School-based coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing is an important part of a comprehensive prevention strategy in public health. To assess the prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome ...coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies in a university athletic club community with repeated occurrences of SARS-CoV-2 infections, we conducted a cross-sectional survey for asymptomatic antibody prevalence using a SARS-CoV-2 rapid antibody test kit. On January 26, 2021 we administered questionnaires to determine their history of contact with infected individuals and took blood samples from 129 undergraduates. The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among the subjects was 3.9%. Only 6.2% of the participants reported close contact with infected individuals. In this study, we clarified the prevalence of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in university athletic clubs where SARS-CoV-2 infections had repeatedly occurred, which will be helpful in discussing how to identify and prevent the transmission of infections within university athletic club communities.
Recently, studies have shown that gratitude has a positive effect on athletes’ mental health and on the maintenance and improvement of relationships. However, it is not clear as to what kind of ...perception of the group environment can enhance athletes' gratitude. We aimed to assess athletes’ perception of the group environment in relation to promoting gratitude (perceived gratitude environment). A total of 138 university athletic club students were asked to complete an open-ended questionnaire. The data was analyzed using the qualitative procedures outlined by Côté et al. (1993). We created tags from the data and gathered tags with similar meanings. Subsequently, we labeled the cluster of tags (categories) to reflect the topic in brief. As a result, we found that there are four aspects of the perceived gratitude environment: relationships formed by expressions of gratitude, gratitude of team members, activities expressing gratitude, and norms of gratitude expression. In future research, the findings of this study should be used to determine the kind of perception of the group environment that promotes gratitude in athletes.
School-based coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing is an important part of a comprehensive prevention strategy in public health. To assess the prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome ...coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies in a university athletic club community with repeated occurrences of SARS-CoV-2 infections, we conducted a cross-sectional survey for asymptomatic antibody prevalence using a SARS-CoV-2 rapid antibody test kit. On January 26, 2021 we administered questionnaires to determine their history of contact with infected individuals and took blood samples from 129 undergraduates. The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among the subjects was 3.9%. Only 6.2% of the participants reported close contact with infected individuals. In this study, we clarified the prevalence of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in university athletic clubs where SARS-CoV-2 infections had repeatedly occurred, which will be helpful in discussing how to identify and prevent the transmission of infections within university athletic club communities.
본 연구의 목적은 학생선수들의 전인적 성장을 이끌어주기 위한 라이프스킬 함양 프로그램이 학교운동부 맥락에서 어떻게 개발될 수 있는지 구체적 수준으로 살펴보고, 이러한 프로그램의 실행 속에서 학생선수들의 라이프스킬 발현 유형은 어떠한지를 탐색하는 데 있다. 이를 위해 감독교사 1명, 코치 1명, 학부모 3명, 학생선수 7명이 유목적적으로 선정되었다. 연구 ...자료는 문헌분석, 심층면담, 관찰, 감독교사의 일지, 학생선수의 라이프스킬 일지로부터 수집되었다. 수집한 자료는 개방적 코딩, 축 코딩, 선택적 코딩의 방식을 통해 분석되었다. 연구 결과 첫째, 라이프스킬 함양을 위한 학교운동부 프로그램의 개발은 ① 학교운동부관계자들이 라이프스킬의 교육적 가치를 공유하는 구성 준비과정, ② 라이프스킬 함양을 통한 전인적 성장을 강조하는 목표 정립 및 통합성 원리를 기반으로 두는 주안점 확인, ③ 시간 확보, 장소 마련, 행정적 검토 및 승인이 이루어지는 운영 준비과정 ④ 역할수행·관계맺음·문제해결·진로준비 잘 하기와 같은 라이프스킬 내용 선정, ⑤ 친화적 분위기 조성, 간접체험 제공, 직접적 연습 기회 부여, 반성의 기회 마련의 방법 활용으로 이루어졌다. 둘째, 학생선수들의 라이프스킬 발현 유형은 ① 주위 사람들에게 라이프스킬 실천을 장려하는 주변 권유형, ② 자기 자신의 라이프스킬 실천에 초점을 두는 자기 집중형, ③ 라이프스킬학습 활동 직후에는 라이프스킬을 받아들이려 하였으나, 점점 실천을 소홀히 여기게 되는 중도 이탈형, ④ 라이프스킬 실천 자체에 무관심한 태도를 보이는 지속 냉담형으로 나타났다. 이를 바탕으로 라이프스킬 함양 프로그램에 참여한 모든 학생선수에게서 일관된 긍정적인 효과를 기대하기는 어렵다는 점과 각 유형별 특화된 전략이 필요하다는 점을 논의하였다.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the development of life skills-cultivating School Athletic Club program and to explore the patterns of participants’ life-skills revelation. Participants were athletic director(n=1), coach(n=1), parents(n=3), and student-athletes(n=7). Data were collected from literature review, in-depth interviews, observation, director’s journal entries, and student athlete’s life skill journal entries. Data were analyzed through open coding, axial coding and selective coding. Findings are as follows. First, the development processes of the life skills-cultivating School Athletic Club Program were: ① organization preparation for sharing educational values of life skills among stakeholder, ② focusing on holistic growth through the cultivation of life skills, ③ implementation preparation regarding logistical matters on time, location, administrative level of approval, ④ identifying four areas of life skills(Work well, Interact well, Solve well, Hope well; WISH), and ⑤ adopting methods for creating a positive atmosphere, providing indirect/direct experiences, and self-reflection. Second, the student-athlete’s life skills revelation patterns were categorized as: ① Advisors: participants who encourage people around them to practice life skills ② Self-concentrated developers: participants who focus on practicing their own life skills ③ Drop-outs: participants who try to accept a life skill immediately after a life skills learning activity, but gradually remiss practice ④ Neglectors: participants who are indifferent to life skills approach. Based on this we discussed that it was difficult to expect consistent positive effects from all student-athletes participating in the life skills cultivating program, and that specialized strategies for each pattern are needed.
The present study investigated whether group motivation for participating in athletic club activities could be understood better by examining whether the interaction of athletes' autonomous ...motivation with their team's captain's leadership could predict team members' adjustment to activities of their club. The participants, 327 students in 24 clubs at 7 universities who were engaging in athletic club activities, completed a questionnaire. Analyses of their responses indicated that the team captains' skills in technical guidance, human relationship adjustment, and command moderated the relation between the athletes' autonomous motivation and the satisfaction of the club members with the clubs' atmosphere. When the captains were high on these skills, the athletes' autonomous motivation was related positively to their satisfaction with their club's atmosphere, whereas the athletes' satisfaction with their club's atmosphere was low when their team's captain was low on these skills. These findings suggest that a fit between individual factors and environmental factors may lead to adjustments to a clubs' activities and, furthermore, that there is a need to consider interactions between individual and environmental factors when considering individuals' adjustment.
Nacional: nos trilhos do futebol brasileiro, aborda a origem do esporte e a história do Nacional Atlético Clube, de São Paulo. O clube deriva do SP Railway Athletic Club, time ligado à empresa ...ferroviária inglesa onde trabalhava Charles Miller, “pai” do nosso ludopédio. Conta o autor, Leandro Massoni Ilhéu, que Miller organizou em São Paulo os primeiros jogos de futebol com regras. Ilhéu mostra características da sociedade nas primeiras décadas do século 20 por meio de subtemas como cultura, racismo, elitismo, urbanismo e imprensa, costurando-os a aspectos do futebol. A obra toca em histórias de conhecidos personagens do futebol que atuaram pelo Nacional como Jair Picerni, José Luiz Carbone e Rubens Minelli. Narrativas do livro revelam esperança, dificuldades e resiliência de funcionários, treinadores e jovens aspirantes a jogadores cujas vidas possuíram conexões com o clube em seus cem anos de história.
The Olympic Games of 1908 featured Irish-born emigrant athletes representing the United States, Canada and Great Britain whilst Irish-domiciled athletes also represented the latter. The competitors ...of the Diaspora enjoyed an exceptional success rate especially those representing the USA and Canada. The USA success in athletics was powered by members of the Irish-American Athletic Club (I-AAC). Some members visited Dublin after the Games for an international athletics match against Ireland and were exposed to the politics of the sport in Ireland as two rival associations strived to control the sport, the nationalist Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and the politically more conservative Irish Amateur Athletic Association (IAAA). This division is reflected in the complex reception that these athletes received on their return to Ireland as Irish domiciled athletes who competed successfully in track and field representing Great Britain returned to Ireland without fanfare. Martin Sheridan and the New York-native John Hayes were wined, dined, and eulogised in their public appearances across the country with Sheridan using his appearances as a platform to support the position of the GAA and express his nationalist sentiments.
Background and Aims
Testosterone deficiency is often related to geriatric syndrome including erectile dysfunction, osteo‐porosis, depression, cognitive impairment, cardiovascular diseases and ...frailty. Despite the existence of many studies on short‐term exercise and serum testosterone levels, few research have focused on exercise habits from young age and testosterone values in middle‐aged male. In this study, we investigated whether belonging to an athletic club from school age could predict serum‐free testosterone (FT) levels.
Methods
The subjects were 1609 middle‐aged male outpatients aged 40 years or older (median: 61 years, interquartile range: 54–69) who visited our hospital. Participants had their FT values measured in the morning hours during the period from December 2007 to June 2009. A questionnaire survey on exercise habits was conducted at the same time as the measurements. The exercise habit questionnaire was created based on whether the patients belonged to an athletic club in (a) elementary school, (b) junior high school, (c) high school, (d) college, (e) adult life, and (f) at the time of the test.
Results
There was only one positive response to the questionnaire among 456 patients (28% of total), followed by zero for 358 patients (22% of total). The number of patients with low‐testosterone levels (FT < 8.5 pg/mL) according to the Japanese diagnostic criteria for late‐onset of hypogonadism was 839 (52.1%). In multivariate analysis, it was shown that with low‐testosterone levels (FT < 8.5 pg/mL), age (odds ratio OR: 1.065, 95% confidence interval CI: 1.052–1.079; p < 0.001), hypertension (OR: 3.489, 95% CI: 2.728–4.462; p < 0.001), type‐2 diabetes (OR: 3.035, 95% CI: 2.296–4.01; p < 0.001), and dyslipidemia (OR: 2.039, 95% CI: 1.558–2.668; p < 0.001) were risk factors, and more than two positive responses to the questionnaire (OR: 0.886, 95% CI: 0.802–0.980; p = 0.018) were also a significant independent factor.
Conclusion
A sports club membership during school years may affect future testosterone levels.
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