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South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and
Recreation
Instructions to authors..../ Instructions aux auteurs....
The South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical
Education and Recreation is published by the Southern
African Alliance for Sport Science, Physical Education and
Recreation. Contributions from the fields of Sport Science,
Movement Education, Recreation/Leisure Studies, Exercise Science
and Dance Studies will be considered for publication. The
articles submitted will be administered by the appropriate Review
Editor and evaluated by two or more referees. The decision as to
whether a particular article is to be published or not, rests
with the Editorial Board.
SUBMISSION
Manuscripts should be typed with one and a half spacing
in 12-point Times New Roman letter size and printed on A4-size
white paper in laser quality. The original manuscript (clearly
indicated) and three copies of the manuscript must be
submitted. Length must not exceed 20 pages (tables, figures,
references, etc. included). Original manuscripts may be submitted
in English or Afrikaans and should be sent to:
The Editor Editorial Office
S.A. Journal for Research in Sport, Tel: 021-808 4915 / 4724
Physical Education and Recreation Fax: 021-808 4817
Department of Sport Science E-mail: [email protected]
Private Bag X1
7602 Matieland, STELLENBOSCH
Republic of South Africa
NB. Articles can also be submitted by e-mail.
CONDITIONS
A signed declaration in respect of the originality must
accompany each manuscript. On submission of the manuscript, the
author shall present a written statement that the article has not
been published or is not being presented for publication
elsewhere. The author should also ensure that the LANGUAGE of the
manuscript has been thoroughly edited at the time of submission.
The name, address and telephone number of the person who has done
the language editing must be provided. On receiving a written
notification from the Managing Editor that the article has been
accepted, a final hard copy of the manuscript and a diskette
(virus checked) should be submitted using MS WORD, Office 97 or
2000 as a DOC-file (see Figures). It can also be send per e-mail
as an attached file.
PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPT
Title page
The first page of each manuscript should indicate the title
in English and Afrikaans (will be translated for foreign
authors), the names (title, first name and other initials,
surname) of the author(s), the telephone numbers (work
& home), facsimile number, e-mail address (if
available) and the field of study. The mailing address of
the first named author and the institution where the work was
conducted should be provided in full. A short title of not more
than 45 characters, including the spaces, should be provided for
use as a running head.
Abstract
Each manuscript must be accompanied by an abstract of
approximately 150-200 words in English and should be set
on a separate page as a SINGLE paragraph (one and a
half spacing). Articles in Afrikaans must include an additional
extended summary (500-1000 words) in English. This summary
must start on a new page (following the list of sources)
providing the English title of the article at the beginning. A
list of three to seven key words in English is
required for indexing purposes and should be typed below the
abstract.
Text
Start the text on a new page with the title of the article
(centred and without the names of the authors). Follow the
style of the most recent issue of the journal regarding the use
of headings and subheadings. Do NOT justify the text and do NOT
underline in the text, as the manuscript may be scanned.
Tables and figures: Tables and figures should be
numbered in Arabic numerals (1, 2, etc.) and each be
prepared on a SEPARATE page (also on the diskette). Tables
require a heading at the top and figures a legend below
and separate from the figure. For figures, kindly supply
the values of the co-ordinates of line or bar graphs in a
separate MS EXCEL (.exl) or WORD file (.doc) while also including
the actual figures in the same file. Only original and
high-resolution laser quality copies of figures and drawings and original
photographs can be accepted (photocopies or negatives are
unacceptable) for scanning. Indicate where the tables or figures
must feature in the text. Tables must be without lines for
scanning purposes. The names of the authors must be indicated
clearly on the back of the copy of each table and figure. Note:
Use the decimal POINT (not the decimal comma).
References: In the text the Harvard
method must be adopted by providing the author's surname and the
date placed in parentheses. For example: Daly (1970); King
and Loathes (1985); McGuines et al. (1986) or (Daly, 1970:
80) when Daly is not part of the sentence. More than one
reference must be arranged chronologically. Note that et al. is
used in the body of the text when there are more than two
authors, but never in the list of references.
List of references
Only the references cited in the text should be listed
alphabetically according to surname (last name) of authors
(capitals) after the body of text under the heading, References
(capitals) starting on a new page. In the case of articles
published in JOURNALS, references listed should include
the surnames and initials (capitals) of all authors, the date of
the publication in parentheses, the full title of the article,
the full title of the journal (italics), the volume number, the
serial number in parentheses (omitted only if the said
journal does not use issue numbers), followed by a colon and the
first and last page numbers separated by a hyphen.
Example:
VAN WYK, G.J. & AMOORE, J.N. (1995). A practical solution
for calculating instantaneous values of tension in the extensor
muscles of the knee joint during extension and flexion. SA
Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation,
18(1): 77-97.
If the reference is a BOOK, the surname (last name) and
initials of the author or editor (Ed.) must be given, followed by
the date of publication in parentheses, the title of the book
(italics) as given on the title page, the number of the edition
(ed.) in parentheses, the city (and abbreviation for the state in
the case of the USA) where published, followed by a colon and the
name of the publisher.
Example:
JEWETT, A.E.; BAIN, L.L. & ENNIS, C.E. (1995). The
curriculum process in physical education (2nd
ed.). Madison, WI: WCB Brown & Benchmark.
For a CHAPTER from a book, the page numbers of the chapter
cited must be provided in parentheses (not italics) after the
title of the book. For further details, authors should consult
the most recent publication of this Journal for other examples.
Example:
DE RIDDER, J.H. (1999). Kinanthropometry in exercise and
sport. In L.O. Amusa; A.L. Toriola & I.U. Onyewadume (Eds.), Physical
education and sport in Africa (235-263). Ibadan (Nigeria):
LAP Publications.
For ELECTRONIC SOURCES all references start with the
same information that would be provided for a printed source (if
available). The web page information follows the reference. It
will usually contain the name of the author(s) (if known), year
of publication or last revision, title of complete work in
inverted commas, title of web page in italics, Uniform Resource
Locater (URL) or access path in text brackets (do not end the
path statement with a fullstop) and date of access. See "How
to cite information from the internet and the world wide
web" at for specific examples. When citing a web site in
the text, merely give the address. Note that personal
communications such as e-mail are cited only in the text and are
not included in the list of references.
Example of Web Page:
ACKERMANN, E. (1996). "Writing your own Web Pages." Creating
Web Pages. Hyperlink []. Retrieved 22 October 1999.
ADMINISTRATlON
If authors honour the rules and specifications for the
submission of manuscripts, unnecessary delays will be avoided. A
manuscript that does not meet the requirements as set out above,
will be returned to the author without being evaluated.
Requesting copying rights concerning figures or photographs is
the responsibility of the authors.
The first-named author will receive five reprints of the
article free of charge. The original manuscripts and
illustrations will be discarded one month after publication
unless a request is received to return the original to the
first-named author. Page charges of R80 per page are
payable on receipt of an account issued by the editor.
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