Constraints and constraint negotiation among international masters games participants: A report on Japanese participants in the World Masters Games 2017 Auckland

A research note written by CTR researchers, Dr. Kei Hikoji (Faculty of Education) and Dr. Eiji Ito (Faculty of Tourism) has been published in an academic journal, Journal of Japanese Society of Lifelong Sport.

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Title

Constraints and constraint negotiation among international masters games participants: A report on Japanese participants in the World Masters Games 2017 Auckland

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Authors

Kei Hikoji, Faculty of Education, Wakayama University, Japan

Eiji Ito, Faculty of Tourism, Wakayama University, Japan

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Source

Journal of Japanese Society of Lifelong Sport, 2018, 15(2), 49-55

*Japanese Society of Lifelong Sports https://jsls.jp/

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Abstract

The World Masters Games, which is the one of the biggest participant sport events, will be hosted in Kansai in 2021. The purpose of this report was to explore constraints and constraint negotiation among Japanese masters games participants in the international masters games. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight Japanese masters athletes in the World Masters Games 2017 Auckland by asking about any problems they experienced (constraints) and the strategies they adopted to overcome those problems (constraint negotiation). The results revealed that Japanese participants in the international masters games experienced time constraints related to work and family responsibilities. To overcome those constraints, they tried to manage their work schedules (time negotiation) and to gain both understanding and support from their colleagues and families (interpersonal negotiation) in order to participate in the international masters games. Through a series of interviews, we cognized that Japanese participants in the international masters games stood face to face with their constraints to overcome them using their respective strategies.

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Keywords

constraints, constraint negotiation, sport tourism, international masters games