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Showing 1 to 20 of 270 for “"Sport science"”.
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Short term recovery with cold water immersion following cycling in the heat
… have been published or submitted to refereed sport science journals.
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Coaches' naturalistic decision-making: injury prevention in youth elite soccer players.
… of deliberate actions by consulting medical and sport science support staff, parents and other coaching colleagues. Understanding coach naturalistic decision-making as a key resource for youth player injury management presents youth academy development systems with a qualitative resource that is …
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A Practical Comparison Between Traditional Periodization and Daily-Undulated Weight Training Among Collegiate Track and Field Athletes.
… strength training methods have become a focus of sport science. Daily undulating periodization (DUP), using daily alterations in repetitions, has been developed and touted as a superior method of training. The purpose of this study is to compare traditional periodization (TRA) to DUP in Division I …
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“Why fit in when you’re born to stand out?”: exploring athlete-environment fit using an implementation science approach
… has been a considerable amount of research in sport that stresses the importance of the individual and environment interaction, but little amounts of attention have focused on the fit between the two. While some coaches and researchers have suggested the athlete-environment fit to be an …
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Strength and conditioning in Men’s Premiership hockey: a case study of understanding, influences and support
… efforts to improve performance in team sports have focused on technique and tactics at the expense of physical fitness (Stolen et al, 2005; and Reverter-Masia et al, 2008). However, with renewed vigour on enhancing performance in sport at all levels, several avenues within the realm of …
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The utility of mathematical fitness-fatigue models for assisting with the planning of physical training for sport: from in silico experiments employing synthetic data, lower-bound operational conditions and model estimation, to the development of software resources for future research.
… potential application of mathematical models in sport science is to predict future performance of individual athletes in response to training, with sufficient accuracy to assist with planning of training programs and short tapering periods. The most widely known and investigated set of …
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From masculine myths to girl power realities: The athletic female body and the legend of Title IX
… brought dramatic changes to America’s female sporting landscape. During this time, the athletic female body, once feared and considered deviant, has emerged as a nationally celebrated and highly commodified popular icon. According to popular narratives, this change in cultural perceptions can …
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Real time remote heart rate & ECG monitoring for the modern sport scientist : a front end design
… the way athletes are trained in the professional sports environment. Since it is a multiple variable problem with constraints, it provokes the need for sophisticated research, control and design. A control and monitoring system will be developed for the scenario where the operating range is …
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Pacing and opponents: the regulation of exercise intensity during competition
… the exercise intensity is an intriguing area of sport science research, and a complex one as demonstrated by the multitude of different theories regarding pacing that are around attempting to explain how this is done. Previous research revealed optimal pacing strategies in time trial exercise and …
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The effect of supplementary Elliptical training protocols on running performance in trained runners
… trained runners. The study was conducted at the Sport Science Institute of South Africa (SSISA). Thirteen trained runners were recruited (male/female: N=11/2, age: 32.8 ± 8.3) to complete PRE and POST assessments of peak treadmill running speed (PTRS), 8-km time trial, and body composition, with …
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The Applied Use of Wearable Technology in Elite Female Ice Hockey
… technology is increasing in the world of elite sport. The incorporation of evidence-based approaches to training has become a critical component in many competitive sports, including ice hockey. Despite its global popularity, ice hockey remains a neglected area of applied sport science research. …
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Dancing through it: Enhancing psychological recovery in dance
… performance enhancement. Theory and models from sport science research provided an adequate starting point from which to explore these factors in dance, however, more dance specific models and theoretically driven research is recommended. Mindfulness provides a useful tool for dancers to reduce …
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The use of publicly available physical activity data: A pilot study into the reliability of the data flow from GPS portable fitness devices to the Internet
… may be used for epidemiological, and health and sport science research.
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Transition to secondary school by children with special educational needs
… about the prospect of enhanced opportunities in sport, science and school lunch! There were three broad areas of concern; social concerns ranging from making new friendships to fear of bullying; academic concerns relating to the anticipated increased amount/complexity of the work and decreased …
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Bridging the gap between science and practice in sport and exercise nutrition
Bridging the gap that exists between science and every day practice in sport and exercise nutrition (SEN) is the core theme of this context statement. This work contributes to the evidence-based practice (EBP) movement which began in the medical field in the early 1990s, which is now becoming a …
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Beliefs and attitudes in judo coaching: toward a new model of coaching
… closely with the structure used in other Olympic sports. Coaches should also be given targets related to developing emotional control among players and instilling players with a self-belief to attain performance targets related to the above. Effective integration and usage of such personnel is …
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A transtheoretical model intervention to help Greek students adopt and maintain a physically active lifestyle
Physical activity is positively related to a number of health benefits that influence morbidity and mortality during childhood, adolescence and adulthood. However, an epidemic of physical inactivity is quickly expanding worldwide and particularly affecting the Greek population. Early life periods …
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Stress and coping among high-level adolescent golfers
The overall purpose of this research programme was to examine how international adolescent golfers cope with performance related stressors. As such, three interrelated studies were designed to pursue this purpose.The purpose of Study 1 was to examine instances when international adolescent golfers' …
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Isokinetic muscular strength and performance in youth football : relationships with age, seasonal variation and injury
The primary aim of the current project was to investigate the isokinetic muscular strength and performance of elite male youth footballers, and the relationships with age, seasonal variation and injury. A secondary aim was to use the information gathered to target muscle strain injury prevention …
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