The Benefits of HPSC

Promoting health in sports clubs has benefits for different sport stakeholders, not only for sports participants. Having a sports federation and its affiliated clubs that cares about sports people and club members’ health, helps to enhance sport performance of high-level athletes, foster grassroots sport participants’ participation and enjoyment, and therefore can lead to a greater retention of participants, coaches and managers. If members feel that their health and well-being is valued and fostered, they will be more eager to invest their personal resources into enhancing the club’s capacity towards health promotion, creating a virtuous circle (Lane, Murphy, Regan, & Callaghan, 2021).

FOR SPORTS CLUBS

  • Attracting different population groups
  • Diversity of activities and revenue sources
  • Recognition and value in the community

FOR MANAGERS

  • Satisfaction of the manager’s role
  • Drop out (intentions) of managers

FOR COACHES

  • Self-determined motivation
  • Satisfaction of coaching role
  • Drop out (intentions) of coaches

FOR SPORTS PARTICIPANTS

  • Self-rated sport performance
  • Self-reported quality of life
  • Drop out intentions of sport
  • Enjoyment in sport
  • Self-reported health
  • Subjective vitality
  • Harm from health risks