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Predicting swimming performance using state anxiety
(SAGE Publications Inc., 2017)
Competitive state anxiety is a common response to stressful competitive sports situations that could affect athletic performance. The effects of state anxiety on swimming performance need further inquiry. The aim of the ...
Social-ecological, motivational and volitional factors for initiating and maintaining physical activity in the context of HIV
(Bentham Science Publishers B.V., 2015)
Sport and exercise can have several health benefits for people living with HIV. These benefits can be achieved through different types of physical activity, adapting to disease progression, motivation and social-ecological ...
The case studies: authentic learning
(Routledge, 2014)
Moving from theory to practice in higher education is deeply challenging. While
exploring pedagogical models in the literature may lead to tacit understanding of
general principles, actually implementing these principles ...
Sport and recreation on Robben Island
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
The article provides insight into an important part of South Africa’s sport history that
has not been explored yet: What was the role sport and recreation played on Robben
Island in the days when it served as political ...
Trends and tendencies in the facilitation and training of sport and development programmes for the youth: Lessons of experience from African cases.
(AFAHPER-SD, 2016)
This article provides an overview of sport and development approaches to training programmes amongst the youth, and includes preliminary results and findings obtained from surveys conducted in South Africa and Ghana by ...
Physical and performance measures of university cricket players
(AFAHPER-SD, 2016)
The ability to throw a ball at high velocity and with great accuracy is critical for successful performance in many ball sports. This study examines the physical characteristics and performance measurements amongst university ...
Persistent problems in African integration and peace-keeping
(Sabinet, 2018)
African economic integration and peacekeeping constitute respectively the
largest institutionalization, and the largest operationalization, of the African
Union (AU) and its sub-regional organisations. The number of ...
An own goal in sport for development: Time to change the playing field
(Sport and Development, 2016)
Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) refers to the use of
sport to promote varied outcomes beyond the playing field
and has been defined as ‘the intentional use of sport,
physical activity and play to attain specific ...
Profile of coronary heart disease risk factors in first-year university students
(LAM Publications Limited, 2013)
There is substantial evidence that coronary heart disease risk factors are present in people of all ages. The extent to which the problem exists in university students in South Africa has not been confirmed in the literature ...
Changes in the physical fitness of elite women's rugby union players over a competition season
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2013)
OBJECTIVE: To investigate changes in the physical fitness characteristics of elite women’s rugby union players over a competitive season.
METHODS: Thirty-two elite women’s rugby union players, all members of the South ...