{"title":"Editorial","authors":"J. Saunders","doi":"10.30819/iss.43-1.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30819/iss.43-1.01","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 It was the Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan who first introduced the term\u0000‘global village’ into the lexicon, almost fifty years ago. He was referring to the\u0000phenomenon of global interconnectedness of which we are all too aware today. At that\u0000time, we were witnessing the world just opening up. In 1946, British Airways had\u0000commenced a twice weekly service from London to New York. The flight involved one\u0000or two touch downs en-route and took a scheduled 19 hours and 45 minutes. By the time\u0000McLuhan had published his book “Understanding media; the extensions of man”, there\u0000were regular services by jet around the globe. London to Sydney was travelled in just\u0000under 35 hours. Moving forward to a time immediately pre-covid, there were over 30\u0000non-stop flights a day in each direction between London and New York. The travel time\u0000from London to Sydney had been cut by a third, to slightly under 22 hours, with just one\u0000touchdown en-route. The world has well and truly ‘opened up’. No place is unreachable\u0000by regular services. But that is just one part of the picture. In 1962, the very first live\u0000television pictures were transmitted across the Atlantic, via satellite. It was a time when\u0000sports’ fans would tune in besides a crackling radio set to hear commentary of their\u0000favourite game relayed from the other side of the world.\u0000\u0000 \u0000Today of course, not only can we watch a live telecast of the Olympic Games in the\u0000comfort of our own homes wherever the games are being held, but we can pick up a\u0000telephone and talk face to face with friends and relatives in real time, wherever they\u0000may be in the world. To today’s generation – generation Z – this does not seem in the\u0000least bit remarkable. Indeed, they have been nicknamed ‘the connected generation’\u0000precisely because such a degree of human interconnectedness no longer seems worth\u0000commenting on. The media technology and the transport advances that underpin this\u0000level of connectedness, have become taken for granted assumptions to them. This is why\u0000the global events of 2020 and the associated public health related reactions, have proved\u0000to be so remarkable to them. It is mass travel and the closeness and variety of human\u0000contact in day-to-day interactions, that have provided the breeding ground for the\u0000pandemic. Consequently, moving around and sharing close proximity with many\u0000strangers, have been the activities that have had to be curbed, as the initial primary\u0000means to manage the spread of the virus. This has caused hardship to many, either\u0000through the loss of a job and the associated income or, the lengthy enforced separation\u0000from family and friends – for the many who find themselves living and working far\u0000removed from their original home.\u0000\u0000 \u0000\u0000McLuhan’s powerful metaphor was ahead of its time. His thoughts were centred\u0000around media and electronic communications well prior to the notion of a ‘physical’\u0000pandemic, which today has provided an equally potent image of how all of our fortunes\u0000have become intertwined, no mat","PeriodicalId":40315,"journal":{"name":"International Sports Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45708745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mega-Sporting events and the politics of nation-building: a comparison of the 2010 South African and the 2014 and 2016 Brazilian cases","authors":"Hoyoon Jung","doi":"10.30819/iss.43-1.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30819/iss.43-1.02","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 It is widely acknowledged that mega-sporting events play a powerful role in nationbuilding\u0000in their host countries, and many scholars have empirically demonstrated this\u0000relationship. The 2010 South Africa FIFA World Cup provided a potent vehicle through\u0000which national unity and integration could be successfully promoted. However, more\u0000recent Brazilian experiences in the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympics\u0000proved that an identical outcome is not always the case. This study examines how the\u0000hosting of mega-sporting events in South Africa and Brazil yielded contrasting effects\u0000on nation-building. Events in these two countries are compared to explore how two\u0000analogous societies that hosted mega-sporting events at a similar time ultimately\u0000experienced completely different outcomes. It is argued that differences in the cost of\u0000these mega-events, different economic circumstances and, differences in the\u0000characteristics and impact of social movements in the two countries were major\u0000contributing factors to the divergence.\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":40315,"journal":{"name":"International Sports Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48743199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Physical education and health enhancing physical activity – a European perspective","authors":"P. Vlček, R. Bailey, J. Vašíčková, C. Scheuer","doi":"10.30819/iss.43-1.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30819/iss.43-1.04","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This article reviews recent literature on the contribution of curriculum physical\u0000education to health-enhancing physical activity within the context of European\u0000countries. Recommended goals for student physical activity are discussed within a\u0000curriculum framework based on five ‘forms’ (concept, designed, implemented, results\u0000and effects). The study used a 'rapid reviewing' method, in which sources were identified\u0000and analysed using systematic reviewing techniques, but subsequent stages were\u0000adapted to facilitate flexible and practical interpretation. Results show that physical\u0000education lessons tend not to reach a putative 50% threshold of moderate-to-vigorous\u0000intensity. Given that the average time allocated for physical education in Europe is 100\u0000minutes per week, strategies are needed to increase the intensity and duration of\u0000physical activity in lessons if they are to make a more meaningful ‘direct’ contribution\u0000to the European and WHO daily target of sixty minutes of moderate to vigorous physical\u0000activity. The authors therefore consider the plausibility of introducing an 'Active\u0000Schools' concept, in which physical education lessons designed to equip students with\u0000the prerequisite knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values supportive of a physically active\u0000lifestyle are augmented by other school-based contexts which provide the opportunity\u0000to actually meet the recommended guidelines for physical activity participation.\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":40315,"journal":{"name":"International Sports Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49326518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erick Burhaein, N. Demirci, C. C. V. Lourenço, Z. Németh, Diajeng Tyas Pinru Phytanza
{"title":"Coping with the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of physical activity. An international position statement","authors":"Erick Burhaein, N. Demirci, C. C. V. Lourenço, Z. Németh, Diajeng Tyas Pinru Phytanza","doi":"10.30819/iss.43-1.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30819/iss.43-1.05","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Since its appearance at the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 in Wuhan (China),\u0000the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly worldwide. The outbreak\u0000was declared a pandemic in March 2020. Home confinement, travel restrictions, the\u0000closing of venues for exercise and recreation, and the cancellation of indoor and\u0000outdoor events including sport have been characteristic features of the public health\u0000responses around the world. The result has been a reduction in the levels of physical\u0000activity experienced by large numbers of the world population of all ages. This has\u0000caused considerable alarm for physical activity professionals around the world. In\u0000response, this position statement makes a case for the importance of continuing to\u0000embrace regular physical activity alongside the existing public health strategies that\u0000are being implemented in the management of the effects of the virus internationally. To\u0000be consistent with these policies this activity should always be away from others\u0000(application of social distancing) and preferably outdoors. Some potential benefits\u0000specific to the current situation, are suggested by reference to existing knowledge about\u0000the significance of exercise in the maintenance of a healthy immune system. However,\u0000these recommendations need to be viewed primarily within an unchanging context of\u0000the long-term value of healthy levels of physical activity for population well-being and\u0000quality of life. This has been made the more important on account of the potential\u0000harmful effects of the current reduced levels. Some recommendations for appropriate\u0000dosage and types of PA for those with different conditions are provided.\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":40315,"journal":{"name":"International Sports Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2021-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41261384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Differences in high intensity running when playing a 4-4-2 formation with a high press strategy: a case study from the English Championship","authors":"Rhys Carr, Richard Mullen, M. Williams","doi":"10.30819/iss.42-2.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30819/iss.42-2.03","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The aim of this study was to identify and describe the high intensity running activity of\u0000professional footballers playing a high press strategy in a 4-4-2 formation. Data were\u0000obtained from an English Championship football team during a season of 27 home\u0000league and cup fixtures. The footballers were grouped by position: central midfield\u0000(CM) central defender (CD) full back (FB) wide midfield (WM) and centre forward\u0000(CF) while they played a 4-4-2 formation (2 CD and 2 FB; 2 CM and 2 WM; and 2\u0000CF). High intensity running distance was greater for both CFs and WMs than other\u0000positions. The CFs and WMs were unable to sustain the level of high intensity running\u0000observed in the first 5 minutes beyond the 65th minute of the match. When introduced\u0000as a substitute, only the CFs covered greater distances compared to the exact time when\u0000they started a match. The knowledge gained on the distances at high intensity covered\u0000on a positional basis and the impact of introducing a CF substitution provides the\u0000football manager with critical information when preparing for competition.\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":40315,"journal":{"name":"International Sports Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2020-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48629574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book review: Knijnik, J. (2018). The World Cup Chronicles: 31 Days that Rocket Brazil.\u0000Balgowlah Heights, NSW: Fairplay Publishing.","authors":"Luiz Uehara","doi":"10.30819/iss.42-2.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30819/iss.42-2.06","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>\u0000\t\u0000 </jats:p>","PeriodicalId":40315,"journal":{"name":"International Sports Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2020-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44718968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}