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The purpose of this study was to analyze subculture of professional football supporters with a view of Bourdieu's Habitus theory. What sorts of mechanism were worked when supporters formed their Habitus. The methods adopted in the article was qualitative. The qualitative information on the nature of their fandom was gleaned from 'virtual participant observation' or 'interviewing' of professional football fans that participated in discussions on the internet and participant observation of professional fans. The intensity and criteria sampling method was used to select 6 supporters who had participated in the supporting activities for more than five years and played crucial roles in running their organization as officials. The textual analysis which is consisting of translation, coding, and processing was used to mean the identification and exegesis of contextualization cues that make a text meaningful to the professional football supporters. an intended audience. The findings of this study were that (1) the subculture variety of activities for players and coaching staffs were the fundamental factors when supporters formed their subculture. (2) the professional supporters became habitus through the progressively development of subcultures such as enthusiastic supporters, small meetings, and events relating to soccer players.

Objectives This study is designed to explore the motivation of girls’ vocational high school students participation in morning sports club. Methods This study expored the motivation of the morning sports club participation subjectively perceived by girls’ vocational high school students, categorized them, and examined the characteristics of each type in depth using Q-methodology. A Q set of potential perception toward students’ motivation for morning sports club participation was collected through depth-interviews from four students who are participating the club activities. 28 vocational girls high school students classified 25 selected Q-statements into 9 points standard. The obtained data were analyzed by using pc-QUANL program. Results Principal Component Analysis identified 3 types typology of girls high school students toward motivation on morning sports club. TypeⅠ is ‘Enjoying morning time-oriented’, typeⅡ is ‘Enjoying friendship-oriented’, typeⅢ is ‘Self management-oriented’. Conclusions The findings of this study suggest that morning sports club activity give vocational girls high school students meaningful educational expriences, Specially improving physical fitness and vitality as well as spirit of challenge, improving confidence, promotion of responsibility and overcoming learned helplessness.

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