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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"national governing body"”.
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High school counselor knowledge of NCAA regulations for prospective student-athlete transition to college
… an overview of academic rule changes within the national governing body. The enhanced academic eligibility rules increase minimum GPA and test score as well as mandates strict core course requirements, prioritizing the role of a high school counselor in the entire process. The study will seek to …
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The FA women's super league : framing developments in elite women's football
In 2009, the Football Association (FA), the national governing body of football in England, announced its plan to introduce the country's first semi-professional women's elite league. Launched in 2010 as the FA Women's Super League (FA WSL), its introduction provided both an opportunity to research …
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‘Talent’ Mentalities: Young People’s Experience of Being in a Sports Talent Development Programme
… the same school and were all members of a Sports National Governing Body Talent Development Programme. Over twelve months each participant utilised their individual preference to communicate depictions of self, drawing upon interview, conversation, Twitter, video, photo and observation of training …
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The Lived Experiences of Transgender Footballers in the UK
… competitive sport that is governed by a national governing body. There is also no recorded literature of transgender footballers in the UK, leaving this gap unexplored. Therefore, the aim of this research is to capture the lived experiences of transgender individuals navigating through …
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A case study review of equality in sport organisations
… in sport with a particular focus on sports’ National Governing Bodies (NGBs) and other sports organisations. The thesis adopts a critical realist lens to embrace the multi-factorial nature of inequality influenced by Shaw’s (2007) challenge that sports researchers should adopt a broader …
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"Life is good. Life is what you make it" The significance of a third place: an ethnography of Masters swimming.
… has an ageing population which is well above the national average. Furthermore, the National Governing Body for swimming is endeavouring to increase sport participation by ensuring that more people swim regularly. Masters athletes are viewed as being unique as they continue to take part well into …
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Examining Organisational Culture Change in a UK Talent Development Programme
Team GB is an international powerhouse in Olympic sports and has become ‘much admired around the world for sporting success and the system that exists beneath it’ (Grey-Thompson, 2017, p. 4). However, big budgets are levelling the playing field in the Global Sporting Arms Race (cf. De Bosscher, …
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Investigating the Junior-to-Senior Transition in Sport: Interventions to Support the Transitional Process
… considerable number of challenges concerning the national governing body and perceived a lack of organisational support. On the contrary, athletes who were successful in the transition discussed having access to a larger support network (e.g., coach, training partners) and psychological …