Tag: SSSF

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.

In this peer review article Henrik Fürst proposes a reassessment of the concept of talent and offers tools for a conceptual and methodological shift in the study of talent identification in sports. Drawing on American pragmatism, specifically the pragmatic maxim, the article aims to clarify the concept of talent in talent identification that makes an athlete open for selection. The article organizes, presents, and discusses existing research on talent identification and highlights the need for a conceptual reevaluation.

In 2017, the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) decided to offer the men’s and the women’s national teams an equal share of the revenue from the federation’s sponsorship deals. This was regarded as a groundbreaking event in the history of women’s football. This peer review article by Arve Hjelseth and Jorid Hovden examines the process that led to this result by exploring the discourses of gender justice negotiated in the process.

This study by Ove Olsen Sæle, Åse Nylenna Akslen and Cecilie Ristesund thoroughly examines how a selection of Norwegian male teachers in upper-secondary school perceive and practise fair play in teaching. The study’s research question asks how fair play is perceived and practised by a selection of physical education teachers in upper-secondary school. In the discussion of its findings, the study considers Sheridan’s conceptualisation of fair play, which employs seven perspectives on fair play that take the term ‘ethos’ as a key concept.

Syftet med den här studien av Inger Eliasson och Jesper Fundberg var att genom en fallstudie analysera iscensättning och erfarenheter av en pedagogisk intervention genomförd med pojkar aktiva i lagidrott i Sverige, vilken syftade till att förändra problematisk maskulinitet i det svenska samhället. Fallstudien är av etnografisk karaktär där en autentisk utbildningsprocess följs och studeras genom observationer, intervjuer och dokument.

Hensikten med studien av Odd Lennart Vikene, Reidun Nerhus Fretland, Sylvia Hole og Helga Synnevåg Løvoll er å utforske hvordan ny teknologi i form av appen Georeg har innvirkning på turgåingen. Analysen av intervjumaterialet identifiserte fire overordnede temaer: 1) fra trimbok til app, 2) hvordan appen regulerer og former, 3) appen skaper motstridende følelser og 4) når teknologien tar styring. Funnene illustrerer både positive og negative sider ved bruk av app og en tydelig ambivalens kommer til uttrykk.