‘They’ve just never been involved in it’

‘They’ve just never been involved in it’: what senior athletes think about older people who do not participate in sport

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‘They’ve just never been involved in it’ : what senior athletes think about older people who do not participate in sport. / Cannella, Valentina; Serrat, Rodrigo; Villar, Feliciano; Evans, Adam Brian.

I: Leisure Studies, 2023.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Cannella, V, Serrat, R, Villar, F & Evans, AB 2023, '‘They’ve just never been involved in it’: what senior athletes think about older people who do not participate in sport', Leisure Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2264534

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Cannella, V., Serrat, R., Villar, F., & Evans, A. B. (2023). ‘They’ve just never been involved in it’: what senior athletes think about older people who do not participate in sport. Leisure Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2264534

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Cannella V, Serrat R, Villar F, Evans AB. ‘They’ve just never been involved in it’: what senior athletes think about older people who do not participate in sport. Leisure Studies. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2264534

Author

Cannella, Valentina ; Serrat, Rodrigo ; Villar, Feliciano ; Evans, Adam Brian. / ‘They’ve just never been involved in it’ : what senior athletes think about older people who do not participate in sport. I: Leisure Studies. 2023.

Bibtex

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