sources and processes influencing youths’ physical, social, and psychological development through sport participation. This recounting has evoked many memories, some more nostalgic than others. Consistent with the developmental perspective I employ in my research and practical applications ( Weiss, 2004
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Cheering for the Children: My Life’s Work in Youth Development Through Sport
Maureen R. Weiss
A Retrospective Analysis of Leadership Development through Sport
Andy Wright and Jean Côté
The purpose of this study was to examine the development of six leader-athletes. In-depth qualitative interviews were used to explore the various activities that leader athletes engaged in from an early age as well as the roles and influences that peers, coaches, and parents played within these activities. Results indicated that leadership development in sport focused on developing four central components: high skill, strong work ethic, enriched cognitive sport knowledge, and good rapport with people. The types of activities engaged in throughout development as well as receiving feedback, acknowledgement, support, cognitive engagement, mature conversations with adults, and physical encounters with older peers are important social influences that can play an instrumental role in the formation of these four central tenets.
Theory Creation in Sport for Development: Reflections on Barriers and Strategies for Advancement
Carrie W. LeCrom, Brendan Dwyer, and Gregory Greenhalgh
, 45 ( 3 ), 273 – 294 . doi:10.1177/1012690210366789 10.1177/1012690210366789 Schulenkorf , N. ( 2012 ). Sustainable community development through sport and events: A conceptual framework for Sport-for-Development projects . Sport Management Review, 15 ( 1 ), 1 – 12 . doi:10.1016/j.smr.2011
Reaction Time Across the Menstrual Cycle: A Critically Appraised Topic
Kelsey A. Marshall and Nicole J. Chimera
Clinical Scenario: Reaction time is integral in many tasks during work, sport, and life, thus, alterations in reaction time may impact performance and injury risk. There are various factors that can influence reaction time, such as the physical state of the individual, including their age or sex. When comparing males and females, there is a major physiological difference to their physical state as hormones fluctuate during menstrual cycle phases, which not only affects the reproductive system, but females may experience physiological, cardiovascular, respiratory, or metabolic changes throughout their menstrual cycle phases. Therefore, this goal of this critically appraised topic is to examine whether reaction time changes during menstrual cycle phases. Focused Clinical Question: In healthy, eumenorrheic females, does reaction time change from one menstrual cycle phase to other menstrual cycle phases? Summary of Key Findings: Among the five studies evaluated in this CAT, all found significant changes to reaction time during phases of the menstrual cycle. Most studies found that reaction time was inversely related to sex hormone levels, indicating that phases with low hormone levels had longer reaction time than those phases with higher hormone levels; however, one study found reaction time to be prolonged or slower during the luteal phase, when hormone levels are higher. Clinical Bottom Line: Both auditory and visual reaction times vary across the menstrual cycle in healthy females with regular menstrual cycles (frequency and length). Given these findings, it is important to incorporate reaction time training across all phases of the menstrual cycle in female athletes. Strength of Clinical Recommendation: Based on the Strength of Recommendation Taxonomy, a Grade C is the strength of recommendation.
Is Biobanding the Future of Youth Sport Participation?
Nicole J. Chimera, Bareket Falk, Panagiota Klentrou, and Phillip Sullivan
Traditionally, sports participation has been based on the chronological age of the individual with year of birth determining participation grouping. However, grouping by chronological age can result in individuals who are nearly a full year different in age competing within the same age group. Moreover, during the pubertal years, age grouping may provide physical (size) advantage to early maturers and disadvantage to late maturers. These advantages/disadvantages could impact talent selection, psychosocial aspects of sport participation, technical and tactical skill development, competitiveness, and injury risk. Biobanding is an alternative method for determining sport participation categorization and uses factors of growth and/or maturation, rather than traditional chronological age, for grouping athletes. Implementation of biobanding in sports may be advantageous to both early and late-maturing athlete development.
Development, Gender and Sport: Theorizing a Feminist Practice of the Capabilities Approach in Sport for Development
Sarah Zipp, Tavis Smith, and Simon Darnell
, 2016 ; McDonald, 2015 ; Saavedra, 2009 ); and the application of the capability approach (CA), which considers the extent to which capabilities might offer an appropriate, meaningful, and effective basis from which to understand development through sport ( Darnell & Dao, 2017 ; Suzuki, 2017
Sport for Social Change With Aotearoa New Zealand Youth: Navigating the Theory–Practice Nexus Through Indigenous Principles
Jeremy Hapeta, Rochelle Stewart-Withers, and Farah Palmer
development already an anachronism in the age of austerity or can it be a space of hope? International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 10 ( 1 ), 185 – 201 . doi:10.1080/19406940.2017.1380682 10.1080/19406940.2017.1380682 Schulenkorf , N. ( 2012 ). Sustainable community development through sport
Understanding the Global–Local Nexus in the Context of the Olympic Games: Implications for Managing Community Development Through Sport Megaevents
NaRi Shin and Jon Welty Peachey
In this study, the authors sought to understand the influence of the Olympic Games on a host community’s globalization and development using world-systems theory and theories of globalization (i.e., glocalization and grobalization). The host community for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics (Daegwallyeong-myeon in South Korea) was the focus of this investigation. Using a global ethnographic approach, the authors collected diverse data through interviews, observations, archival and media documents, and field notes. Findings identified five key themes: (a) perception of underdevelopment, (b) the Organizing Committee’s institutional management of the global standard, (c) the Organizing Committee’s role as a negotiator between the global standard and the locality, (d) resident perspectives on global standards and regulations, and (e) aspirations to globalize Daegwallyeong-myeon. Through this study, the authors advance the use of world-systems theory and expand the concept of grobalization in the context of sport megaevent management by discussing global–local configurations and local agents’ desires to transform the community through Olympic-driven development and globalization.
Sport for Development: An Integrated Literature Review
Nico Schulenkorf, Emma Sherry, and Katie Rowe
Despite the significant increase of published research in sport-for-development (SFD), to date there have been no attempts to rigorously review and synthesize scholarly contributions in this area. To address this issue, we conducted an integrative review of SFD literature to portray an overarching and holistic picture of the field. Through a comprehensive literature analysis following Whittemore and Knafl’s (2005) five-step process, we provide evidence of the status quo of current SFD research foci, authorship, geographical contexts, theoretical frameworks, sport activity, level of development, methodologies, methods, and key research findings. Our study shows an increasing trend of journal publications since 2000, with a strong focus on social and educational outcomes related to youth sport and with football (soccer) as the most common activity. A large majority of SFD research has been conducted at the community level, where qualitative approaches are dominant. The geographical contexts of authorship and study location present an interesting paradox: Although the majority of SFD projects are carried out in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, 90% of SFD authors are based in North America, Europe, and Australia. We conclude our study by providing new perspectives on key issues in SFD and by outlining current research and theoretical gaps that provide the basis for future scholarly inquiry.
Research Partnerships in Sport for Development and Peace: Challenges, Barriers, and Strategies
Jon Welty Peachey and Adam Cohen
Research partnerships between scholars and sport for development and peace (SDP) organizations are common, but firsthand accounts of the challenges and barriers faced by scholars when forming and sustaining partnerships are rare. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine them, and to uncover strategies to overcome these challenges across different partnership contexts. Eight prominent SDP scholars were interviewed. Guided by collaboration theory and the partnership literature, findings revealed challenges included navigating the political and organizational landscape; securing commitments from organizations with limited resources; negotiating divergent goals, objectives, and understandings; and conducting long-term evaluations and research. Strategies to address these issues involved developing strategic partnerships, cultivating mutual understanding, building trust, starting small, finding the cause champion, and developing a track record of success. Key theoretical and practical implications are drawn forth, as well as intriguing future research directions.
