Background: Table tennis research in Indonesia has addressed physical education, coaching, motor skills, instructional media, and athlete performance. However, no national bibliometric study has systematically mapped its publication growth, collaboration structure, geographical distribution, and thematic development. Objective: This study aims to map the development, contributors, collaboration patterns, institutional and regional distribution, and major research themes of table tennis research in Indonesia from 2016 to 2026. Methods: A bibliometric analysis was conducted using OpenAlex and Scopus. The search identified 421 records, consisting of 357 records from OpenAlex and 64 from Scopus. After removing 43 duplicates, 378 records were screened, 17 were excluded, and 361 were assessed for eligibility. A further 36 records were excluded because of incomplete metadata, resulting in a final corpus of 325 journal articles. Data were analysed using Bibliometrix and Biblioshiny. Results: The final dataset included 325 documents published across 186 sources and written by 754 authors. The annual publication growth rate was 14.87%, with an average of 2.83 co-authors and 1.345 citations per document. Publications increased from five documents in 2016 to 45 in 2025, while the 2026 count remained incomplete. Research was concentrated in Indonesian physical education and sport journals. The dominant themes included table tennis learning, basic techniques, student populations, athlete performance, forehand drive, experimental research, and correlational studies. International co-authorship remained very limited at 0.6154%. Conclusion: Table tennis research in Indonesia has grown substantially, but its collaboration networks, methodological standardisation, geographical integration, and international visibility remain limited. Future research should strengthen multi-institutional and cross-provincial collaboration, standardise research instruments, expand longitudinal and performance-based studies, improve metadata quality, and develop international research partnerships.
Background: Community sport has increasingly been examined in relation to physical activity, youth development, social inclusion, health, and public policy. However, the global intellectual and thematic development of research on community sport development remains insufficiently mapped. Objectives: This study aims to map and analyse global research trends, collaboration patterns, and thematic developments in community sports development between 2016 and 2025. Methods: This study examined 408 journal articles on community sports development that were published between 2016 and 2025 using a bibliometric analysis based on Scopus. ScientoPy and Biblioshiny (Bibliometrix) were used to analyse bibliographic data obtained just from the Scopus database in order to look at publishing trends, cooperation networks, citation patterns, keyword co-occurrence, and topic progression. Results: There were 408 articles in the dataset, with a 5% yearly growth rate and a high of 54 publications in 2025. Sport (174 articles), physical activity (126), and sports involvement (89) were the most popular terms. In 2024-2025, most recent studies focused on youth-related concerns (> 35%), well-being (50.0%), and mental health (55.6%). Four clusters encompassing social integration and capital, youth development and sport participation, mental health and talent development, and emergent issues including community sport and disabilities were found using thematic mapping. Conclusions: Research on community sport development has become increasingly interdisciplinary, with sport participation increasingly connected to broader social, health, educational, and policy outcomes. Future research should strengthen longitudinal, comparative, and program-evaluation approaches to determine whether the themes identified in the bibliometric landscape translate into measurable community-level outcomes.
Background: Fencing requires rapid movement execution, precise technical performance, and timely corrective feedback. Conventional coaching practices often rely on subjective observation and delayed performance evaluation. Objectives: This study aimed to develop and preliminarily evaluate a sensor-based fencing coaching model integrating real-time performance feedback into training. Methods: A research and development design based on a modified Borg and Gall model was employed, comprising needs analysis, model design, expert validation, limited testing, revision, and extensive field testing. Five nationally licensed fencing coaches participated in expert validation, while 10 athletes participated in the limited trial and 30 athletes in the extensive trial. Performance was assessed using motion sensors and technical performance measures. Pre–post changes were examined using paired-samples t-tests and Cohen’s d. Results: The extensive trial showed significant pre–post improvements in attack execution time, punch accuracy, reaction time, and footwork efficiency (p < .05), with large effect sizes (Cohen’s d = 0.85–1.02). Athletes and coaches also reported high perceived usability and satisfaction with the model. Conclusion: The findings provide preliminary evidence that integrating real-time sensor-based feedback into fencing training may improve selected technical performance indicators and enhance the perceived usefulness of training. However, controlled and longer-term studies are needed to determine the causal effectiveness and generalizability of the model.
Background: Match statistics provide objective information for evaluating badminton performance and developing evidence-based coaching strategies. However, limited studies have comprehensively examined the technical actions contributing to an elite player’s performance throughout an entire tournament. Objectives: This study aimed to analyse the effectiveness of technical actions performed by Anthony Sinisuka Ginting during the VICTOR China Open 2018 HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000, focusing on point-winning and point-losing outcomes. Methods: This study employed a quantitative observational design using systematic notational analysis. Performance data were obtained from official Badminton World Federation (BWF) match videos covering all four matches played by Anthony Sinisuka Ginting from the Round of 16 to the final, comprising 10 sets with a mean set duration of 26.1 minutes. Each match was systematically coded using a structured observation instrument to record service, netting, smash, drive, dropshot, lob, chop, defend, and lift actions. Technical actions were classified according to successful and unsuccessful outcomes, and the data were analysed descriptively using frequencies and percentages. Results: The smash generated the highest number of points, with an average success rate of 57.0% and an unforced error rate of 14.6%. In contrast, netting showed the highest proportion of successful actions but also the highest unforced error rate (26.7%). This pattern indicates that netting involved a greater balance between successful and unsuccessful outcomes than the other technical actions analysed. Conclusions: The findings demonstrate that technical performance in elite badminton is characterised by differences in point production and error patterns across technical actions. The results provide an athlete-centred perspective on elite badminton performance and offer practical evidence for coaches when evaluating match performance and designing technical and tactical training programmes.
Background: Although physical activity is generally associated with better health and well-being, limited evidence has examined the relative associations of body mass index (BMI) and physical activity with quality of life among sport science students. Objectives: This study examined the relationships between BMI, physical activity, and quality of life and assessed sex differences among sport science students. Methods: A cross-sectional study involved 93 sport science students aged 18–25 years. BMI was measured directly, physical activity was assessed using the GPAQ, and quality of life was measured using the WHOQOL-BREF. Associations were examined using multiple linear regression after testing regression assumptions. Results: Most participants had normal BMI (68.89%) and high physical activity levels (47.31%). The mean quality of life score was 97.41 ± 11.87. Quality of life differed significantly across physical activity levels (p = 0.024), but not across BMI categories (p = 0.914) or by sex (p = 0.473). Physical activity was positively associated with quality of life (β = 0.278, p = 0.007), whereas BMI was not (β = −0.045, p = 0.657). The regression model explained 8.1% of the variance in quality of life (R² = 0.081, p = 0.022). Conclusion: Physical activity showed a stronger association with quality of life than BMI among sport science students, highlighting the importance of maintaining adequate physical activity to support student well-being.
