Are sports camps instruments for sports promotion or just leisure?: perception on sports and sports participation of the participants
- Author
- Lies Dobbels (UGent) , Greet Cardon (UGent) and Annick Willem (UGent)
- Organization
- Abstract
- It is generally accepted that physical inactivity increases the risk of health problems. Therefore, it is important that sport and physical activity are promoted during childhood. Sports camps are well-known initiatives to promote sport. To study whether these camps are effective in promoting sports, we collected data on the profile of participants, their change in perception towards sports and their willingness to engage in sports after the camp. Results show that satisfaction on the sports and instructor and parental beliefs are related to the intention of future sport participation and the change of attitude towards sports participation. We suggest that sports camps offer potential to promote sustainable sports participation, but practitioners should focus on quality of the instructors and sports offered during the camp.
- Keywords
- effectiveness, sports promotion, sport camps
Citation
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-5719150
- MLA
- Dobbels, Lies, et al. “Are Sports Camps Instruments for Sports Promotion or Just Leisure?: Perception on Sports and Sports Participation of the Participants.” European Association of Management, Conference Abstracts, 2014.
- APA
- Dobbels, L., Cardon, G., & Willem, A. (2014). Are sports camps instruments for sports promotion or just leisure?: perception on sports and sports participation of the participants. European Association of Management, Conference Abstracts. Presented at the European Association of Management (EURAM) conference 2014, Valencia, Spain.
- Chicago author-date
- Dobbels, Lies, Greet Cardon, and Annick Willem. 2014. “Are Sports Camps Instruments for Sports Promotion or Just Leisure?: Perception on Sports and Sports Participation of the Participants.” In European Association of Management, Conference Abstracts.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Dobbels, Lies, Greet Cardon, and Annick Willem. 2014. “Are Sports Camps Instruments for Sports Promotion or Just Leisure?: Perception on Sports and Sports Participation of the Participants.” In European Association of Management, Conference Abstracts.
- Vancouver
- 1.Dobbels L, Cardon G, Willem A. Are sports camps instruments for sports promotion or just leisure?: perception on sports and sports participation of the participants. In: European Association of Management, Conference abstracts. 2014.
- IEEE
- [1]L. Dobbels, G. Cardon, and A. Willem, “Are sports camps instruments for sports promotion or just leisure?: perception on sports and sports participation of the participants,” in European Association of Management, Conference abstracts, Valencia, Spain, 2014.
@inproceedings{5719150,
abstract = {{It is generally accepted that physical inactivity increases the risk of health problems. Therefore, it is important that sport and physical activity are promoted during childhood. Sports camps are well-known initiatives to promote sport. To study whether these camps are effective in promoting sports, we collected data on the profile of participants, their change in perception towards sports and their willingness to engage in sports after the camp. Results show that satisfaction on the sports and instructor and parental beliefs are related to the intention of future sport participation and the change of attitude towards sports participation. We suggest that sports camps offer potential to promote sustainable sports participation, but practitioners should focus on quality of the instructors and sports offered during the camp.}},
author = {{Dobbels, Lies and Cardon, Greet and Willem, Annick}},
booktitle = {{European Association of Management, Conference abstracts}},
keywords = {{effectiveness,sports promotion,sport camps}},
language = {{eng}},
location = {{Valencia, Spain}},
title = {{Are sports camps instruments for sports promotion or just leisure?: perception on sports and sports participation of the participants}},
year = {{2014}},
}