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Players’ perspectives: How do New Zealand professional rugby players view personal development?
The New Zealand Rugby Players’ Association (NZRPA) offers a Personal Development Programme (PDP) which equips, empowers, and supports rugby players by providing them with opportunities to explore, learn and develop off-field skills and knowledge. This research project was born from curiosity, and a …
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Match demands, players´ Characteristics and neuromuscular performance across the season in elite futsal players.
… aimed to describe and explore the match demands, players¿ characteristics, and the neuromuscular performance across the season in futsal. The results of the present compendium of articles allowed concluding that futsal players are exposed to high physiological, neuromuscular, and biochemical …
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Differences in Bone Mineral Density Among Adolescent Female Tennis Players and Non-Tennis Players
… in BMD among adolescent female tennis players (TP) and non-tennis players (NTP); 2) to determine the differences in body composition (BC) between adolescent female TP and NTP; 3) to determine whether BC variables (weight, fat mass, and lean mass) were predictive of differences in BMD; …
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Benefit segmentation of slot players
… market. The benefit segmentation of the slot players could help marketers use the resources to target the slot market efficiently and effectively; This study explored the benefits sought by the slot players from playing slot machines. The author researched twelve benefits sought by slot …
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Players with Bounded Randomness Capabilities
… the outcomes of games, and their payoffs to the players. I study this subject from two perspectives. The first perspective is the ability to share randomness across team members playing against an opposing team. The second perspective is the capability to store the underlying distribution of the …
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A shirking model of NBA players.
… performance. Based on a 5-year panel of 121 NBA players this paper uses two stage least squares regression to test the possibility of player shirking by comparing performance in the final year of their contract versus other years. The analysis does not find evidence of shirking, although it does …
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A comparison of elite tennis players' motor abilities with those of elite basketball, soccer and volleyball players
… Specifically, this study compared elite tennis players' reaction time (RT), movement time (MT) and agility (AG), to soccer, basketball and volleyball players' MT, RT and AG; Thirty-three subjects were tested in the Wingate laboratory and tennis court. The laboratory tests included 25 trials of …
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Common injuries in sub-elite tennis players
… of Sport and Grade 1 or State Grade pennant players in the 15-25 year age group, over a 6-month period from February-July 2005. This study also sought to determine the medical care participants sought for their injuries and the impact of the injury in terms of time lost from play. The study …
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Monitoring Fatigue Status in Elite Soccer Players
The physical demands of soccer players competing in the English Premier League have significantly increased in recent years (Barnes et al. 2014; Bush et al. 2015). Elite soccer players are required to compete on a weekly and often bi-weekly basis during a 9-month competitive season. During periods …
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Antecedents of Burnout Among Collegiate Tennis Players
… and symptoms of burnout in collegiate tennis players. Four inventories were used to assess the 86 collegiate participants (47 men, 39 women): the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ; Raedeke & Smith, 2001), the Trait Sport Confidence Inventory (TSCI; Vealey, 1986), the Life Orientation …
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The EU & players’ agents: a theoretical analysis of the EU’s intervention into the regulation of players’ agents in Europe
… the EU's intervention into the regulation of players' agents, as a policy issue, in the context of EU sports policy. A socio-cultural perspective is developed through analyzing the EU policy actors of the socio-cultural advocacy coalition (the Education and Culture DG within the Commission, …
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Gambling participation among adult Basketball players in Iceland
… general public and even Icelandic soccer players are relatively common. Despite that, none studies have been conducted about gambling behaviour among Icelandic basketball players. The purpose of this study was to: i) Examine the prevalence of total participation in gambling activities and …
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Coping strategies used by Indonesian elite badminton players
… strategies used by Indonesian elite badminton players to cope with stressful situations they had experienced as elite athletes. Participants were 16 current Indonesian elite badminton players who had experienced playing in the Olympic Games. Each participant was interviewed using an in-depth, …
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Speed Endurance Training in Elite Youth Soccer Players
… As such, training methods must evolve to ensure players are able to cope with these demands over the course of a season. Speed endurance training is recommended to improve physical performance in elite soccer players, however scientific investigations into different protocols and modalities are …
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Molecular Players in Lupus: Leads from Proteomic Screens
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is a multifactorial systemic autoimmune disorder marked by anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA), rashes and photosensitivity, joint inflammation, nephritis, and other clinical criteria. SLE develops through the breakdown of three major checkpoints: adaptive immune tolerance, …
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Jump Strategy Changes in Collegiate Women Soccer Players
… of fatigue among collegiate women soccer players. Eighteen participants were utilized in this study. Participants were required to complete three CMJs and a rate of perceived exertion (RPE) questionnaire for three consecutive days to determine how jump strategy was impacted using an …
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