Despite several decades of Sport for All policies, opportunities for sports participation are still unequally divided, with certain socially disadvantaged groups having less access to sports. To reduce this gap, structural efforts are needed. A question that arises is what role nonprofit sports clubs …

Little is known about innovation in the non-profit sport sector. The current research addresses this gap by questioning whether and to what extent sport federations innovate. It aims to identify types of innovation implemented by sport federations and their attitude and preferences towards innovation. …

The aim of the current study was to examine the effectiveness of a school-centered multicomponent PA intervention, called ‘Active Living’, on children's daily PA levels. A quasi-experimental design was used including 9 intervention schools and 9 matched control schools located in the Netherlands. The …

Although assessment practices are commonly part of the physical education (PE) curriculum they may often frustrate rather than support students’ basic needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness. Nevertheless, assessment also provides various promising opportunities to support these basic needs and …

Research question:As a result of the expansion of opportunities for leisure-time sport participation (LTSP), the question arises if differing organisational settings relate to differences in participation behaviour. This paper compares participation frequency and time spent on sport between club-organised …

Het opleiden van de nieuwe generaties gymleraren is een mooie taak. Elke lichting van afgestudeerden vormt namelijk een nieuwe belofte om de kinderen in Nederland te voorzien van het best mogelijke bewegingsonderwijs. Als opleider rust daarmee direct ook een aardige verantwoordelijkheid op je schouders. …

We hebben de verschillende ALO’s uitgenodigd in het praktijkkatern hun visie in dit blad te delen met de lezers. Fontys Hogeschool Eindhoven maakt van de gelegenheid gebruik en komt met een artikelenserie waarin verschillende beweegdomeinen aan de orde komen, ter verduidelijking van de visie en de uitwerking …

Wat beoordeel je nu eigenlijk bij LO? Op het Heerbeeck College in Best werd er, zoals op veel scholen, jarenlang vooral beoordeeld op bewegingsvaardigheden en op inzet. Sinds dit schooljaar worden leerlingen echter ook op omgangsbekwaamheden, regelbekwaamheden en (zelf)reflectie beoordeeld.

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The majority of studies investigating associations between physical activity and mental health in adolescents have been cross-sectional in design. Potential associations between physical activity and mental health may be better examined longitudinally as physical activity levels tend to decrease in adolescence. …