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Wahl-Alexander, Zachary; Camic, Clay – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine health-related fitness levels and physical activity trends of adolescents participating in a fitness-based sport education season in a camp setting. Method: This study was conducted in a residential summer camp. Participants were 71 male campers. Participants were categorized into two groups (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Physical Fitness, Males, Physical Education
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Soowoong Hwang; Jungjoon Kim; Ilhyeok Park – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2025
This study investigates the predictive validity of lower extremity strength, strength asymmetry, and soccer-specific fitness in talent identification among elite male youth soccer players. Employing a Retrospective Cohort design, we established a cohort consisting of K-League registered youth players, totaling 219 individuals (all males, aged 16…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Physical Fitness, Talent Identification, Males
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Yang Li; Jiraporn Chano – Journal of Education and Learning, 2024
Basketball, as one of the most popular sports courses in Chinese colleges and universities, has always been taught in a traditional ball teaching method, which has caused many problems in students' learning effects, such as poor basketball tactics, weaker physical fitness and so on. Therefore, it is imperative to reform the basketball courses in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Team Sports, College Students, Males
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Erol, Sadettin – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2022
In this study, it was aimed to examine the effects of static and dynamic core exercises applied to football players aged 10-12 years on some physical fitness characteristics. The mean age of 12,4±0,4 years, average body weight of 43,2±0.31 kg, average height of 153,5±0.32 cm and average age of 4.32 years in sports, 32 male football players who…
Descriptors: Exercise, Athletes, Team Sports, Physical Fitness
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Arslan, Ersin; Ince, Gonca; Akyüz, Murat – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Purpose: This study aimed to determine the effects of a circuit exercise program on the physical fitness parameters of children with atypical autism spectrum condition (ASC) and typically developing (TD) children. Method: Fourteen (14) boys with atypical autism (mean age: 10.07 ± 0.25 years; weight: 24.97 ± 0.64 kg; height: 126.79 ± 1.33 cm) and…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Physical Fitness, Exercise, Children
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Nolan, Ryan; Zbaracki, Matthew D. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact on health-related fitness resulting from COVID-19 lockdowns on male high school students in Melbourne, Australia. Method: A total of 146 students completed fitness testing in February and retesting in November following 7 months of remote learning. Fitness tests conducted were 20-m…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Fitness, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Alp, Mahmut; Ozdinc, Mahmut – European Journal of Educational Sciences, 2021
This paper focuses on the effects of plyometric trainings on upper extremity anaerobic power and shotspeed in 20 volunteer male handball players, who are in the men's handball team at Süleyman Demirel University. Players were randomly divided into two groups as handball training group (HTG) and plyometric training group (PTG). While HTG continued…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Training, Males, Athletes
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Papadakis, Zacharias; Forsse, Jeffrey S.; Peterson, Matthew N. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2021
Sleep deprivation in healthy adults has been associated with disrupted autonomic nervous system function, which in turn has been linked to cardiovascular health. High-intensity interval exercise (HIIE) may affect both sleep and cardiac autonomic modulation. Purpose: To investigate the impact of acute partial sleep deprivation on autonomic cardiac…
Descriptors: Exercise Physiology, Body Composition, Physical Activity Level, Physical Fitness
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Ouellet, Lorie; Laberge, Suzanne – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2023
The outdoor domain has frequently been identified as one where women's skills and competences were undervalued compared with those of men. The aim of the study was to explore how men and women interact in the context of an educational wilderness expedition. The concepts of field, forms of capital and habitus of sociologist Pierre Bourdieu were…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Physical Environment, Sex, Gender Bias
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Kaya, Emire Özkatar; Torun, Samet – African Educational Research Journal, 2022
It is aimed in this study to analyze the effects of the Montessori education method on children with Down syndrome and autism having special training who have received and not received Montessori education through the Eurofit test batteries selected for motor skills and physical fitness. A total of 20 male children with Down syndrome and autism in…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Preadolescents
Georgievna, Todorova Valentyna; Rybalko, Petro Fedorovich; Dubynska, Oksana Yakivna; Khomenko, Oleksandr Serhiyovich; Volodymyrivna, Gvozdetska Svitlana; Krasilov, Andrii Dmytrovich; Hryhorovych, Yevtushenko Yevhen – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2021
In modern science there is a permanent search for new effective forms of organization of the educational process in physical training at higher education institutions of different orientation. The article presents a solution of the actual scientific and practical task of improving the level of physical fitness of students and increasing the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Late Adolescents, Physical Fitness, Military Service
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Detanico, Daniele; Kons, Rafael L.; Canestri, Raul; Albuquerque, Maicon – High Ability Studies, 2022
This study aimed to analyze whether judo experience, somatic maturation, growth, and physical capacities discriminate young judo athletes from different competitive levels (state and national). Sixty-six young male judo athletes (36 from state and 30 from national level) participated in this study, divided from the annual competitive season. The…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Education, Maturity (Individuals), Males
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Ryom, Knud; Wikman, Johan M.; Stelter, Reinhard – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This study investigated the experience of and effect created by a team sport and coaching intervention upon the self-concept of male school students (age: 12-16; n = 129) from diverse backgrounds. A convergent parallel mixed-method design was used to compare and relate a questionnaire study and an interview study in a quasi-experimental design,…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Males, Coaching (Performance), Self Concept
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Akerson, Valarie, Ed.; Shelley, Mack, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Social and Education Sciences (IConSES)-www.iconses.net which took place on October 21-24, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Experiential Learning, Skill Development, Teaching Methods
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Akerson, Valarie, Ed.; Shelley, Mack, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Social and Education Sciences (IConSES), which took place on October 21-24, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, discuss theoretical and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Experiential Learning, Skill Development, Hispanic American Students