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Biokinetics, Sport and Leisure Sciences: Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)This study aimed at exploring the possible impact that habits, values and mindfulness can have on an athlete's achievement of success. It provided a thorough understanding of these three concepts and analysed the ...
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(LAM Publications Limited, 2016-03)Investigation of essential competencies in present-day sport psychology practice is critical to keeping the training, education and regulation standards of applied sport psychology (ASP) practitioners at the forefront ...
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(Ergonomics Society of South Africa, 2016)The measurement of skinfold thickness by means of skinfold callipers (SC) is a widely accepted method to assess subcutaneous fat thickness and percentage body fat (%BF). Ultrasound imaging (USI) is a more recent technology ...
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(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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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The influence of sport serves a vital purpose in changing human lives, from a social, cognitive, political, health and spiritual perspective. In addition, sport contributes to personal development, fun and enjoyment and, ...
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(Routledge, 2015-11)This article probed and contextualised the strong parallels between meditation derived mindfulness and Rogers’s humanistic person-centred (PC) approach. This was done through a conceptual and evaluative literature review ...
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(The Australian Association of Adult and Community, 2016-04)Community-university partnerships through service-learning have progressively developed as part of institutions of higher education’s mission statements. This paper explores the qualitative reflections of 410 undergraduate ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)This study examines struggles to deracialise South African sport. In the Colonial era and under Apartheid, sport has been racialised in South Africa, due to being entwined with the colour bar and later, the Apartheid ...
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(Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2015-12-31)The research was aimed at identifying the anthropometric, physical and physiological characteristics of junior Taekwondo athletes to achieve an international status. Data were collected from 25 males and 11 females aged ...
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(Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2015-12)The mandate of public local government is to provide services to constituents to improve overall quality of life. Local governments are increasingly pressured to provide services that reflect value for taxpayers' money and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing in South Africa and can be linked to decreased physical activity (PA). It is therefore important to be able to accurately measure children’s PA levels. The primary aim of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Physical activities contribute to children’s well being; therefore, it is an instructional priority for all schools and an integral part of all children’s educational experience. High-quality physical education instruction ...
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(Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2015-06)The primary aim of this research was to evaluate whether the cross-over from Sport Psychology to the Psychology of Music in terms of the knowledge base, intervention Psychological Skills Training (PST) protocols and ...
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(South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation, 2015)This study aimed to explore the provision of public recreation to the citizens of South Africa under two distinct political ideologies of ‘Apartheid’ and the current democratic political system. Results from this qualitative ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The study investigated how active recreation opportunities can be utilised to develop adolescent‟s life skills in a lower socio-economic community. Adolescence is known as one of the most difficult developmental periods ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Equestrian sport has a long history, with its origins in the military and farming communities, both strongly masculine locations. However, equestrianism is highly unusual within competitive sport as it is the only Olympic ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This study looks at the biomechanical evaluation involving the measurement of breast displacement and allows a better understanding of breast kinematics and the support needed. The primary aim of the study was to determine ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)National Department of Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA), as outlined in their National Sport and Recreation Plan (NSRP) and the South African White Paper on Sport and Recreation focuses on three pillars namely, 1) ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Sport and recreation have the inherent power to bring communities together; to provide a sense of inclusion to people living on the fringes of society and to solve a myriad of social problems such as social inclusion. The ...
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(Medpharm Publications, 2014)BACKGROUND : Fitness is defined in the health context as a state of good health or physical condition, primarily as a result of exercise and proper nutrition. Conventional methods of measuring fitness are expensive, time ...
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