IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/rsmrxx/v17y2014i4p432-443.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Perception of the new competition formats in the Innsbruck 2012 Youth Olympic Games sports programme—A spectators’ perspective

Author

Listed:
  • Martin Schnitzer
  • Sabrina Scheiber
  • Madeleine Lang
  • Elisabeth Brandstetter
  • Martin Kopp

Abstract

•YOG spectators perceive the level of performance at new competitions as very high.•Watching an event from start to finish results in an increased entertainment level.•Spectators’ eustress scores are higher at action-packed events.•Spectators lack an understanding of the competition rules for new event formats.•Ski Halfpipe and Snowboard Slopestyle have potential for future development.The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) was initiated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2007 aiming to reach out to a younger target group. Besides the introduction of a Culture and Education Programme the creation of new competition formats was an important initiative. The objective of this study was to assess the spectators’ perception of the new sports competitions at the first Winter YOG 2012 in Innsbruck, Austria. The aim was to understand how the Games were perceived by on-site spectators attending the event. For this purpose a quantitative research approach was chosen. Based on an extensive literature review a paper questionnaire was developed and distributed among the spectators during the YOG in Innsbruck. The results revealed that the Level of Performance was perceived very positively across all competitions. Regarding the Entertainment Value, Future Development, Eustress and Rules the spectators’ perception differed between the various competitions. The findings from the study in hand provide important insights for future organisers of sports events and other related stakeholders (federations and sports clubs) with respect to the implementation of new sports competitions.

Suggested Citation

  • Martin Schnitzer & Sabrina Scheiber & Madeleine Lang & Elisabeth Brandstetter & Martin Kopp, 2014. "Perception of the new competition formats in the Innsbruck 2012 Youth Olympic Games sports programme—A spectators’ perspective," Sport Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(4), pages 432-443, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rsmrxx:v:17:y:2014:i:4:p:432-443
    DOI: 10.1016/j.smr.2014.01.002
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.smr.2014.01.002
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.smr.2014.01.002?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:rsmrxx:v:17:y:2014:i:4:p:432-443. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/rsmr .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.