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Freshwater Recreation and Amenity Values in Canterbury: Literature Review and Action Plan
Gordon Cessford
Visitor Solutions were engaged to undertake a literature review of freshwater recreation and amenity values for Environment Canterbury. This was related to recreation uses and management of rivers... read more
Contextualised Skill Acquisition: Investigating the Skill and Expertise of Brazilian Footballers
Luiz Antonio Uehara
This thesis investigates the role of socio-cultural-historical environmental constraints influencing the development of association football expertise and skill in Brazilian players. Only a small... read more
Boarders, Babes and Bad-Asses: Theories of a Female Physical Youth Culture
Holly Aysha Thorpe
Young women occupy unprecedented space in contemporary society. Their professional ambitions, educational achievements, practices of cultural consumption, and participation in sport and leisure all... read more
How Coaches Use Strongman Implements in Strength and Conditioning Practice
Kelly Neighbours
Abstract This article describes how strongman implements, which we defined as “any non-traditional implement integrated into strength and conditioning practice” are... read more
34th America's Cup evaluation reports: Evaluation of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise’s leveraging programme in San Francisco
New Zealand Trade & Enterprise
The 34th America’s Cup Regatta delivered a range of business benefits for the New Zealand economy, according to two evaluation reports – an independent evaluation of the... read more
Sport and Recreation in the Lives of Teenagers
Sport New Zealand
This document provides a summary of both international research about the way teenagers participate and also the solutions and responses that these countries have implemented to try and encourage... read more
Career Performance Trajectories of Olympic Swimmers: Benchmarks for Talent Development
Sian Allen
The age-related progression of elite athletes to their career-best performances can provide benchmarks for talent development. The purpose of this study was to model career performance trajectories... read more
The Future of Fitness: A White Paper
Suzie Dale
This White Paper – commissioned from The Nielsen Company by Les Mills International and Better by Design – brings together data, expert opinion and informed speculation to form a view of... read more
Development through Sport: The ‘Indianisation’ of Cricket and its Potential for Development
Jerram Bateman
Cricket was introduced to India through British colonialism in the 18th Century, and became cemented in Indian culture and identity following independence in 1947. More recently, processes of... read more
Nostalgia-related aspects of professional sport facilities: A facility audit of major league baseball and national football league strategies to evoke the past
Katherine Meyer
This paper focused on documenting how Major League Baseball (MLB) and the National Football League (NFL) utilize nostalgia through their sport facilities to showcase the past, present and even the... read more