<p>The aim with this study was to describe how the board members of athletic clubs view and value their youth program. A qualitative approach was used in form of interviews. The interviews were made face to face as well as being taped, this to facilitate the analysis. When the board members viewed their youth program to be in alignment with the overall club philosophy there was a discrepancy between their views and the “de facto” conditions of the youth program. It will also show that the board members viewed it as difficult to conduct broad-spectrum program for the youths. These difficulties were to a great extent due to external factors. When these difficulties became detrimental for the development of the clubs activities, then an alternative to the present day competition and rules system should be developed. Furthermore, there is a need for internal education in clubs to highten consciences dealing with how to value and run activities</p>

The aim with this study was to describe how the board members of athletic clubs view and value their youth program. A qualitative approach was used in form of interviews. The interviews were made face to face as well as being taped, this to facilitate the analysis. When the board members viewed their youth program to be in alignment with the overall club philosophy there was a discrepancy between their views and the “de facto” conditions of the youth program. It will also show that the board members viewed it as difficult to conduct broad-spectrum program for the youths. These difficulties were to a great extent due to external factors. When these difficulties became detrimental for the development of the clubs activities, then an alternative to the present day competition and rules system should be developed. Furthermore, there is a need for internal education in clubs to highten consciences dealing with how to value and run activities

Syftet med den här uppsatsen har varit att undersöka hur mycket utrymme olika sporter har i Sportbladet, Aftonbladets sportbilaga, och att söka efter förklaringar till hur utrymmet i tidningen fördelas mellan olika sporter. Undersökningen har genomförts i två delstudier, dels en kvantitativ innehållsanalys och dels en kvalitativ intervjuundersökning. Resultatet från den kvantitativa delstudien visar att fotboll är den sport som får absolut störst utrymme i Sportbladet. Ishockey får också mycket plats i tidningen. Övriga sporter får, jämfört med fotboll och ishockey mycket liten plats i Sportbladet. Resultat från den kvalitativa delstudien, där sportjournalister, sportchefer samt representanter från olika idrottsförbund deltog som intervjupersoner, visar att den stora koncentrationen kring fotboll och ishockey inte är unik för Sportbladet, utan att de flesta svenska sportmedier har ett liknande urval. Det insamlade empiriska materialet har analyserats med utgångspunkt från bland annat Håkan Hvitfelts nyhetsvärderingsformel för att identifiera vilka faktorer som gör att vissa sporter får ett högre nyhetsvärde än andra. En viktig förklaring till varför fotboll och ishockey får mest utrymme är att många sportjournalister har dessa två sporter som sina största intressen, och då helst skriver om dem. En annan viktig förklaring är att sporterna lockar mycket publik till arenorna. En tredje förklaring till just fotbollens stora utrymme är att sporten har flest antal utövare av alla idrotter i Sverige. Undersökningens resultat visar samtidigt att vissa idrotter, som gymnastik och ridsport, trots många utövare och potentiellt intresserade mediekonsumenter ändå inte lyckas konkurrera om medieutrymmet.

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The Swedish sports movement has in recent years raised an age related drop-out problematic. Just like their Scandinavian neighbours the Swedish sports movement appeal less adolescent participants as they grow older. This was largely explained by scholars and the Swedish sports movement as a competitive rationale. Therefore The Swedish Sports Confederation (Riksidrottsförbundet) has introduced a subject of change to become a more inclusive sports movement where people can exercise independently of their competitive commitment. The purpose of the study was to investigate how the national sports associations will manage members’ lifelong commitment to sport. Attitudes to changes was evaluated through the use of interviews with executives and employees in the national sports associations in order to know how the suggested changes will be received. Overall, the participants present elements of a strong competitive culture that tries to prevent the proposed change. Some aspects consisted of time consuming processes, conflicts and differentiated organizing ideas within all organizations. Even though many sports associations argue they have challenging conditions, there are people within the organizations who try to neglect a competitive sports ideal. New forms of ideas might still attract more people to organized sports movement. The main conclusion is that the competitive logic is maintained within the national sports associations. Change of the sports movement’s behaviour patterns will always act in comparison to the historically competitive rationale and therefore also be influenced by it.

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Spontanious sporting has for the last decades reduced and is today not as common as it was before. The effect of this evolution has been that people are much more inactive and the risk for population diseases has increased. This means that the organized sporting has become more important for the public health, especially for adolescents. But for the last years the number of adolescents that drops out from organizational sports between the ages of 16 to 20 years old has been increasing, which is a problem. A document called “Idrotten vill” has because of that problem been made with the content for how the sport movement should be conducted for the different age groups. The aim for this study has been to gain an insight into how five organizational sports clubs in northern Sweden are conducting their sports for adolescents by the guidelines from “Idrotten vill” and what possible differences there may be between organizational sport clubs focused on individual sports and team sports. To get the information needed five interviews was made with five different people from organizational sports, divided in three individual sports and two team sports. The result shows that the organizational sports are conducting their sports for adolescents by the guidelines from “Idrotten vill” with some differences between the individual sports and team sports.

Syftet med studien var att beskriva och strukturera unga golfspelande kvinnors upplevelser av fortsatt golfspel som breddidrottare baserat på självbestämmandeteorin och de grundläggande psykologiska behoven. Studien var av kvalitativ karaktär där datainsamling genomfördes via åtta semistrukturerade intervjuer med kvinnor i åldrarna 22 till 33 års ålder (M=26,25, SD=4,97). Intervjuguiden strukturerades utifrån självbestämmandeteorin (Deci &amp; Ryan, 2000a; 2000b) och tidigare studier inom området, exempelvis Williams m.fl. (2012). Datan analyserades utifrån en kvalitativ innehållsanalys och presenterades utifrån tre teman, kompetens, samhörighet och autonomi. Resultatet visade att deltagarna upplevde att aspekter inom kompetens, exempelvis utvecklingsmöjligheter och samhörighet hade störst positiv inverkan på kvinnors upplevelser av att spela golf på breddidrottsnivå. Inom autonomi var det frivillighet och möjligheten att välja när och var de ville spela som upplevdes vara viktigast för kvinnorna för att fortsätta spela golf. Vidare diskuteras resultatet i relation till tidigare forskning inom området och självbestämmandeteorins motivationskontinuum. Därefter följs det upp med implikationer och slutsatser samt förslag för fortsatt forskning, där det rekommenderas att göra djupare studier kring kvinnors fortsatta golfspel. Det som studien önskar tillföra är mer förståelse för vad kvinnor upplever som viktigt i sitt fortsatta golfspel, vilket ligger i linje med Svenska golfförbundet och PGA of Swedens arbete för att inkludera fler kvinnor i golfen. / The purpose of this study was to examine young female golf player’s experiences of continued golfing as a lower-level athlete based on the self-determination theory and the basic psychological needs. The study was based on a qualitative method where data collection was implemented by eight semi-structured interviews with women aged 22 to 33 years old (M=26.25, SD=4.97). The interview-guide was based on the self-determination theory (Deci &amp; Ryan, 2000a; 2000b) and previous studies in the field, for example Williams et al. (2012). The data was analysed based on a qualitative content analysis and presented by three themes, competence, belonging and autonomy. The results showed that the participants experienced aspects within competence, for example the opportunity for development and belonging had the greatest positive impact on the women’s experiences of playing golf as a lower-level athlete. In autonomy, it was the free will and the opportunity to choose whenever and wherever they wanted to play that was considered most important for women’s continued golfing. Furthermore, the results were discussed in relation to previous research in the field and the motivational continuum of the self-determination theory. Implications and conclusions along with suggestions for continued research were followed up where recommendations on deeper studies on women’s continued golfing were presented.  The study wishes to give more understanding of what women have experienced as important in their continued golfing, which corresponds with what the Swedish Golf Association and the PGA of Sweden are working with to include more women in golf.