Girls going through puberty face a number of challenges that can impact their participation in sports ( Women in Sport, 2018 ). These challenges can be related to increased social or school pressures, as well as physiological changes, and, consequential negative attitudes toward body image and
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Sports Participation During Adolescence and Menstrual Cycle Education Status in Females Across Six Territories
Phoebe Law, Natalie Brown, Charles Pedlar, and Georgie Bruinvels
Catalyzing Inclusive Excellence: Transformative Practices of Auburn University’s School of Kinesiology
Matthew W. Miller, Christopher M. Wilburn, Harsimran S. Baweja, Mary E. Rudisill, and Jared A. Russell
In 2005, the School of Kinesiology (KINE; at the time, the Department of Health and Human Performance) at Auburn University (AU) adopted a mission to increase its diversity and inclusiveness. Driven by this mission, in 2012, AU KINE implemented its 10-in-10 strategic initiative to train and
Evaluating the Use of Communication and Technology by High School Athletic Directors to Navigate the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tyler Ratts, Braden Norris, and Brian Mancuso
High school athletics represents a major segment of the sport industry and is regarded as an important component in youth development in the United States. Roughly 57% of high school students participate in at least one sport, which totals nearly 8 million student athletes ( “Cost,” 2020
A Review and Research Agenda for Brand Communities in Sports
David Wagner
Research on brand communities has burgeoned over the past 2 decades. Today many, if not most, sport organizations are entertaining dedicated brand communities. This article traces the development of community thinking in the field of sport management and marketing. Key articles on brand communities in leading journals in the field are identified, reviewed, and their core contributions distilled. By drawing on literature from adjacent fields, seven areas of future research are proposed: make or buy community, getting value from community, building a community capability, solving the community engagement puzzle, focusing on effective community engagement practices, analyzing the full community life cycle, and community for Web 3.0. The article provides a number of recommendations for future research on brand communities in sport management and marketing, enabling scholars to advance knowledge for both research and practice.
Helping Middle School Females Form a Sense of Self through Team Sports and Exercise
Ruth Ference and K. Denise Muth
The purpose of the study was to investigate how involvement in exercise and participation in team sports were related to the multidimension self-perceptions of middle school females. The study was conducted in 2 middle schools with 181 8th-grade females. Instruments used were the Physical Activity Survey and Harter’s Self-Perception Profile for Children. Results show that participation in team sports was related to four domains of self-perception: social acceptance, athletic competence, scholastic competence, and global self-worth. Informal exercise was related to social acceptance and global self-worth of middle school females. Therefore, it appears that both team sports and exercise may be important in enhancing self-concept in middle school females. Results also show that over half of middle school females in this study participated in three or more team sports during middle school. However, almost half of these students report exercising informally less than three times a week. These results support the increased opportunities of team sports for middle school females.
Closing the Gap Between Classroom-Based Physical Activity Intervention Adoption and Fidelity in Low-Resource Schools
Rebecca E. Hasson, Lexie R. Beemer, Andria B. Eisman, and Penelope Friday
/year from ages 9 to 15 years ( Merlo et al., 2020 ; Nader et al., 2008 ). Children living in low-resource communities report even lower rates of PA ( Davidson et al., 2013 ; Richmond et al., 2006 ), placing them at increased risk for obesity, anxiety, depression, missed school days, and lower academic
Empowering Primary School Students, Potential Benefits of Resistance Training Movement Activities in Physical Education: Narrative Review
Andrew Sortwell, Daniel A. Marinho, Jorge Knijnik, and Ricardo Ferraz
activity levels and decrease sedentary behavior among Australian children and young people. The 2018 report captures a snapshot of the latest data of children’s physical activity participation in schools, active play, physical fitness level, and movement skills proficiency. The report calls on all
Making High School Sport Impactful
Stéphanie Turgeon, Kelsey Kendellen, Sara Kramers, Scott Rathwell, and Martin Camiré
Sport is one of the most popular extracurricular activities for high school students in Canada and the United States. In Canada, high school sports are practiced by over 750,000 student-athletes throughout the country ( School Sport Canada, 2018 ). In the United States, high school sport
Race and Socioeconomic Composition of the High Schools of National Football League Players
Kristopher White, Kathryn Wilson, Theresa A. Walton-Fisette, Brian H. Yim, and Michele K. Donnelly
Becoming a National Football League (NFL) player is relatively rare. According to participation data gathered by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, 2017 ), there were 1,083,308 participants in high school football, and only 6.8% of that population went on to compete in the NCAA
A Systematic Review of Child and Adolescent Physical Activity by Schoolyard Location
Kimberly A. Clevenger, Michael J. Wierenga, Cheryl A. Howe, and Karin A. Pfeiffer
kinesiologists to expand research into setting features (e.g., environment) that relate to PA, particularly in school settings ( Troiano, 2012 ). School is an opportune time to promote participation in PA because most young people attend school from 3–5 years of age until 16–18 years of age ( McFarland et
