Essays about: "Gymnastics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the word Gymnastics.

  1. 1. Neurodevelopmental disorders and team sports : Conditions for including children and youths with neurodevelopmental disorders in team sports in Sweden

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Linda Breitkreuz Chauvet; [2022]
    Keywords : Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Autism Spectrum Disorder ASD ; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD ; Tourette Disorder TD ; Developmental Language Disorder DLD ; team sports; inclusion;

    Abstract : Background: Children and youths with neurodevelopmental disorders are less physically active and have inferior physical fitness levels than their typically developed peers. Organized activities, especially team sports, can be challenging to this group due to common socio-behavioral, linguistic, and personality characteristics and limitations in motor proficiency. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Dark Side of Gymnastics : A Narrative Analysis of Fear, Injury and the Tales of a Gymnast-Coach Dyad

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

    Author : Joar Svensson; [2021]
    Keywords : Coping; Narrative analysis; Experience; Sport Psychology; Coping; Narrativanalys; upplevelser;

    Abstract : Gymnastics is a sport with a high risk of injury. The constant risk of injury leads to many opportunities for a gymnast to experience fear. Little is known about how gymnasts experience fear and how coaches perceive gymnasts' fear. READ MORE

  4. 3. Assessing the Aspects of Good Governance in Finnish Sport Federations

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Ida Kivisilta; [2020]
    Keywords : Good Governance in Finnish Sport Federations; Good Governance; Principles of Good Governance; Finland; Comparative case study;

    Abstract : Background: Over the past few years, the issue of good governance has climbed to the sport’s political agenda rapidly through mismanagement and legitimacy crisis in international and national sport organizations. The Finnish sport movement has been forced to justify its reasons of actions for the surrounding society by the constant change in the operating environment and global phenomena in sports. READ MORE

  5. 4. Svarta Led Activity Center

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Rui-Xin Li; [2018]
    Keywords : Activity Center; Parkour; Gymnastics; Gym; Sölvesborg; Aktivitetscentrum; Gymnastik; Gym; Sölvesborg; Lek;

    Abstract : The main task is to develop a proposal for an Activity Center in Sölvesborg with parkour and spontaneous athletics as the starting point. The intention is to create spaces that is suited for the needs of SSA. READ MORE

  6. 5. ‘I will always be a figure skater, that is who I am’: Three former figure skaters’ experiences of life after sport

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kost- och idrottsvetenskap

    Author : Fanny Kuhlin; [2016-08-16]
    Keywords : Retirement; Elite sport; Figure skating; Narrative;

    Abstract : Retirement in elite sport has been researched from different perspectives, and could be seen as either a transition through phases or movement within social contexts. Athletes often experience their retirement as difficult, including feelings of void, confusion and decrease of self-esteem. READ MORE