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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Elite sports"”.
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A comparative study of national government elite sport systems in Australia and Taiwan: A model for Olympic success
… facing the Taiwanese Government in promoting elite sport and pursuing sporting achievement at the Olympic Games. The main purpose of the study was to explore and compare the national government elite sports systems (NGESS) of Australia and Taiwan and make recommendations for Taiwan to improve …
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Sports, Mass Mobilization, and the Everyday Culture of Socialism in East Germany
… the communist government of East Germany used sports to build socialism. Sports had traditionally enjoyed widespread popularity in Germany, and communist leaders sought to instrumentalize this popularity towards socialist ends. They believed that sports could produce efficient workers and …
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Vliv rodičů na sportovní vývoj vrcholového sportovce v dětském věku
Title: The Influence of Parents on the Sports Development of an Elite Athlete in Childhood Objectives: This bachelor thesis examines the role of the family environment in shaping an individual's sports pathway from early childhood to the achievement of an elite sports level in adulthood. The aim of …
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Essays in Behavioural Economics & Applied Econometrics
… behaviour in naturalistic settings using data on elite sports. I test if Premier League football players who score in one game are more likely to score in the next game by exploiting exogenous variation in scoring between players who took shots with the same probability of scoring. My results …
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The Lived Experiences of Transgender Footballers in the UK
… concerns about the anti-trans rhetoric in the elite sports media and how this affects them participating in lower-level sport. This study supports the need to further explore the experiences of trans* people in low-level competitive sport and how football and other sports can make themselves …
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Examining Organisational Culture Change in a UK Talent Development Programme
Team GB is an international powerhouse in Olympic sports and has become ‘much admired around the world for sporting success and the system that exists beneath it’ (Grey-Thompson, 2017, p. 4). However, big budgets are levelling the playing field in the Global Sporting Arms Race (cf. De Bosscher, …
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AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SLEEPING PATTERNS OF YOUTH SOCCER PLAYERS DURING THE COMPETITIVE SEASON
… recovery in athletes. However individuals from elite sports, such as soccer, may be exposed to a number of situations that may impact sleep within the competitive season (such as inconsistent schedules and travel), which may result in sub-optimal sleeping patterns. However, research documenting …