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Active Lives Children and Young People Survey -Academic year 2022-23
Introduction by Nick Pontefract, Chief Strategy Officer, Sport England This report summarises the sport and physical activity behaviours of 5-16-year-olds in England over the 2022-23… -
The benefits of sport participation and physical activity in schools
Executive Summary Prior research documents that sport participation among secondary school children is associated with various benefits, including enhanced physical, cognitive, behavioural, social, and educational… -
Portuguese Physical Literacy Assessment – Observation (PPLA-O) for adolescents (15–18 years) from grades 10–12: Development and initial validation through item response theory
Abstract Introduction: Aims of these studies were to develop the Portuguese Physical Literacy Assessment Observation instrument (PPLA-O) to assess the physical and part of the cognitive… -
Barriers, Strategies, and Resources to Thriving School Gardens
Abstract Objective To identify school garden attributes and practices that most strongly contribute to garden use and sustainability and translate them into recommendations for improving… -
Weight Measurements in School: Setting and Student Comfort
Abstract Objective To examine how body mass index assessments are conducted in schools and whether student comfort with assessments varies by students’ perceived weight status,… -
Exploring the design of a sport for employability program: A case study
Abstract Rates of young people who are neither in employment, education, or training (NEET) are fairly high in the European Union. Correspondingly, there has been… -
#BodyPositive? A critical exploration of the body positive movement within physical cultures taking an intersectionality approach
Abstract Feminist activists and critical sport scholars in the global north have advocated for more inclusive representation of bodies and more accessible physical cultures. Body… -
Changes in dual-task cognitive performance elicited by physical exertion vary with motor task
Abstract Background: Integrated movement and cognitive load paradigms are used to expose impairments associated with concussion and musculoskeletal injury. There is currently little information on the… -
Kick proficiency and skill adaptability increase from an Australian football small-sided game intervention
Abstract This investigation is the first to explore the effect of a four week small-sided game (SSG) and traditional training intervention on player kick proficiency… -
Examining karate and football perceptions and their links with athlete engagement and quality of life
Abstract The importance of perceptions as determinants of people’s behavior has been well-established, but little is known about athletes’ perceptions of their sport and the… -
Dispositional mindfulness and its relationship to exercise motivation and experience
Abstract Mindfulness is the psychological state of staying attuned to the present moment, without ruminating on past or future events, and allowing thoughts, feelings, or… -
Understanding Girls’ Motivation to Participate in Sport: The Effects of Social Identity and Physical Self-Concept
Abstract Introduction: Girls are often less motivated to participate in community sport compared to boys. Having a strong social identity with a sports team is positively…
