1. Generals:

• Authors of articles are obliged to comply with scientific and ethical standards in writing their articles.
• Dear authors, please make sure to prepare the article according to the format of the publication and a maximum of up to 20 pages.
• The submitted article must be original and not a translation.
• The required fonts are B Mitra and B Titr for Persian texts and Times New Roman for English texts. Please install the provided fonts first before starting work.
• All authors participating in the article must have an Orcid ID. Therefore, those who have not yet registered and received it should do so first.
• At the same time as submitting the original file of the article based on the publication format and without the authors' names, Authors should also upload the file of the authors' details, conflict of interest, authors' commitment, the certificate of originality of the work, and the code of ethics.
• Considering that the final references of the article should be hyperlinked to the main article, be sure to read the guide for hyperlinking sources.
• Dear authors use the university email address, if possible.
• If an article is accepted in the Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning, no letter of acceptance will be issued by the Publications Unit. Accepted articles are visible in the section ready for publication and approved by the publications unit.
• All the articles that are registered electronically in the journal system are first reviewed by the editor of the journal and controlled by Hamyab text-matching detection software (maximum 12%), and if they meet the necessary conditions, they are sent for expert review in the refereeing process.
• According to the regulations of the Ministry of Science, the article submitting charge is 6,000,000 Rials, of which 2,000,000 Rials are charged for the refereeing of each article, and if the article is accepted, the 4,000,000 Rials are requested to pay by the author for article publishing charge. (If the corresponding author of the article is a student, only in case of final acceptance, a discount of 20% for the printing charge will be included). It is possible to pay the relevant fee online with Shetab bank cards.

1. Writing Steps:

The order of the titles of the article must exactly include these headings: title, English authors’ details, English short abstract, English extended abstract, title, Persian authors’ details, Persian abstract, introduction, methods (including research design, participants, tools, research process, statistical method), results, conclusion, acknowledgment, and references.

Title:

• For English titles use Times New Roman font, font size: 14 and bold. The first letter of all words in the English title must be capitalized, except for specialized words such as tDCS and prepositions such as with-between-in-on.
• For Persian title use B Titr font, font size: 14 and bold.

Authors:

• For names in English use Times New Roman font, font size: 12 and bold, and for authors' details use Times New Roman font, font size: 9 and regular.
• For Names in Persian use B Mitra font, font size: 11 and bold, and for authors' details use B Mitra font, font size 10
• Please note that names, numbers, envelope marks (in case of the corresponding author), and the orcid ID must be placed without spaces.

Abstract:

• The abstract consists of three parts: English short and extended abstract and Persian short abstract

English short abstract

• Should be written with 1 or Single line spacing, and justified.
• An English short abstract of 200 to 250 words in a structured format and includes the following parts:
• ABSTRACT (with Times New Roman font, font size: 12 and bold).
• Background (with Times New Roman font, font size: 10 and bold), a summary of past research, and remaining challenges should be written in two lines (With Times New Roman font, font size: 9 and regular).
• Methods (with Times New Roman font, font size: 10 and bold), the research method should be described (with Times New Roman font, font size 9 and regular).
• Results (with Times New Roman font, font size: 10 and bold), describe the finding and results obtained from the research (with Times New Roman font, font size: 9 and regular).
• Conclusion (with Times New Roman font, font size: 10 and bold), discussion, and conclusion of the research should be given (with Times New Roman font, font size: 9 and regular).
• Keywords (with Times New Roman font, font size: 9, bold and italic), 3 to 5 keywords (with Times New Roman font, font size: 9 and italic), separate each word with a comma. Arrange the words according to the English alphabet.
• Note: The keywords should be arranged according to the English alphabet and the first letter of each keyword should be in lowercase; unless it is a proper name.

 English extended abstract:

• An English extended abstract of 450 to 750 words in a structured format, in two-column and includes the following parts:
• Introduction (with Times New Roman font, font size: 10 and bold), in this part the requirements and purpose of the research are described (with Times New Roman font, font size: 9 and regular).
• Methods (with Times New Roman font, font size: 10 and bold), the research method should be described (with Times New Roman font, font size 9 and regular).
• Results (with Times New Roman font, font size 10 and bold), describe the findings and results obtained from the research (with Times New Roman font, font size: 9 and regular).
• Conclusion (with Times New Roman font, font size: 10 and bold), discussion, and conclusion of the research should be given (with Times New Roman font, font size: 9 and regular).
• Ethical Considerations (with Times New Roman font, font size 10 and bold).
• Compliance with ethical guidelines (with Times New Roman font, font size: 8 and bold).
• Funding (with Times New Roman font, font size: 8 and bold).
• Authors' contribution (with Times New Roman font, font size: 8 and bold).
• Conflict of interest (with Times New Roman font, font size: 8 and bold).
• Acknowledgments (with Times New Roman font, font size: 8 and bold).

Note: Sending a certificate of nativeness for English extended abstract from the official translation agency will speed up the process of the article publication.

 Persian short abstract:

• Should be written with 1 or Single line spacing, and justified.
• A Persian abstract of 200 and 250 words in a structured format and includes:
• Abstract (with B Mitra font, font size: 12 and bold).
• Introduction (with B Mitra font, font size: 12 and bold), in this part the purpose of the research should be described (with B Mitra font, font size: 11 and regular).
• Methods (with B Mitra font, font size: 12 and bold), the research method should be described (with B Mitra font, font size: 11 and regular).
• Results (with B Mitra font, font size: 12 and bold), the findings and results obtained from the research should be described (with B Mitra font, font size: 11 and regular).
• Conclusion (with B Mitra font, font size: 12 and bold), discussion, and conclusion of the research should be given (with B Mitra font, font size: 11 and regular).
• Keywords (with B Mitra font, font size: 12 and bold), 3 to 5 keywords are enough (with B Mitra font, font size: 10 and regular), separate each word with a comma. Arrange words alphabetically.
• It is reminded that all these parts are written in a separate line. Avoid references, footnotes and abbreviations in the abstract.

Introduction (B Titr 12)

• The main text of the article should be prepared in a single column with B Mitra font, font size 13, and Times New Roman font, font size 11, and single spacing.
• The first paragraph of each section does not have an indentation of the first line, but the second paragraph should be indented by half a centimeter.
• The introduction should state what the problem is and why this research is being done. Therefore, according to the theoretical basis and with the review of previous studies, the remaining challenges, problems, and necessity, conceptual model (if needed), application of results, and research objectives should be explained in general.
• Avoid subheadings in the introduction and write the introduction in an integrated manner.
• If a footnote needs to be inserted, all Persian items should be written in the right alignment with BMitra font, font size 10 and English footnotes should be written in left alignment with Times New Roman font, font size 9. In the footnotes, after the number, type a period then a space, and then the Persian or English equivalent should be typed. Restart the footnotes numbering for each page.
• The in- text citation should be written in APA format and in Persian language, such as (Andref, 1999).

Methods (B Titr 12)

• The main text of the article should be prepared in a single column with B Mitra font, font size 13, and Times New Roman font, font size 11, and single spacing.

This section includes the following subheadings:

Participants (B Titr 11)

Tools (B Titr 11)

Research procedure (B Titr 11)

Statistical analysis (B Titr 11)

 In this section, the details of the research method, the reason for choosing it, the duration of the research plan and follow-up, the time and place of the research, the population and samples, the sampling method and the number of samples, data collection, compliance with ethical standards in research, measurement tools (validity and reliability of instruments and tools), statistical tests and significance level, and used software should be reported.

Results (B Titr 12)

• The main text of the article should be prepared in a single column with B Mitra font, font size 13, and Times New Roman font, font size 11, and single spacing.
• It includes a full description of the results and findings of the research. Research results should be presented clearly and transparently according to scientific principles.
• Presentation of accurate results including numeric reports with percentages, average reports with confidence intervals, and accurate mention of statistical values ​​of the tests, especially the exact value of the significance level (e. g. P=0.001) is necessary for inferential statistics tests.
• Tables, figures, and diagrams should all be cited first in the text and then presented.
• All figures, diagrams, and images should be captioned with the word "figure". The caption and number of the figure or diagram should be typed at the bottom of the figure in center alignment (with B Mitra font, font size 10 and bold) and numbered in order from 1.
• The caption and number of the tables should be typed at the top of the table in center alignment (with B Mitra font, font size 10 and bold), numbered in order from 1 and without columns. Tables should be inserted in the text where they are mentioned.
• Numbers in figures or tables should be written in Persian with decimals.
• All the texts in the table, if they are in Persian, should be right-aligned or center-aligned (with B Mitra font, font size 10 and regular), and if they are in English, they should be left-aligned (with Times New Roman font, font size 8).
• It is mandatory to express the unit of quantities in the table.
• Each table should be spaced with a blank line from the text before and after it, and if the tables are taken from a source, the source number should be given in the APA style at the end of the table caption.
• Sample table and graph are attached

 Conclusion (B Titr 12)

• The main text of the article should be prepared in a single column with B Mitra font, font size 13, and Times New Roman font, font size 11, and single spacing.
• In this part, discuss and compare your results and findings with previous research based on a theoretical basis, explain and interpret the common and contrasting cases with previous research, and then summarize and draw conclusions.
• At the end, two or three practical and operational suggestions should be presented.

Acknowledgement (B Titr 12)

• Here you can express your gratitude to the organization or those who have helped you in conducting this research (B Mitra font, font size 13 and regular).

References (Time New Roman font, Font size 12, and bold)

• Use the American Psychological Association (APA) citation style for referencing. EndNote or Mendeley software can be used to increase productivity and convenience in this work.

Example of a citation for an article:

Buszard, T., Reid, M., Masters, R. S., & Farrow, D. (2016). Scaling tennis racquets during PE in primary school to enhance motor skill acquisition. Research quarterly for exercise and sport, 87(4), 414-420.

Example of a citation for a book:

Diaz-Rico, L. T. (2008). A course for teaching English learners. Boston, MA: Pearson.

• To make it easier to write references, you can enter the title of the source used in Google Scholar. After seeing the title of the article and the abstract, click the word cite below it. That article is referenced in a variety of ways, and you choose APA.
• At the end of the text, in the "References" section, in addition to English references, Persian references should also be given in English and at the end of it, add (In Persian).
• The in-text citation is also based on the APA style, and all names (only surnames) will be in Persian and accompanied by the year; Even the names of foreign authors (Andref, 2002).
• Do not use the words "et al." and "colleagues" for the in-text citation and write all the surnames of the authors and researchers unless there are more than 3 authors.
• References should be add without numbers, arranged in English alphabetical order and in the form of hyperlinks.
• Guidelines for description of correct in-text citation and final reference list are attached.
• Note: It is mandatory to use at least 70% of the sources from the articles of the last 10 years.

  Writing principles:

• There is no need for a space before periods, commas, semicolons, colons, question marks, exclamation marks, etc.; but there should be a space after these signs.
• When using parentheses, use a space before opening and after closing the parenthesis, the word inside the parenthesis will stick to the parenthesis without a space.
• To write compound words or some verbs and similar words in Persian, use a half-space. To create a half-space in WORD software, you must use (CTRL + Shift + 2).

• Instead of using the sign (%) in the text, use the word percentage. For example 25 percent.
• The words that have Tanvin must be written in the correct form. 
• Words that need Hamza to write must be observed. 
• According to the new instructions of the Persian Language and Literature Academy, avoid using.
• For foreign words and names, use the accepted Persian equivalents as much as possible. In the case of essential and uncommon foreign names or irregular Persian equivalents, only in the first referral and immediately after the expression of such words, state its English equivalent in the form of a footnote at the bottom of the same page.
• To display mathematical formulas and relationships, use a two-column table with invisible lines according to the example below. In the right column of this table, write the relationship number, and in the left column, write the related relationship or formula. (It is mandatory to use Microsoft Equation to write formulas). If the formulas are prepared in a Word version 2007 environment, the submitted file should be saved with the *.docx extension to prevent the formulas from being converted into photos.