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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 5h
NEW ISSUE OUT NOW!

The Forum Editor’s choice from the current issue: FROM COUBERTIN’S OLYMPISM TO NEOLIBERAL SPORTS SPECTACLE: NARRATIVES OF BRAZILIAN OLYMPIC ATHLETES by Carolina Fernandes da Silva et al.
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Sport, Education and Society, Volume 30, 2025 Issue 7
Sport, Education and Society encourages contributions from social scientists and educationalists studying the relationships between pedagogy, ‘the body’ and society, The Forum Editor’s pick from the c...
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 6h
NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT
International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, Volume 35 (2025): Issue 6 (Nov 2025)
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 15h
Willy Staley, New York Times: “One minor but fascinating element of Malmo’s postindustrial turnaround has been an effort to incorporate skateboarding into the fabric of the city.”
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The Ultimate Pilgrimage for the Middle-Aged Skateboarder
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 16h
What looms on the horizon for cricket in 2026? As we come together in Cambridge, it’s important to look at our sport through a critical lens.
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Call for Papers | Cricket Research Network Annual Conference | Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge (overlooking Fenner’s Cricket Ground), February 26, 2026. Call ends November 21, 2025
What looms on the horizon for cricket in 2026? In England & Wales we are contending with new ownership of The Hundred teams and the threat of player strikes in the Men’s County Championship, while loo...
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 1d
SHOULD I INCREASE WEIGHTS AT THE GYM? HOW OFTEN? AND BY HOW MUCH?
By Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, University of South Australia
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Should I increase weights at the gym? How often? And by how much?
To make your muscles grow, you need to keep increasing their load. But there are different ways to do this.
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 1d
NEW BOOK REVIEW
Natalie Barker-Ruchti & Laura G. Purdy’s edited volume «Sports Coaching Education and Alternative Pedagogies: Approaches in Higher Education» (Routledge) is reviewed by Sanna Erdoğan
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Alternative coaching pedagogies in higher education
Natalie Barker-Ruchti & Laura G. Purdy’s edited volume Sports Coaching Education and Alternative Pedagogies: Approaches in Higher Education (Routledge) theorizes alternative pedagogies and presents ex...
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 2d
NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT
Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, Vol. 18 No. 3 (2025)
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Vol. 18 No. 3 (2025): Journal of Intercollegiate Sport | Journal of Intercollegiate Sport
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 2d
NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT
Therapeutic Recreation Journal, Vol. 59 No. 4 (2025)
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Therapeutic Recreation Journal
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 3d
NEW ARTICLE ALERT
“Challenges, tensions and opportunities: sport and climate change”, by Marie Larneby, Daniel Svensson & Susanna Hedenborg, available online and open access ahead of print in Sport in Society.
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Challenges, tensions and opportunities: sport and climate change
Published in Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 3d
NY FORSKNINGSARTIKEL
Syftet med Axel Norborgs och Leon Strömbergs studie var att undersöka vilka karriärvägar som leder till att bli elittränare på internationell nivå samt vilka faktorer och vändpunkter som påverkar vägen.
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Vägarna till elittränare: En kvalitativ studie om karriärvägarna till internationell elittränare
Syftet med Axel Norborgs och Leon Strömbergs studie var att undersöka vilka karriärvägar som leder till att bli elittränare på internationell nivå samt vilka faktorer och vändpunkter som påverkar väge...
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 3d
NEW FEATURE ARTICLE
The facts that Toby Miller and Joan Pedro-Carañana present in their piece about the climate footprints that world football leaves, previously published only in Spanish and Portuguese, lead to the inevitable conclusion: Abolish the World Cup!
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Abolish the World Cup!
The World Cup, as Jonathan Wilson puts it in The Guardian, is “simultaneously the greatest sporting festival on the planet, and a tawdry commercial machine run at enormous human and environmental cost...
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 3d
EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABVOUT IT!
idrottsforum’s weekly newsletter gives you the past week’s on-site activities in your mailbox every Monday morning, in the form of a letter with a link to a web page presentation of new publications.
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That Was The Week That Was, October 6–12, 2025
idrottsforum.org’s weekly newsletter gives you the past week’s on-site activities in your mailbox every Monday morning, in the form of a letter with a link to a web page presentation of new publicatio...
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 6d
FRIDAY ESSAY: PETER JACKSON, THE BLACK AUSTRALIAN BOXING CHAMPION YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF
By Ben Etherington, Associate professor, Western Sydney University
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Friday essay: Peter Jackson, the Black Australian boxing champion you’ve never heard of
At his peak in the early 1890s, Peter Jackson was easily the most famous living Australian in the world. But he was more than boxer.
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 6d
DARTS: THE SURPRISING AMOUNT OF ATHLETIC SKILL IT TAKES TO HIT A BULLSEYE
By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
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Darts: the surprising amount of athletic skill it takes to hit a bullseye
Elite darts technique requires a combination of both physical and mental athleticism.
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 6d
RUNNY NOSES, BLACK TOENAILS AND ‘COREGASMS’: HERE ARE SEVEN WEIRD AILMENTS THAT EXERCISE CAN TRIGGER
By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
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Runny noses, black toenails and ‘coregasms’: here are seven weird ailments that exercise can trigger
Exercise might be good for the body and mind, but it can also result in some bizarre ailments.
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 6d
NEW ARTICLE ALERT
“Horses and hierarchies: a story of young equestrians’ participation rights through a cultural hegemonic lens” by Therese Waerner, available online and open access ahead of publication in Sport, Education and Society.
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Horses and hierarchies: a story of young equestrians’ participation rights through a cultural hegemonic lens
Children’s right to have their voices heard is stated in Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and is often referred to as ‘participation rights’. The UNCRC...
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 6d
NEW BOOK REVIEW
«British Sporting Relations with Apartheid South Africa: The Politics of Racism and Anti-Racism, 1948–1994» by Matthew P. Llewellyn and Toby C. Rider (Oxford University Press) is reviewed by Michelle Sikes, prominent scholar of African sport history.
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A richly researched and compelling account of Britain’s entanglements with apartheid sport
British Sporting Relations with Apartheid South Africa: The Politics of Racism and Anti-Racism, 1948–1994 by Matthew P. Llewellyn and Toby C. Rider (Oxford University Press) represents the first archi...
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 7d
Margrethe Voll Storaas’ PhD study narrows down to the moving body and asks, ‘how may we understand the moving body ecologically in technologized environments?’
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Public defense of doctoral thesis | As Agent and Environment: A Biosemiotic Understanding of the Moving Body within Ecology and Technology from Cases in Sport by Margrethe Voll Storaas, Norwegian Scho...
Margrethe Voll Storaas’ PhD study narrows down to the moving body and asks, ‘how may we understand the moving body ecologically in technologized environments?’ For this study, the cultural and body-co...
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 7d
NY BOKRECENSION
Ridsporten anses tillhöra de farligaste sporterna att utöva. «Säker ridsport: Förebygga, agera och hantera skador» av Linn Byman m fl (BoD) recenseras här av Klara Boije av Gennäs, som ser mycket som är bra men också sådant som saknas.
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En sammanställning av hanterande av och agerande vid olyckor och skador i stallet
Ridsporten utövas av en halv miljon ryttare i Sverige och anses tillhöra de farligaste sporterna att utöva sett till antal och typ av skador och dess allvarlighetsgrad. Den mest förekommande orsaken t...
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 8d
Numerous scholars within sport and health sciences have emphasized the critical role of the school environment in shaping young people’s physically active lives. Sara Hoy’s PhD project and dissertation addresses this specific dimension, and others as well.
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Public defence of doctoral thesis | Physical Activity Put Into Context: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Youth’s Physically Active Lives in School by Sara Hoy, Swedish School of Sport and Health Scie...
Numerous scholars within sport and health sciences have emphasized the critical role of the school environment in shaping young people’s physically active lives. While Sara Hoy’s PhD project and disse...
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 8d
The Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal is pleased to announce a Call for Abstracts for an upcoming special series focused on Physical Activity and Menopause.
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Call for Papers | “Menopause and Physical Activity”, Special Series for the Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal | Call ends November 17, 2025
The Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal is pleased to announce a Call for Abstracts for an upcoming special series focused on Physical Activity and Menopause.
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 8d
TORONTO BLUE JAYS: AMID CANADA-U.S. TENSIONS, ‘CANADA’S TEAM’ TAKES A RUN AT AMERICA’S PASTIME
By Noah Eliot Vanderhoeven, PhD Candidate, Political Science, Western University
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Toronto Blue Jays: Amid Canada-U.S. tensions, ‘Canada’s team’ takes a run at America’s pastime
The Blue Jays’ post-season run as Donald Trump continues to threaten Canada gives the team perhaps its best opportunity ever to fulfil its role as Canada’s team.
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 8d
NEW ARTICLE ALERT
“Sport and the Anthropocene” by Jim Cherrington and Jack Black, available online and open access ahead of print in International Review for the Sociology of Sport
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 8d
CAUGHT IN NEPAL’S PROTESTS, I WITNESSED HOW SPORT CAN BRING PEOPLE HOPE DURING TIMES OF CRISIS
By Ross Walker, Lecturer in Sports Management, University of Stirling
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Caught in Nepal’s protests, I witnessed how sport can bring people hope during times of crisis
During Nepal’s unrest, sport became a precious outlet for some amid the protests and police crackdowns.
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idrottsforum.bsky.social @idrottsforum.bsky.social · 8d
NEW ARTICLE ALERT!
“Welcoming the ladies with one foot on the brake: Swedish women’s ice hockey’s road towards legitimacy in the early 1980s”, by John Berg, available online and open access ahead of print in Sport in History.
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Welcoming the ladies with one foot on the brake: Swedish women’s ice hockey’s road towards legitimacy in the early 1980s
This article focuses on the structural establishment of Swedish women’s ice hockey during the early 1980s and the years leading up to the first organised women’s hockey league in Sweden. Mainly, th...
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