Social Stratification and Sports’ Participation in England

Using a latent class analysis, we identify distinct typologies of sports’ consumers in England and then determine whether the socio-economic makeup of the latent classes resemble recent scholarly work across different cultural and leisure fields. The third part of the analysis provides a nuanced rigorous statistical evaluation of the subtle socio-economic differences between the active sports’ clusters. Our analysis is unique with few studies, if any, identifying and then examining types of sports consumers in this way. The findings largely corroborate research in other cultural and leisure fields, although there are distinctive types of consumers’ specific to sport along gender lines, and a group which consumes highbrow sports but when compared to other types of sports’ consumers, do not exclusively come from the higher social strata.     

Performance-related pay in Chinese professional sports

There have been numerous research studies and discussions of performance-related pay (PRP) in the human resource management literature, but very little research on PRP has included samples from non-Western societies. Moreover, few have studied PRP in the sport sector. The present study supports an expectancy model framework for PRP for professional athletes in China. The findings indicate the importance of the valence for monetary incentives, the instrumentality of performance for these incentives and clear individual and group objectives for improving performance. Comparisons for individual versus team and for females versus males yield important differences in the perception of the components of PRP programmes.     

Physically Active Leisure and Tourism Connection: Leisure Involvement and Choice of Tourism Activities Among Paddlers

Leisure and tourism activities may be integrally related for some. This study examined the relationship between the preferred leisure and tourism activities and psychological involvement in paddling of a group of paddlers. Participants were surveyed at the completion of a paddle tour. Data were analyzed using frequencies, confirmatory factor analysis, cross-tabulations, and ANOVA. Four types of leisure-tourism connection (LTC) were identified. People more highly involved with paddling tended to paddle while on vacation compared with other LTC types. The findings provide empirical evidence for previous assertions proposing a connection between involvement in leisure activities and subsequent tourism behaviors.     

运动对改善大学生睡眠的探析

通过对部分大学生的调查研究,结果显示：规律运动可以影响生物周期节律,这种影响与光线对睡眠的影响一样强烈,运动对睡眠帮助最大。因此应重视开展体育运动,以改善和提高大学生的睡眠质量。     

Exploring combined tourist offerings: the case of sightrunning

This study provides preliminary empirical insight into the contemporary tourist phenomenon of sightrunning. This combined offering simultaneously concurs with and evades theoretical perspectives of hybrid tourists, sport tourism, cultural tourism and urban tourism, favouring examination of such phenomena through first-hand experiences of the participants. For the purpose of the empirical study, automated content analysis was applied in order to analyse 858 reviews of sightrunning tours extracted from Tripadvisor web pages. Results reveal that running is the dominant concept, which refers to a gratifying ‘way to see and experience the city’ (rather than the sights). Additional concepts and themes, such as knowledgeable guides and proper pace, further mediate and effect participant experiences. Findings suggest that sport tourists might be concurrently interested in involving cultural experiences, and this offers some preliminary theoretical and managerial implications. They namely identify the potentially neglected tourist segment, which is of relevance for conceptualization, research and management of tourist offerings and experiences from (and beyond) the perspective of ‘running shoes’.     

安徽皖籍大学生体育旅游行为调查研究

对安徽皖籍大学生体育旅游选择的认知度、出游方式、消费能力等体育旅游行为进行调查研究,并根据数据分析得出安徽皖籍大学生绝大多数对体育旅游是既喜欢又不了解,最感兴趣的项目是健康型,出游时间相对集中在暑假和周末,喜欢选择夏、秋两季出行,出行多数选择火车和汽车,多数月生活费在500元到800元之间,体育旅游消费能力随着金额的增加呈递减的消费趋势。因此,相关部门应加强对安徽皖籍大学生体育旅游知识的宣传,努力开发针对安徽皖籍大学生的中低档健康型体育旅游项目。     

体育运动与环境保护问题的分析

体育运动和环境保护问题属于被害者与加害者的关系，不合理的体育运动使自然环境受到危害，下面是对体育运动中对自然环境造成的危害进行归类及分析研究。     

基于职业体能需求创新高等专科院校体育课程体系研究

不同职业对人体素质要求不同，为满足现代社会职业对从业人员职业体能的需求，高等专科院校体育课程应创新课程体系，从课程内容、教学方法和评价方式等方面进行改革，提高学生的职业体能素质，发挥高校体育教学培养人才的作用。     

Market Segmentation of Golf Event Spectators Using Leisure Benefits

The proliferation of golf events has provided increased opportunities to watch professional golf tournaments. The purpose of this study is to examine a variety of leisure benefits sought by Korean golf event spectators and provide useful marketing strategies to fulfill their needs. Within the contexts of leisure benefits, different individuals tend to assign different meanings to the same leisure experience. In this sense, golf event spectators are likely to pursue heterogeneous leisure benefits from their engagement. This study identified four distinct spectator groups (i.e., escape seekers, exercise seekers, interest seekers, and excitement seekers) and uncovered significant differences among these segments. Results provided empirical support that event-based sport tourism marketers need to implement diverse strategies to increase and reinforce their customer base.     

云南省普通高校体育舞蹈开展的研究

运用文献资料法、专家访谈法、问卷调查法、数理统计法,对云南省普通高校体育舞蹈开展的相关因素进行调查与分析,并提出了相应的建议。调查结果显示：体育舞蹈在云南省普通高校普及率低;教师年龄、职称结构较为合理,但整体学历不高,且学历分布相对失衡;课程设置、教材选取、教学内容等方面有待进一步规范化。