Measures and applications of the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 956-962
Author(s):  
Muhammet İrfan Kurudirek ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Screening Method ◽  
Competent Authority ◽  
Ice Hockey ◽  
Wuhan City ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Sports Industry ◽  
Sports Organizations ◽  
Health Applications

COVID-19 virus, which broke out in Wuhan city of China in 2019 and has nearly brought the sports industry to a standstill, has spread to all stages within the organizational structure of sports. In this period, it can be said that sports clubs were affected economically, and coaches, managers and other stakeholders remained inactive. In this period, issues such as the creation of financial support packages for sports clubs and online education came to the fore. Therefore, strategies and applications of sports federations which are the competent authority of sports in the national platform, in this process have become a determinant for most work areas such as sports clubs, coaches, executives and referees to sustain their activities. This study was conducted to examine the education, development and health applications followed by the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, the general screening method was used. It is expected that the applications carried out in the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons will set an example for other sports organizations.

Sportvereine als Interessenorganisationen?! – Ursachen und Auswirkungen von Ziel-Interessen-Divergenzen in freiwilligen Sportorganisationen / Sports Clubs as Mutual Interest Organizations? – Causes and Effects of Divergences between Club Goals and Member Interests in Volunteer Sports Organizations

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-37
Author(s):  
Christoffer Klenk ◽  
Siegfried Nagel
Keyword(s):  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Sports Organizations ◽  
Mutual Interest ◽  
Interest Organizations

Zusammenfassung Für Sportvereine als Interessenorganisationen scheint die Rückbindung der Vereinsziele an die Mitgliederinteressen von zentraler Bedeutung zu sein. In der Vereinsrealität dürfte aber diese Rückbindung nur teilweise gewährleistet sein und folglich Ziel-Interessen-Divergenzen eher die Norm als die Ausnahme darstellen. Vor diesem Hintergrund stellt sich die Frage, welche Ursachen für Ziel-Interessen- Divergenzen verantwortlich zu machen sind und welche Auswirkungen sich daraus für die Vereine ergeben. Dieser Frage geht der vorliegende Beitrag nach, indem auf der Grundlage des akteurtheoretischen Mehr-Ebenen-Modells zur Analyse der Entwicklung von Sportvereinen die struktur- und handlungsbedingten Ursachen und Auswirkungen von Divergenzen auf der Vereins- und Mitgliederebene beleuchtet werden. Mit Blick auf die Ursachen wurde der Einfluss der korporativen Vereinsstrukturen und der individuellen Handlungsorientierungen der Mitglieder auf Divergenzen untersucht. Die Befunde hierzu zeigen, dass Divergenzen einerseits durch einem zunehmenden Differenzierungs- und Hierarchisierungsgrad (z.B. Vereinsgröße, Umweltvernetzung, Oligarchisierung) begünstigt werden und andererseits vor allem bei einer primären Verfolgung von Eigeninteressen der Mitglieder auftreten. Hinsichtlich der Auswirkungen wurden die individuellen Mitgliederreaktionen und die korporativen Vereinsreaktionen auf Divergenzen analysiert. Diesbezüglich zeigen die Befunde, dass sowohl die Mitglieder als auch die Vereinsführung überwiegend konstruktiv auf Divergenzen reagieren (z.B. durch Problemansprache, Vertrauen, Kompromissfindung), so dass es vielen Vereinen offenbar relativ gut gelingt, Ziel-Interessen-Divergenzen bis zu einem gewissen Grad sowohl aushalten als auch aufarbeiten zu können.

Competing teammates: food in New Zealand sports settings

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 803-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary-Ann Carter ◽  
Louise N Signal ◽  
Richard Edwards ◽  
Janet Hoek
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Cultural Attitudes ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Sports Organizations ◽  
Sports Events ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
Nutrition Policies ◽  
Health Agencies ◽  
Key Informant

AbstractDespite the global popularity of sport, we know surprisingly little about food in sports settings. This two-phased study analysed the foods available in New Zealand sports settings. Phase one included a systematic literature review and 18 interviews with key informants from national and regional sporting organizations. Phase two involved 37 key informant interviews with stakeholders from two exemplar sports, rugby and netball and direct observations at netball and rugby venues. This study found most foods and beverages at New Zealand sports events were energy-dense and nutrient-poor. Caterers’ control over food provision, socio-cultural attitudes which view unhealthy foods as normal, and a dominant profit motive, appear to be the key factors influencing the food environment in sports settings. Food environments in sport settings provide frequent opportunities to purchase and consume energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods. The research shows we have competing players in the sports context—unhealthy food and healthy physical activity. Achieving sustainable healthy change in sports settings will be challenging when the prevailing attitude normalizes the unhealthy environment. Nutrition policies in sports clubs are urgently needed to increase the availability of healthy food. This requires support from health agencies and leadership from national sports organizations. Given the international nature of the food industry and sport, these findings from New Zealand may assist other countries to better understand the nature of food in sport and adopt appropriate interventions to reduce the obesogenic environment that is sport.

scholarly journals Involvement of cities with county rights in financing tasks pertaining to physical culture

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (4 (48)) ◽  
pp. 1261-1279
Author(s):  
Maja KRASUCKA
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Physical Culture ◽  
Spatial Difference ◽  
Government Grants ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Sports Organizations ◽  
Financial Autonomy ◽  
The Mean

 Units of local governments in Poland are responsible for running actions in the sphere of physical culture. The growing number of people practicing sports, as well as social and rearing aspects related to sports exert an influence on the activity of sports clubs and social organizations which promote physical culture. While only some sports organizations are self-sufficient economically, most of them must rely on public support. In Poland, like in the majority of European countries, one of the main sources of financing are public grants. Cities with county rights (CCRs), being a specific type of commune, undertake tasks of both communes and counties. In the sphere of tasks pertaining to physical culture this can manifest itself by higher budgetary expenses in general, including grants. Local tasks connected with sport are stiffly defined by central regulations only to an insignificant extent. Therefore it is accepted that local governments possess considerable autonomy as regards deciding about allocation of the means assigned for their realization. This concerns also the grant-based expenses. Thus, the aim of the article is to examine whether the scale of expenses borne on physical culture, including local government grants, is dependent on the size of CCRs and on the level of their financial autonomy. In this paper, the author presents differences in expenses from budgets of CCRs on tasks pertaining to physical culture (Section 926 of the budgetary classification), with particular taking account of grants which constitute them. The basic tools of descriptive statistics and study of interdependences were used. A very large spatial difference in the examined variables, both in the regional framework and within the types of communes, was found. The mean interdependence was identified between grant-based expenses and the level of financial autonomy of the cities with county rights.

scholarly journals Doping Prevention in Sport: Overview of Anti-Doping Education Programmes

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (117) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatričė Sipavičiūtė ◽  
Saulius Šukys ◽  
Audronė Dumčienė
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Belief System ◽  
Ethical Behaviour ◽  
Young Athletes ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Sports Industry ◽  
Sports Organizations ◽  
As Doping ◽  
Doping Behaviour ◽  
Research Analysis

Background. As doping can damage the sports industry, it is fundamental for athletes to engage in the anti-doping education programs and understand the anti-doping rules. The purpose of this article was to provide an overview of research focusing on anti-doping education.Methods. Scientific research analysis was done by focusing on doping prevention and education programs.Results. Anti-doping education should focus on young athletes, involve family members, friends and coaches. In relation with anti-doping programs which concentrated on health education and informative knowledge, moral and ethical behaviour based anti-doping education was believed to be more effective in actual doping behaviour of athletes. Since coaches could be potentially influencing athletes’ doping behaviour, there should be a collaboration of sports organizations and policy makers in order to help coaches operate within anti-doping rules by creating certain doping prevention programs.Conclusions. Research studies which examine athletes’ belief system and provoke critical thinking in athletes about using banned substances in sport might be more effective in preventing doping than programs focusing only on health education. Keywords: anti-doping, doping, education, prohibited substances.

scholarly journals Comparative Study Regarding Motivation in Sports Organizations

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-70
Author(s):  
Maria Daniela Macra-Oșorhean ◽  
Irina Gavrilă ◽  
Paul Ovidiu Radu
Keyword(s):  
Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Sports Activity ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Performance Factors ◽  
Sports Organizations ◽  
Basketball Game ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Level Of Motivation

"ABSTRACT. In sports, the motivation of athletes can be the key to success. Motivation, as a concept, was offered a wide range of interpretations, many of which were developed from a managerial perspective that highlights a better understanding of the mechanisms of motivation of human character. Objectives. Identifying the reasons for playing basketball by athletes aged 14- 15, but also highlighting the motivational performance factors by comparing two teams with different competitive results. Methods and means. To carry out this study, the survey method was used by filling in a questionnaire by the basketball players of the two sports clubs. The questionnaire includes 24 questions and refers to the causes that athletes find motivating to practice the game of basketball. Results. The results presented show for each category the average level of motivation that underlies the engagement in the basketball game of each team studied. In the “amotivation” category, both teams have a result of 1, thus eliminating the risk of abandoning the sports activity. Regarding the ""external regulation"", U-BT athletes have a higher score, thus resulting in a higher extrinsic motivation based on praise or external factors. Both teams scored high on ""intrinsic motivation"", demonstrating that athletes practice basketball voluntarily. Conclusions. In conclusion, these variations can be justified due to the transition age in which the athletes are, the players coming to detach themselves from the concrete and situate the real in a set of possible transformations. This study illustrates a motivational portrait of junior teams engaged in the domestic national championship."

scholarly journals An examination of football players’ beliefs about anti-doping education

2020 ◽  
pp. 94-106
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Nutritional Supplement ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Supplement Use ◽  
Prevention Programmes ◽  
Relevant Education ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

The use of doping substances constitutes one of the most significant threats in sport. The present study aimed at examining the beliefs of football players about anti-doping education, as well as their behaviour related to nutritional supplement use and doping use. The sample consisted of 186 football players from sports clubs in Thessaloniki, a city in northern Greece. A self-reported questionnaire, which consisted of five parts, was administered to the football players. The findings revealed limited football players’ prior anti-doping education, which was not associated with their age and years of playing football in a club. However, footballers reported that they would be willing to learn about anti-doping. Online education was considered as the most effective way anti-doping education should be offered. Football players indicated behaviour related to nutritional supplement use that was reflective of a neutral stance, while their behaviour related to doping use was reflective of a negative stance. Their age did not differentiate their behaviour towards both nutritional supplement use and doping use. The worrying lack of knowledge about anti-doping among football players underlines the need for relevant education and prevention programmes. This research demonstrates that focusing on footballers’ beliefs and behaviours related to doping can provide some knowledge that will be useful in the fight against doping.

scholarly journals Predicting the future of sports organizations

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-115
Author(s):  
Jugoslav Vojinovic ◽  
Nebojsa Maksimovic ◽  
Dragan Kokovic ◽  
Aleksandar Raic ◽  
Radenko Matic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Control Sample ◽  
Experimental Sample ◽  
Prediction System ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Real Potential ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Sports Organizations ◽  
The Future ◽  
Key Variables

The current crisis of sport in Serbia justifies its prediction of real potential future of sport organizations. Sample of respondents (N=277) was divided in two subsamples: 113 professional persons involved in the management of sports clubs ("experimental" sample) and 164 individuals ("control" sample). The results of structural analysis showed that experimental sample based its vision on the staff as a determinant of the system, which is providing creativity as a characteristic of the organizational culture of the club. Control subsample of respondents could indicate some characteristic variables to predict the future of clubs, but can't say a clear prediction system based on a long sequence of reasoning. We can conclude that the mentioned two sub-samples are differerent in terms of the ability to orient to predict the future of their clubs on the basis of assessment of the key variables that shape the future scenarios.

scholarly journals Action Research on College English Writing Based on Information Technology from the Perspective of Moocs

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Xuan Guo
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Network Teaching ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
College English ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Reform And Development

<p>The educational reform based on information technology at college has been paid high attention recently in China, which aims at using educational informationization to drive educational modernization and bringing online education into the reform and development strategy of the overall higher education. To promote the educational informatization is not only the inevitable choice of the reform and development of Chinese education; it is also an important means and way to realize the internationalization of the education development.</p><p>In the background of the development of education system, for the reality is that the teaching way in our university is basically the traditional teaching mode, the paper is to do action research on college English writing based on information technology from the perspective of Moocs. This paper mainly discusses how to filter to use information technology in network teaching environment in order to help teachers build education concept in the information age, and guide students to truly put themselves into autonomous learning and mobile learning, so as to improve students’ innovative writing ability.</p>

Sports Marketing and Social Media

2018 ◽  
pp. 119-139
Author(s):  
Reza Mohammadkazemi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Sports Marketing ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Sports Industry ◽  
Sports Organizations ◽  
Marketing Social ◽  
The Impact

In this chapter, we are going to focus on the impact of Social media to change the marketing world in every industry. Social media marketing (SMM) has had a particular impact in the field of sports marketing. Social media in sports has effectively rendered a new style of communication with important implications for the field. The fans' connection to sports is changing and social media is creating a whole new channel for the fans to interact and be a part of the action beyond that which they may hope to achieve by physically being present at the stadium or the ballpark. Sports organizations today are reliant upon social media for their continued success and growth. This chapter describes how social media is being used amongst sports organizations and how it has changed the sports industry.

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