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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"high performance sport"”.
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Managing More Than Just Athletes: Impression Management Among Canadian High-Performance Sport Coaches
… provides a snapshot of the lack of diversity in sport coaching, there remain gaps in understanding the experiences of individuals who are struggling to work as coaches in the Canadian high-performance sport system because of their racialized and gendered identities. This study aims to address …
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Exploring the feasibility of a novel experimental method to study talent selection and decision making in high performance sport
Talent selection in sport takes place from early stages of development through professional ranks. Athletes are regularly selected for youth teams, high school teams, as well as collegiate and professional teams (Jones, Johnston & Baker, 2020). Even with so much selection occurring, identifying …
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Self-Perceived Leadership Behaviors Of Collegiate Athletic Trainers And Strength And Conditioning Coaches: A Case Study
… of professionals within the pillars of the high-performance sport model, specifically athletic trainers, and strength and conditioning coaches, to gain perspective on their ability to influence student-athletes and colleagues at the NCAA DIII level. A qualitative case study format allowed …
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Sport, ethics and technology
The continuing bans placed on the use of certain performance-enhancing substances by athletes would indicate that not all technological and scientific developments may be appropriate or beneficial in elite level sport. Issues that have arisen out of the drug bans form the basis of 'Sport, Ethics …
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Exploring the Experiences of High Performance Canadian Athletes With Mood and/or Anxiety Disorders
… that mental illnesses were not problems for high performance athletes (e.g., Dean & Rowan, 2013; Reardon & Factor, 2010). As athletes publicly share their struggles with mental illness, this assumption has been brought into question. The purpose of this research was to explore the experiences …
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Own the Podium Funding and Support: The Athletes' Perspective
… was to understand the experiences of Canada’s high performance athletes who have benefitted from Own the Podium (OTP)-recommended funding and support leading up to an Olympic or Paralympic Games. OTP, a nonprofit agency, is responsible for determining the overall investment strategy for high …
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The Dark side of sport: athlete narratives on maltreatment in high performance environments.
… and experience of maltreatment in elite adult sport, which to date has had limited consideration within the sporting literature. The evidence suggests that elite adult athletes can experience maltreatment in high performance environments and such treatment has the potential to have long-term …
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Cognitive effort in contextual interference and implicit motor learning
… share characteristics with implicit learning. High levels of cognitive effort due to task switching might prevent random learners from consciously focusing on their movements leading to a more passive mode of learning. Second, from a practical perspective, the thesis provides support for the …
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The Role of Sport in City Branding: A Case Study of Ottawa
… often, via the ingress of human talent. That high-performance and mega sport events (e.g., IOC Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup, and F1 Grands Prix) have often been used to provide such points of difference is very well documented. However, the use of other, less high profile, forms of …
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Elite sport, identity and mental health: a narrative inquiry
The issue of mental health in elite sport has been gaining prominence in recent years. As the demand for welfare support for athletes increases, psychotherapists and counselling psychologists are likely to be increasingly called upon to work in sports contexts. However, there is limited research …
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Hawaiki ora: Waka ama, it's a kind of magic
… balances cultural integrity and the pursuit of performance excellence. This study investigated the magic of waka ama, namely the magnetic phenomenon that captivated participants, the lifestyle changes resulting from engagement and participants’ environmental perceptions. Magic is understood as …
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Monitoring neuromuscular fatigue in high performance athletes
With improving professionalism of sports around the world, the volume and frequency of training required for competitive performances at the elite level has increased concurrently. With this amplification in training load comes an increased need to closely monitor the associated fatigue responses, …
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Exploring the acute affect of de-coupled batting drills on the gaze behaviour and decision-making of elite baseball players
… and gaze behaviour to aid decision-making and performance. However, typical practice and warm-up activities often lack relevant context-specific information and visual cues that exist in competition. This study’s purpose was to examine if drills varying in competition representativeness have an …
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Die verband van sportdeelname met gesondheidsrisikogedrag by adolessente in die Potchefstroomdistrik
… Many researchers are of the opinion that high performance sport is inclined to be characterised by health risk behaviour of the participants and also indicate that older sportsmen and -women have a definite influence on the behaviour of younger sportsmen and -women. It was also found that …
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High Potential to High Performance - A Strategy for Kiwi Success on the World Stage - Creating the ‘Kiwi Way’ of Winning at Football World Cups
… Way’ - that optimises both on- and off-field performance, fosters collaboration and shared commitment, and achieves the ultimate objective of qualifying for and excelling at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. As part of my All Whites Assistant Coach role, I undertook this work-based enquiry as a …
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The integration of performance analysis approaches within the practice of competitive sports teams
… has used positivistic approaches to establish performance related variables emerging from various levels of play associated with technical and tactical parameters within elite football. However there is a dearth of knowledge considering how information derived from performance analysis (PA) …
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Optimising fitness testing in elite soccer: from test selection to effective data visualisation
… assessing flexion. The systematic reviews also highlighted a growing use of tests such as the Nordic hamstring strength test, isometric hip adductor strength test, single leg countermovement jump (SLCMJ), 30-15 Intermittent Fitness Test (30-15 IFT), and submaximal field aerobic assessments over …