‘I do it for the kids’: understanding the implications of being a volunteer coach in a community youth sport club in New Brunswick, Canada

AbstractInfluence and the opportunity to have one’s voice heard are fundamental rights valid for all people, including also children and youths. Despite this, research shows that young people’s voices have received less attention and young people have no influence in many contexts in which they find themselves (Evans, 2007; Fundberg, 2009; Redelius, 2005). In Sweden, the emphasis on influence can be linked to the fact that the sport club activities of the Swedish state are seen as an important arena for the civic education of young people (The Swedish Sports Confederation, 2005, 2011). The aim of this study is to explore young coaches and their opportunities to influence in the Swedish sport clubs with focus on what the youths themselves say about influence and power. We use Bourdieus’ theories on social fields to bring to light which youths are chosen to be leaders and their possibilities to influence. The results show that for young coaches to have influence, both their habitus and capital are required to ‘match’ the social context into which they are entering. One way of maintaining power is not to change the accepted way of working, which excludes the young coaches from challenging in the battle for positions.

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Impact of Joining Motivation in a Commercial Youth Sport Club and Attributes of Its Choice on Intention of Continuing Participation

Journal of Sport and Leisure Studies ◽

10.51979/kssls.2007.11.31.383 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 31 ◽

pp. 383-392

Author(s):

Woo Jin Jung ◽

Sang Soo Kwon

Keyword(s):

Youth Sport ◽

Sport Club

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Psychological contract in the volunteer youth sport coach environment: the community sport club perspective

Managing Sport and Leisure ◽

10.1080/23750472.2019.1645615 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (5) ◽

pp. 321-338

Author(s):

Alanna Harman ◽

Alison Doherty

Keyword(s):

Psychological Contract ◽

Youth Sport ◽

Sport Club ◽

Community Sport

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A Comparative Study of Hematological Parameters of Endurance Runners at Guna Athletics Sport Club (3100 Meters above Sea Level) and Ethiopian Youth Sport Academy (2400 Meters above Sea Level), Ethiopia

Journal of Sports Medicine ◽

10.1155/2021/8415100 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

Zelalem Tilahun Muche ◽

Diresibachew Haile Wondimu ◽

Milkessa Bayissa Midekssa ◽

Endeshaw Chekol Abebe ◽

Teklie Mengie Ayele ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sea Level ◽

Addis Ababa ◽

Hematological Parameters ◽

Youth Sport ◽

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Sport Club ◽

Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Endurance Runners ◽

Wbc Count ◽

And Training

Introduction. Endurance running performance is dependent upon hematological, physiological, anthropometrical, diet, genetic, and training characteristics. Increased oxygen transport and efficiency of tissue in extracting oxygen are the major determinants to competitions that require endurance. Thus, altitude training is often employed to increase blood oxygen-carrying capacity to improve sea-level endurance performance. This study aimed to compare hematological parameters of endurance runners’ training at different clubs with different altitudes (Guna Athletics Sport Club at Guna (3100 meter above sea level) and Ethiopian Youth Sport Academy at Addis Ababa (2400 meter above sea level)). Methods. A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted at GASC and EYSA. Data were collected from a total of 102 eligible study subjects (26 runners and 25 controls at Guna and 26 runners and 25 controls at Addis Ababa) from May to October 2019. About 3 ml of the venous blood was drawn from the antecubital vein by aseptic procedure and analyzed using a hematology analyzer (DIRUI BCC-3000B, China). One-way ANOVA and independent-sample t-tests were used to compare means. Result. Male runners in Guna had significantly higher hemoglobin (Hgb), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), and white blood cell (WBC) count than male runners in Addis Ababa. Besides, female runners in Guna had significantly higher MCH and MCHC than female runners in Addis Ababa. However, there were no significant differences between Guna and Addis Ababa runners in red blood cell (RBC) count, Hct, MCV, and platelet count in both sexes, while Hgb and WBC count in females. Conclusion. Decisively, Guna Athletics Sport Club endurance runners had significantly higher hematological parameters than Ethiopian Youth Sport Academy endurance runners. This provides invaluable information for coaches and sport physicians to monitor the hematological profile and the health status of an athlete living and training at different altitudes.

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Establishing and Maintaining a Modified Youth Sport Program: Lessons from Hotelling’s Location Game

Sociology of Sport Journal ◽

10.1123/ssj.15.4.326 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 15 (4) ◽

pp. 326-342 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Laurence Chalip ◽

B. Christine Green

Keyword(s):

Sport Participation ◽

Youth Sport ◽

Affective Experience ◽

Sport Club ◽

Youth Soccer ◽

Sport Programs ◽

Youth Sport Participation

Modified youth sport programs seek to adapt sport rules, equipment, and contingencies to the needs and abilities of child participants. Research shows that modified programs can broaden the base of youth sport participation, enhance children’s affective experience of sport, and elevate the level of skill they attain. Hotelling’s location game is applied to the analysis of a modified youth soccer program. It is shown that the program struggled to retain the modifications it had implemented and was gradually compelled to adopt elements of the traditional youth sport programs it had initially rejected. This finding is consistent with predictions derived from Hotelling. It is argued that modified programs will have difficulty maintaining their distinctiveness from traditional youth sport if they are implemented within established sport club structures. A framework for facilitating the establishment and maintenance of modified youth sport programs is suggested.

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