Exploring effects of school sport experiences on sport participation in later life

Article Abstract:

Issues concerning the relationship between high school sport participation and sports participation in adulthood are discussed. A survey of a national sample of adult Canadians provides the data, and the hypothesis that high school sports participation is a fairly strong predictor of adult sports involvement is tested for different age subgroups among women and men.

Influence, School sports

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Performance discourses and old age: what does it mean to be an older athlete?

Article Abstract:

The article analyzes the use of performance discourses by Masters Athletes to define their participation in competitive sport. Findings suggest that such performance discourses are complex and contradictory in changing the common notions of an older athlete.

Health aspects, Physiological aspects, Sports psychology

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Does sport foster social capital? The contribution of sport to a lifestyle of community participation

Article Abstract:

The article explores the effect of youth sport participation on the longevity for later adult community involvement. There is a positive association seen in the early sport participation with the higher levels of community involvement in the later years.

Social capital (Sociology)

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