Her research focuses on behavioral processes associated with upbringing and socialization in children’s sport, children’s rights, the abuse of children in sports, and gendered and generational issues within children’s sport and sport coaching but also about team sports for older people.

The purpose of the conference is to explore how children’s rights can be more deeply embedded into the everyday practices and lived experiences of children, young people and adults in sport and physical activity; to identify how children’s rights can be actively promoted within sport and physical activity; to share examples of good practice, reflections from projects and working reports from current initiatives; and to develop the relationship between research, policy and practice such that they inform each other and support a movement towards rights-based, rights-informed and rights-respecting practice becoming ‘normal’ practice.

In this project, we try to preserve a simple but crucial idea: having equal conditions in sports is a human right. With the idea that “sport is a human right,” the project wants to promote social inclusion and help make sure that everyone has equal opportunities in sports, with a particular focus on migrants. Sport is oftentimes cited as the perfect tool for upward mobility, and many young athletes attach their hopes and dreams to sport, particularly football, to ascend socially. Still, migrant athletes continue to suffer from social exclusion.

Children and youth sport involve many adult actors, not least family members. Parents and guardians are involved in children and youth sport both at amateur and elite level, as coaches, instructors, referees, and audiences. The aim of this special issue is to examine the intersection of parenthood and sport from several theoretical perspectives, geographical areas and methodologies. We welcome submissions from various research themes regarding parenthood and sport.

Doktorsavhandlingen Barn- och ungdomsidrott till salu: Om begär, immateriellt arbete och kommersialisering av Jesper Karlsson (Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan GIH) undersöker företag som säljer idrottstjänster till barn och ungdomar i Sverige. ”Det som förvånade mig var att det idag finns företag som erbjuder idrott till allt från bebisar och yngre barn till ungdomar”, säger Jesper Karlsson.

We encourage submissions from early career researchers as well as established researchers. Please note that the Nordic arena is not an exclusionary geography for the papers to be considered. Furthermore, contributors should keep in mind that organised sport for youth is in focus of this special issue, which does not of course exclude that attention can be given among others to children’s rights. We prefer submissions that take an interdisciplinary approach and include attention both to minority and majority youth.

PES is devoted to enriching the scientific knowledge of exercise during childhood. Articles focus on children’s unique responses to exercise. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Karate Training Improves Metabolic Health in Overweight and Obese Adolescents: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Fabricio de Souza, Luciano Acordi da Silva, Gisele Santinoni Ferreira, Márcia Mendonça Marcos de Souza, Franciane Bobinski, Juliete Palandi, Chaiana Esmeraldino Mendes Marcon, Daniel Fernandes Martins, Fabiana Schuelter-Trevisol, Daisson José Trevisol.

The White Paper, Child Labour in Sport: Protecting the Rights of Child Athletes, was launched last week at the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, held in Durban, South Africa. For those not able to attend the session live, a video of the session is available. The video concludes with some very interesting remarks by the South African Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Mr. Nkosinathi Emmanuel 'Nathi' Mthethwa.