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T1 Promoting health through a non-competitive after-school sports programme: insights from schoolchildren and coaches
A1 Lobo de Diego, Félix Enrique
A1 Manrique Arribas, Juan Carlos
A1 Pérez-Brunicardi, Dario
AB Physical inactivity among schoolchildren remains a major concern worldwide. This study explores the perceptions of schoolchildren and sports leaders and coaches in a non-competitive after-school sport programme on the promotion of physical activity and active lifestyle using a salutogenic approach. For this purpose, qualitative research was carried out through interviews with 71 informants (63 schoolchildren and 8 sports leaders and coaches). With the information obtained, was analysed using the sense of coherence (SOC) elements as analytical tools. The results identified three themes that captured informants’ perceptions: 1) They viewed the non-competitive after-school as a meaningful space that promotes regular physical activity practice due to the short-term benefits; 2) attending weekly sessions leads to learn how to play sports and interact with peers which helps to better comprehend the experience acquired; and 3) constructive social relationships with sports leaders and coaches were an important resource that made the non-competitive after-school sports programme manageable for them. It is concluded that non-competitive after-school sports programme had a positive impact on promoting health and wellbeing among participants by providing meaningful, manageable and comprehensibility experiences that contribute to the creation, preservation, and development of health.
PB Leisure Studies
SN ISSN: 1466-4496, 0261-4367
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/83256
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/83256
LA eng
NO Leisure Studies, 1-15
DS UVaDOC
RD 07-abr-2026