Browsing Biokinetics, Sport and Leisure Sciences by Title
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Burden, Nicholas Anthony
(University of Pretoria, 2012)
Sprint kayaking is prominent in Europe with training methods devised and adopted from Eastern bloc training systems. There is a lack of published research on sprint kayaking locally and internationally. Consequently, the ...
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Van der Klashorst, Engela
(University of Pretoria, 2010-09-21)
The provision of leisure and recreation has the potential to vitalise and change lower socio-economic communities. The benefits of leisure and recreation participation are, however, absent in the lower socio-economic ...
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Grobbelaar, Heinrich W.; Malan, Dawie D.J.; Steyn, B.J.M. (Barend Johannes Marthinus); Ellis, Suria M.
(Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2011-12)
Mood state changes are widely regarded as a symptom of athlete burnout and show potential to be used as a marker for this condition. The aim of this study was to determine whether changes in burnout scores would be accompanied ...
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Jooste, Julius; Van Wyk, Johannes G.U.; Steyn, B.J.M. (Barend Johannes Marthinus)
(Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2013-03)
The purpose of this study was to compare the mental-skills differences at participatory level among three progressive levels of cricket participation recognised by the Northerns Cricket Union (NCU) in the Pretoria Gauteng ...
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Jooste, Julius
(University of Pretoria, 2012)
Research findings have supported a relationship between psychological characteristics and optimal performance states, indicating that elite and successful sports participants are more motivated, committed, self-confident, ...
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Jooste, Julius; Toriola, Abel L.; Van Wyk, Johannes G.U.; Steyn, B.J.M. (Barend Johannes Marthinus)
(Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2014-03)
Psychological skills related to positional play are evident in sport. It is believed that specific
demands associated with playing position or role within a team sport require a unique set of
psychological skills. This ...
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Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Campher, Jolene; Smit, C.E.
(Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2009-12)
The aim of this study was to determine the role and the impact of a visual skills training
programme on the skills performance of cricket players, and whether visual training programmes
are beneficial to competitive ...
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Campher, Jolene
(University of Pretoria, 2008)
Sport has become a very competitive business and focus has been placed on reaching ones full potential. Visual involvement in a sport varies according to environmental demands associated with that sport. These environmental ...
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Rossouw, France
(University of Pretoria, 2013)
Creatine (Cr) is a nitrogen-containing compound endogenously synthesised in the kidneys, liver and pancreas from the amino acid arginine, with further additions from glycine and methionine. Optimal levels of muscle Cr and ...
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Evert, Ashley
(University of Pretoria, 2003-02-18)
The game of rugby has been played for over a century and yet its intricacies are still not fully understood. The key ingredient coaches are seeking is what can be added to a team’s make-up that will result in an increase ...
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Van der Klashorst, Engela; Goslin, Anneliese E. (Anna Elizabeth); Van Wyk, Johannes G.U.; Kluka, Darlene Ann
(Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2012-12)
This study explored recreation provision in lower socio-economic areas from the paradigm of systems theory. It was postulated that by adopting a second-order systems approach rather than perpetuating a first-order systems ...
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Kuisis, S.M. (Suzan Mary); Camacho, Tanya Chantelle de Sousa; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Camacho, A.L.
(Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2012-03)
Ballroom dancing is an increasingly popular sport around the world. However, unlike other forms of dancing such as ballet and modern, very little is known about the incidence, nature and severity of injuries sustained by ...
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Evert, Ashley
(University of Pretoria, 2006-12-13)
The goal of this study is to gain a better understanding of the factors that play a role in dominant collisions in rugby as well as the relative significance of dominant collisions as an indicator of success. By means of ...
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Motlhaolwa, Leepile Cyril
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
There is growing concern about the future of today s youth. Concerns result from an increase
in adolescent problem behaviours which are related to delinquency, drug use and alcohol abuse
and also due to changing social ...
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Botha, Janine; Van der Klashorst, Engela
(Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2020)
The development of skilled athletes and players is an important step towards creating a winning
sporting nation. Even though there are a variety of approaches that can be used to develop the sport
skills of young athletes, ...
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Young, M.E.M; Goslin, Anneliese E. (Anna Elizabeth); Potgieter, N.; Nthangeni, S.; Modise, J.
(Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2011-06)
Sport and recreation are used as vehicles to create military readiness. Botswana Defence Force (BDF) soldiers are constantly deployed to border posts and other areas where their missions involve anti-poaching activities, ...
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Mohlamonyane, Letsebe Hendrik
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
This study has been undertaken to analyse the potential of sport as cultural capital in the South African Police Service. There is a need to determine the role of sport in the SAPS and its realisation as a cultural capital ...
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Botha, Janine
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Sport is a powerful tool. It has the power to bring people together in a way nothing else can. It can also bring and accentuate division in a way nothing else can. To tap into the power of sport a need exists to include ...
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Phaswana, Ntshengedzeni
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
In 1959, opinions regarding sport and its place in education were expressed for the first time at an international conference “Sport, Work and Health” organised by UNESCO, (ED-76/Conf). Leisure and sport activities are ...
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Edwards, David John; Steyn, B.J.M. (Barend Johannes Marthinus)
(Southern African Alliance for Sport Science, Physical Education and Recreation, 2008)
The impact of psychological skills training (PST) package programs on life, health, well-being in general and South African youth in particular has been relatively neglected. For example, prior to this research the impact ...