Research questions: Can a demonstration effect, whereby people are inspired by elite sport,
sports people and events to actively participate themselves, be harnessed from an Olympic …

Marijke Taksa*, Laurence Chalipb and B. Christine Greenb aDepartment of Kinesiology,
University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada; bDepartment of Recreation, Sport & Tourism …

This feature editorial discusses the role of the interface of sport and tourism in the response
to the COVID-19 pandemic. Key concepts are set out as context for discussion under two …

The importance of policy for promoting physical activity (PA) is increasingly recognized by
academics, and there is a push by national governments and international institutions for PA …

Three perspectives were taken to explain decision-making within team sports (information
processing, recognition primed decision-making, and ecological dynamics perspectives) …

Research question: This study evaluates sport development outcomes of a medium-sized,
one-off, international sport event, while also exploring any strategies and tactics that were …

At a time of profound change in the economic, social, political and sporting landscape, sport
development faces important challenges. Now in a fully revised and updated third edition …

The spiralling costs of hosting sports mega-events (SMEs) are usually justified by the
'legacies' that they produce. Therefore, this article begins by problematising the notion of …

In order to inform strategies to increase levels of physical activity (PA) for a healthier society,
it is important to understand participation trends in leisure-time physical activity (LTPA). Little …

The claimed benefits of sport events on sport participation rely on an asserted “trickle-down
effect”. There is a lack of empirical evidence that events can trigger increased physical …