Exploring the motivations and challenges West African female students experience engaging in university sport

Leslie-Walker, Anika; Mulvenna, Claire; Bramble, Oneida

doi:10.1080/25742981.2022.2073458

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“…The provision of well-maintained and easily accessible facilities substantially increases the likelihood of children participating in sports, laying the foundation for their personal and social growth through extracurricular activities. Given the vast size and population diversity of the country, Chinese researchers stress the importance of examining the impact of accessibility on young people's engagement in sports [ 30 ]. Young individuals are more likely to become actively involved in sports when they have convenient access to a wide range of sports facilities.…”

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From the pitch to personal growth: Investigating self-esteem as a mediator and parental support as a moderator in youth sports in China

Yi,

Luo,

Wei

2024

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From the pitch to personal growth: Investigating self-esteem as a mediator and parental support as a moderator in youth sports in China

Yi,

Luo,

Wei

2024

Heliyon

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“…The change of direction deficit (CODD), introduced by Nimphius et al [13], serves as a measure to analyse COD capacity by emphasising the specific timing of COD actions, offering a more accurate comparison between groups through a percentage-based approach [14]. This method suggests a closer mirroring of actual COD performance, revealing that female athletes, particularly female soccer players, often exhibit shorter CODD than men, indicating sex-specific biomechanical and performance profiles [15,16]. Kobal et al [17] found that athletes with higher sprint speeds may have greater CODD, implying that high speed does not necessarily correspond to efficient COD capacity.…”

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Analysing the Influence of Speed and Jumping Performance Metrics on the Percentage Change of Direction Deficit in Adolescent Female Soccer Players

Roso-Moliner,

Gonzalo-Skok,

Villavicencio Álvarez

et al. 2024

Life

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Studies show that although female soccer players often have shorter change of direction (COD) deficits than males, indicating different biomechanical profiles, there is a lack of research on the impact of physical metrics on COD performance in females. The purpose of this work was to analyse whether performance metrics based on speed and jumping could explain the variation in %CODD in young female soccer players. Thirty-three highly trained adolescent female soccer players with an age of 16 ± 0.95 years, a body mass of 55.7 ± 7.22 kg, and a height of 160.4 ± 5.22 cm performed COD180 tests, 10 m and 30 m sprint tests, single-leg countermovement, and horizontal jumps. Acceleration in the first 10 m of a sprint was identified as a significant predictor of COD180 performance (R2 = 28%), (R2 = 50%), (p < 0.01), indicating that early sprint performance may largely determine an individual’s ability to change direction. However, no predictors were found for %CODD. Significant correlations were observed between COD180 performance and %CODD, acceleration, linear speed, and horizontal jump performance (r = −0.59 to 0.70; p < 0.05). The study suggests that specific physical performance metrics, particularly early acceleration, are crucial for enhancing COD skills in female soccer players, emphasizing the need for targeted training interventions.

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“…Such principles encourage inquiry into how society influences points of oppression, the UK context enforces inquiry into ethnicity as a key component alongside other areas (including gender, race, and other aspects of people's identities) of marginalisation and where political Blackness is often actuated (Collins, 2000;Mirza, 1997). For example, work by Ratna (2011Ratna ( , 2014 and Leslie-Walker et al (2022) explore how pre-conceived ideas of minority ethnic women's engagement in sports can often spark racialised stereotypes. Subsequently, intersectionality as articulated within the company of CRT by Crenshaw (1989), allows multiple axes of identities that may present powered discourses where racialised women are 'othered' and hegemonic whiteness is recentred.…”

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‘Inclusivity for who’?: An analysis of ‘race’ and female fandom at the 2022 UEFA European Women's Championships

Leslie-Walker,

Taylor,

Jones Russell

2023

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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This article explores the experiences and identities of minority ethnic women at the UEFA Women's Euros (UWE) held in England in 2022. It does so at a time when women sports fans have become more visible in the historically male-dominated environs of football fandom, particularly in the United Kingdom (UK), and when questions of ‘race’, ethnicity and gender are longstanding, contested elements of British culture and society. Through a Black feminist thought methodology allied to critical race theory principles, the study contributes an essential intersectional account of minority ethnic women's sports fandom experiences at a major international event. The findings confirm that the growth of women's football in the UK, motivated minority ethnic women to attend the UWE. However, the current visibility and inclusivity of professional women's football demonstrates a lack of diversity and cultural sensitivity, which often inhibits minority ethnic women from presenting their identities to further engage with and support the game's growth.

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Exploring the motivations and challenges West African female students experience engaging in university sport

Cited by 6 publications

References 49 publications

From the pitch to personal growth: Investigating self-esteem as a mediator and parental support as a moderator in youth sports in China

From the pitch to personal growth: Investigating self-esteem as a mediator and parental support as a moderator in youth sports in China

Analysing the Influence of Speed and Jumping Performance Metrics on the Percentage Change of Direction Deficit in Adolescent Female Soccer Players

‘Inclusivity for who’?: An analysis of ‘race’ and female fandom at the 2022 UEFA European Women's Championships

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