Recreational Sports Journal: Topics

An official publication of the NIRSA Foundation

Suggested Topics for Articles

• Role of the parent in nurturing a positive sport environment for children
• Creating a safe, secure recreational sport program
• Training and education surrounding volunteers in the sport enterprise
• Risk factors associated with recreational sport injury
• Codes of conduct and governance of sport experience
• Effect of media reports of sport violence on recreational sport participation
• The serious athlete — managing a safe environment for elite sport
• Sport Violence — trends and issues
• Predictors of success management of sport enterprises
• Active, healthy living attributes related to recreational sport participation
• Leadership development of recreational sports participants
• Outcomes associated with recreational sport participation
• Current technology/software
• Thrill/risk/X-Game activities
• Unsportsmanlike conduct and violence
• Obtaining advertisers/sponsors/donors
• How recreational departments are tying into the learning experience on theircampuses
• Current trends within the field
• Student-paraprofessional training
• Value of recreational involvement to the student
• How to collaborate with other academic/student affairs units
• More research/data based articles
• Benefits of recreational sports involvement for students
• Participation patterns (are new recreational sports facilities increasing theparticipation numbers)
• Leadership development in club sports officers
• Economic impact of recreational sports facilities
• Impact of technology on recreational sports programming
• Articles addressing the non-user, reasons why and ways to attract
• Case studies and qualitative approaches
• Assessment of impact of programs and facilities on student recruitment/retention
• Innovative programming ideas — including leisure pools in their new recreational sports facilities
• Sponsorships — how to obtain and retain.
• Late-night programming
• Successful special events
• Judicial processes — any risk management cases with positive/negative outcomes
• Employee appreciation programs.