Shared leadership is viewed as an effective form of management to deal with increased complexity in youth team sport. However two gaps exist: ‘lack of literature concerning leadership development in youth’ and ‘the paucity of reliable and valid measures to assess shared leadership in youth sport’. This …

We staan als leraren LO voor de mooie opdracht om leerlingen meer bekwaam en enthousiast te maken voor een duurzame deelname aan onze beweeg- en sportcultuur (KVLO, 2017). Het creëren van een spelleeromgeving waarin rekening wordt gehouden met de verschillen tussen leerlingen, iedere leerling betrokken …

Inleiding – In sporten als voetbal, Australian football en hardlopen is al veel onderzoek gedaan naar de relatie tussen de Hamstring/M. Quadriceps-ratio (H/Q-ratio) en blessures. Voor de (semi-) professionele langebaanschaatsers zijn hier nog geen gegevens over bekend. Het doel van het huidige onderzoek …

OBJECTIVE: The association between groin pain and range of motion is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to develop a test to measure sport specific range of motion (SSROM) of the lower limb, to evaluate its reliability and describe findings in non-injured (NI) and injured football players. …

Kicking in Australian Football (AF) has been reported as the most important skill of the game. Nevertheless, no study has investigated kicking with IMU units. These units could be used to gain kicking data through an easy and assessable way. The purpose of this study was to analyse a kick executed by …

This article illustrates the ‘visual turn’ approach to sports history in an analysis of traditionally under-researched material from the late nineteenth century. Focusing on football (‘soccer’) action photography, we argue that interpreting this visual material contributes significantly to the exploration …

A broad agenda with societal urgency — From improving children's learning performances to delaying the onset of Alzheimer's disease. From productive employees to playing football to counteract radicalisation. From including the disabled to economic export product. Sport can make a positive contribution …

Presentation at ISSA Conference 2016 (International Sport Sociology Association): "Based on predominantly qualitative research, socio-critical sports sociologists from various (western) countries have in the past argued convincingly that heteronormativity and homophobia form early influences in organised …

Introduction The aim of this study is to examine the three interventions present when an adolescent amateur soccer player invokes maximum ‘’shot-power’’ on a soccer/football. Adolescence being defined as sixteen to eighteen years of age, and within a six-week period of time. Interventions consisting …