Tag: Nikolaj Schelde

Sine Agergaard’s and David Karen’s edited collection Social Issues in Sport, Leisure, and Health (Routledge) presents a series of in-depth descriptions of grassroots sport, urban lifestyle sport, physical activity across the life course, and sport for children with special needs. Karin Andersson’s insightful review maps out the theoretical directions at the basis of the study and, while also offering some critical points, concludes that the volume provides a crucial counterpoint to the prevailing individualism by illustrating how broader social determinants shape health, sport participation, and leisure activities.

Mihaly Szerovay and colleagues’ edited collection Football in the Nordic Countries: Practices, Equality and Influence (Routledge) explores football culture, organisation and development in the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Norway. To our reviewer Payam Ansari, the anthology offers a rich, multifaceted exploration of football on national, “glocal”, and global levels, making it a valuable addition to the field of sports sociology and a beacon for future research on football.

The International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing (IJSMM), a refereed journal published four times per year, aims to present current practice and research in the area of sport management and marketing. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Internationalisation and martial arts: the case of Carlson Gracie's Brazilian jiu-jitsu gym by Heloisa Alexander Fonseca Soares, Renato Dourado Cotta de Mello, Clarice Secches Kogut.

Rapporten her baserer sig på den til dato største undersøgelse af frivillighed i dansk fodbold. Mere end 11.000 personer har deltaget i undersøgelsen, hvoraf ca. 5.000 er frivillige. Aldrig før i dansk idræt er frivillighed blevet belyst ved så stort et antal respondenter. Det er unikt og giver nu fodbolden og idrætten som helhed ny og vigtig viden, der skal danne grundlag for kommende initiativer med henblik på at styrke frivilligheden i dansk fodbold.

Managing Sport and Leisure is a refereed journal that publishes high quality research articles to inform and stimulate discussions relevant to sport and leisure management globally. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Changing the sport product: marketing implications for championship rugby league clubs in the United Kingdom by Kacy Mackreth & Alexander John Bond.

This article by Søren Bennike, Nikolaj Schelde and Adam B. Evans presents selected results from the most comprehensive mapping of diversity in Danish grassroots football ever conducted. Results reflect quantitative measures of diversity amongst 8053 respondents, including club members (players), club boards, educated licensed coaches, educated licensed referees and the Danish Football Association’s political level.

Fodboldspillere, trænere og dommere. Det er blot nogle af de mere end 8.000 respondenter, der har besvaret et spørgeskema om diversitet i dansk breddefodbold. Og spørgsmålene er sendt ud til alle medlemmer af dansk fodbold, når det kommer til alder, niveau og geografi. Det er første gang nogensinde, at man kortlægger diversiteten i en specifik sportsgren i Danmark. Resultaterne er nu klar.