著者

西澤 昭

出版者

日本生涯スポーツ学会

雑誌

生涯スポーツ学研究 (ISSN:13488619)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.8, no.2, pp.1-9, 2012

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Some pre- and primary schools are running barefoot programs where children spend days with barefoot. This study reviewed research on barefoot education and made some recommendations in education. One of the goals of barefoot is to develop the arch height which is difficult to measure directly. Instead, the footprint image is mainly used to estimate arch height. There are some limitations to the footprint image method, since the method estimates the vertical arch height from the horizontal footprint. However a large number of studies showed that the developed medial longitudinal arch judged by the H-line is likely to have normal arch height. In case of less developed longitudinal arch, both greater BMI due to less physical activities and developed sole muscles seen in some athletes might be valid explanations. Barefoot programs were shown to develop the medial longitudinal arch probably due to more activities of foot fingers than to the case of being tightly bound in shoes. Children with flat feet are recommended to go barefoot unless she or he is diagnosed and recommended to receive medical treatment. Increased balance ability, less occurrences of catching a cold, decreased injury cases, among others are also reported as beneficial aspects of going barefoot.

著者

石田 良恵 江口 秀幸 萩 裕美子 橋本 しをり

出版者

日本生涯スポーツ学会

雑誌

生涯スポーツ学研究 (ISSN:13488619)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.13, no.1, pp.41-49, 2016 (Released:2017-04-10)

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The purpose of this study is to elucidate the effects of skeletal muscle volume improvement through a body mass-based resistance training intervention with or without the intake of Glavonoid. Thirty elderly men were randomly assigned to a Glavonoid(n=15)and to a Placebo (n=15)groups. Both groups underwent a series of resistance training programs, in which 3 exercises were conducted for the trunk and lower limb muscles(20 repetitions/exercise)for 12 weeks. During the training period, the subjects were performed in the exercises, once a week in the gym supervised by fitness instructors and 6 days a week at their own homes. Before and after the training intervention, body composition, muscle thickness and the score of performance test were determined. After the training for 12 weeks, skinfold thickness at the anterior thigh significantly decreased, and muscle thicknesses at the abdomen and anterior thigh increased in the Glavonoid group. In both groups, the sit-up test score significantly improved after the intervention. The relative change in the score of sit-to-stand test was negatively correlated with the pre-intervention score, indicating that the training effect depends on the baseline fitness level. It was concluded that Glavonoid has favorable roles for muscle size and against adiposity in the elderly men when it is combined with a body-mass based resistance training, and that the training intensity should be adjusted for each individual.

著者

前田 和範 冨山 浩三 吉倉 秀和

出版者

日本生涯スポーツ学会

雑誌

生涯スポーツ学研究 (ISSN:13488619)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.9, no.1-2, pp.33-42, 2013-03-31 (Released:2013-09-20)

参考文献数

20

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The purpose of this study is to clarify characteristic traits of spectators of newly formed teams in professional sporting leagues. Subjects of this study were spectators at a pre-season match on August 13, 2011 played by Hyogo Prefecture's first pro basketball team, the Hyogo Storks. This game was the Storks first game to which admission was charged. The number of valid responses totaled 302 (97.4%). In order to identify the characteristics of the spectators, we used a cluster analysis using the Push-Pull factors set out by Yoon & Uysal (2005) to obtain a segmentation of the spectators. As a result, we categorized the spectators into four clusters; "spectators who had come to enjoy the game", "spectators who were interested in watching the Storks' first game", "spectators who had a secondary motivation to see the game" and "Hyogo Storks fans". The study revealed that it is possible to increase spectator satisfaction by providing more attractions for a fun day out with respect to spectators who had come to enjoy the game and by creating appeal for enjoying a new experience for spectators who were interested in watching the Storks' first game and Storks fans, who displayed the trait of being innovators. It also revealed that spectator satisfaction could be increased by providing more attractions for the children of spectators who had a secondary motivation to see the game.

著者

松本 眞一

出版者

日本生涯スポーツ学会

雑誌

生涯スポーツ学研究 (ISSN:13488619)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.12, no.1, pp.1-12, 2015-10-31 (Released:2016-11-20)

参考文献数

13

著者

宇井 美佳 涌井 佐和子

出版者

日本生涯スポーツ学会

雑誌

生涯スポーツ学研究 (ISSN:13488619)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.12, no.1, pp.39-47, 2015-10-31 (Released:2016-11-20)

参考文献数

15

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This practice report describes the spread of gymnastics lessons in special education schools in Jamaica from October 2011 to October 2013, and the efforts and challenges of participation or holding the Special Olympics Jamaica Annual National Summer Games. This initiative was carried out in cooperation with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Ministry of Education Jamaica, Jamaican Association of Intellectual Disabilities (JAID), Jamaica Amateur Gymnastics Association (JAGA), a local gymnastics school, and Special Olympics Jamaica (SO Jamaica). As part of the effort, approximately 520 students (grades 1–12) from four special education schools participated in gymnastics sessions. A special education gymnastics team participated in competitions, and several of the students were able to participate for the first time in the gymnastics department of the Special Olympics Jamaica 30th Annual National games in June 2013. Following this, in terms of keeping gymnastics education in Jamaica continuously, two challenges have emerged: a lack of resources for teaching gymnastics and the absence of human resources. To make gymnastics education run smoothly, financial and human assistance from developed countries is needed.

著者

稲葉 慎太郎 山口 泰雄 伊藤 克広

出版者

日本生涯スポーツ学会

雑誌

生涯スポーツ学研究 (ISSN:13488619)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.12, no.1, pp.25-38, 2015-10-31 (Released:2016-11-20)

参考文献数

53

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The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of the social capital formed by the managers of community sport clubs based on the comparison between specified nonprofit corporation clubs and voluntary organization clubs. In this study, the managers of eighteen community sport clubs in the Kinki region were selected as samples. Ten of these clubs were specified nonprofit corporations and eight of these clubs were voluntary organizations. Interviews were conducted using the items explored by Dudwick et al.(2006). These survey items were determined by the result of discussion by a research representative and two collaborators. A hierarchical cluster analysis using text mining was adopted to the data operated. There were two main results of this study. First, the characteristics of the social capital formed by the managers of community sport clubs having specific nonprofit corporation were to make much of the networks built among neighbor community sport clubs, local governments and community groups through their cooperation with each other. Second, the characteristics of the social capital formed by the managers of community sport clubs voluntarily organized were to make much of the networks built among inner groups through coordinating the use of school facilities. These findings suggested that the social capital formed by the managers of community sport clubs having specific nonprofit corporation tended to spread out outer clubs, while the social capital formed by the managers of community sport clubs voluntarily organized tended to close toward inner groups.