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The Swedish Sports Confederation is striving towards supporting youth develop a lifelong relationship with sport, but statistics show a tendency of dropouts around the age of 12. This study aims to nuance the understanding of coaches’ perceptions of youth sports within martial arts. The research questions were: How are central aspects of sport for youths valued among coaches? What opinions exist among the coaches concerning involvement and their role in relation to that? Structured interviews were conducted with eight participants. The data were analyzed by forming concentrations of responses which then was categorized. Finally, the data were interpreted in a broader context and compared with previous research. The result shows that joy and development were seen as central parts of youth sport. Improvement of physical and mental health was viewed as important in a long- term perspective. The competitive part of the sport was rated as the least important. Regarding participation, the most common definition by the coaches was inclusion in decision-making, preferably a physical kind such as voicing out opinions or suggestions. However, sometimes participation of children was thought to interfere with or obstruct the plan of a training session and therefore the two components need to be balanced. The role of the coach was perceived as relatively essential for ensuring that children or adolescents were and felt included. This paper concludes that there are several aspects to consider in youth sport. Furthermore, the coaches were seen to have a significant role in creating an open environment for children and adolescents to be involved.

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Syfte och frågeställningar: Syftet med studien var att belysa vilka de viktigaste komponenterna och faktorerna inom leisure constraints theory är hos tjejer, 21 år eller äldre, som fortsätter med organiserad idrott. Frågeställningarna som behandlades var: vilken komponent inom leisure constraints theory är den viktigaste? och vilka faktorer inom de tre olika komponenterna är de viktigaste? Metod: Detta var en tvärsnittsstudie där 53 tjejer mellan 21–30+ år svarade på en kvantitativ enkät om anledningar att fortsätta idrotta baserad på leisure constraints theory. Enkäten använde påståenden där respondenterna fick svara på en likertskala från 1–5, “stämmer inte alls” till “stämmer helt”. Likertskalan omvandlades till poäng 1–5 som nyttjades till att räkna ut medelvärde för varje komponent och totalpoäng för varje faktor. Resultat: Studien visade att faktorer inom den intrapersonella komponenten, såsom glädje för idrotten och inre motivation, skattades högst. De interpersonella faktorer som ansågs viktigast var support från familjen och ingen upplevd press från vänner utanför idrotten. Att ekonomi inte var ett hinder för fortsatt idrottande samt att träningsanläggningen och organisationen ansågs vara tillfredsställande var de viktigaste strukturella faktorerna. Slutsats: Inom leisure constraints theory är det intrapersonella faktorer som är viktigast för tjejer, 21 år eller äldre som fortsatt med organiserad idrott. Genom att ta hänsyn till de faktorer som visade sig vara viktigast för fortsatt idrottande kan idrottsrörelsen i stort och lokala föreningar främja ett livslångt organiserat idrottande för tjejer, så att de kan ta del av alla de fysiska, psykiska och sociala hälsofördelar idrotten medför.

Syftet med studien var att undersöka kvinnliga idrottares upplevelser av karriärövergången att bli mamma, med ett fokus på utmaningar, resurser och copingstrategier under perioderna före-, under- och efter graviditeten. I studien användes en kvalitativ forskningsmetod med semi-strukturerade intervjuer. Deltagarna i studien var nio svenska idrottande mödrar i åldrarna 30-53 år (M=39.8, SD=7.3). Alla deltagare hade erfarenhet av att kombinera sitt moderskap med ett idrottande på nationell eller internationell nivå inom sin specifika idrott. Intervjuguiden och dataanalysen grundade sig på Övergångsmodellen (Stambulova, 2009). I resultatet framkom följande: under perioden före graviditeten upplevdes oro som främsta utmaning, att känna sig redo för att bli mamma som främsta resurs och att kunna planera sin graviditet som främsta copingstrategi. Under graviditeten framkom utmattning som främsta utmaning, socialt stöd som främsta resurs och strategier som deltagarna lärt sig under sin idrottskarriär som främsta copingstrategi. Efter graviditeten var stress främsta utmaning, socialt stöd främsta resurs och livet som en atlet hjälpte var främsta copingstrategi. Slutsatsen som dras i studien är att det finns flera upplevda utmaningar vid övergången att bli elitidrottande mamma, och att ett sätt att underlätta för dessa kvinnor skulle kunna vara ett utökat stöd från till exempel förbund, både socialt och finansiellt. / The aim of this study is to investigate experiences of motherhood transitions in sport, with a focus on the challenges, resources and coping strategies in the pre-pregnancy, during the pregnancy, and the postpartum phase. In the study a qualitative research metodology with semi-structured interviews was used. The participants in the study were nine Swedish athlete mothers aged 30-53 years (M=39.8, SD=7.3). All the participants had an experience of combining their motherhood with an athletic career at a national or an international level in their specific sport. The interview guide and the data analysis were grounded on the athletic career transition model (Stambulova, 2009). In the result during the pre-pregnancy, worry emerged as the main challenge, feeling ready to become a mother as the primary resource and planned pregnancies as the main coping strategy. During the pregnancy, fatigue emerged as the main challenge, social support both inside and outside sport as the primary resource, and strategies from sport as the main coping strategy. In the post-partum, stress was a frequent challenge, social support inside and outside sport were the most common resource, and life as an athlete helped were the main coping-strategy. As a conclusion in the present study, several challenges were experienced in the transition to becoming a mother as an elite athlete. A way of facilitating for these women could be increased support, for example from sport federations, both socially and financially.

In 2018, the initiative walking-football was introduced in various associations in Sweden, which is an adapted activity for the elderly. This to try to get more elderly people to want to participate in sports and to become more physically active throughout their lives. The purpose of the study was to elucidate and increase the knowledge of the importance of walking-football for people who are 65 years or older. This study would also highlight the effects the activity can contribute, as well as similarities and differences in women's and men's stories about the activity. Furthermore, the study aimed to investigate whether this activity can contribute to a lifelong sport participation. This study is based on a semi-structured method of interviewing and data collection, where three ladies and three gentlemen will answer questions that include how they experience their participation, what is meaningful about the activity and what possible effects the activity can have. The results of the interviews indicate that togetherness, joy and meeting new people are important for everyone who participated in the study regardless of gender. It turned out that the biggest difference between the gender was that most ladies felt that their physical ability was affected by the fact that they started playing walking-football, while the most men believe that even before they started, they had good physical basis. It was also found that the participants' health was affected in various ways, among other things by increased fitness, better balanceand mobility, and that they got to know new people and were able to create meaningful relationships.All participants in the study also say that no one wants to stop playing and that they intend to play aslong as it is physically possible. One conclusion of this study was that walking-football can contribute to lifelong participation among the elderly.

Syftet med studien var att beskriva hur idrottande kvinnor gör för att må och prestera bra i sitt idrottande under menstruationscykeln. En kvalitativ metod av öppna brev användes för att samla in data. De öppna breven samlades in digitalt via plattformen www.enkät.se, som även säkerställde deltagarnas anonymitet. Tio idrottande kvinnor mellan 18–33 år deltog i studien genom att skriva det öppna brevet som började med meningen “Nu ska jag berätta hur jag gör för att må och prestera bra när jag idrottar under min menstruationscykel…”. Den skriftliga datan analyserades med en kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Utifrån analysen skapades ett huvudtema: Idrottande under menstruationscykeln - en fråga om kunskap och förhållningssätt och tre underteman: Vardagsrutiner för välmående, Idrottskvinnans prestation förutsätter egenmakt och valfrihet samt Idrottsrörelsens ansvar att skapa rätt förutsättningar. Huvudtemat tillsammans med de tre underteman beskriver hur deltagarna är beroende av sig själva, tränare och samhällsstrukturer för att må och prestera bra. Gemensamt för samtliga underteman är kunskap vilket utgör grunden för att kunna förhålla sig till ämnet på ett bra sätt. / The aim of this study was to describe what female athletes do to feel and perform well in sports during their menstrual cycle. A qualitative method with open letters was used to collect data. The open letters were collected by the digital plattform www.enkät.se who ensured that the participants remained anonymous. Ten female athletes between 18–33 years old participated in the study and wrote the open letter which started with the sentence "I am now going to tell you what I do to feel and perform well in sports during my menstrual cycle…". The collected data was analyzed with a qualitative content analysis. Based on the analysis a main theme was created: Sports during the menstrual cycle - a matter of knowledge and approach, together with three sub-themes: Everyday routines of wellbeing, The female athletes’ performance requires empowerment and freedom of choice and The sports movement's responsibility to create the right conditions. The main theme together with the three sub-themes describes how the participants are dependent on themselves, coaches and social structures in order to feel and perform well. Common to all sub-themes is knowledge, which is the basis for being able to relate to the subject in a good way.