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Working‐Class Muscles? Co‐Operative Gyms in Interwar Britain

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract The Health & Strength League's network of co‐operative gymnasiums constituted one of interwar Britain's most significant yet overlooked physical culture institutions, affiliating over 800 gyms across Britain and Ireland by 1939. Drawing on Health & Strength magazine's editorial content and reader contributions, this article argues that these ...
CONOR HEFFERNAN
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From Accra to Tokyo: African Sportswomen's Excellence and Respectability in Twentieth‐Century Global Sports

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses the racialized and gendered constraints faced by African sportswomen in international sporting competitions, from the interwar period to the 1980s, with a focus on the policing and expectations framing young international athletes’ acceptable behaviour.
Claire Nicolas
wiley   +1 more source

HEAD KINEMATICS IN ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS [PDF]

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Gymnastics is a popular, multi-disciplinary sport with more than 4.2 million participating athletes in the United States. It is a physically and technically demanding sport that requires athletes to exhibit an exceptional level of skill and precision ...
Romero, Giovanny Alexander
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Men\u27s artistic gymnastics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
POVZETEK V diplomski nalogi z naslovom Moška športna gimnastika sem nalogo razdelil na več sklopov, ki zajemajo kratek zgodovinski pregled, organizacijo v mednarodnem in domačem prostoru, značilnosti moške športne gimnastike, pravila za ocenjevanje in ...
Štraus, Danijel
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Suitable nutrition for optimal sport performance in artistic gymnastics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
TITLE: Suitable Nutrition for Optimal Sport Performance in Artistic Gymnastics AUTHOR: Daniel Radovesnický DEPARTMENT: Department of Education SUPERVISOR: Ing. Bc. Alena Váchová, Ph.D. ABSTRACT The topic of this bachelor's thesis is appropriate nutrition
Radovesnický, Daniel
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A Critical Examination of the Usefulness of Taxonomies for Comparing Cognitive Functions Across Sports. [PDF]

open access: yesEur J Sport Sci
ABSTRACT Taxonomies are widely used in sport science to classify disciplines according to structural, cognitive, and physiological demands, yet their robustness in differentiating athletes' cognitive performance remains uncertain. This study examined whether commonly applied sport classification frameworks—open versus closed skills, strategic–static ...
Will L   +5 more
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BASIC LANDING CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS

open access: yesScience of Gymnastics Journal, 2010
Landings are extremely important in gymnastics to improve athlete performances as well as to reduce injuries. Studies on landings therefore provide an interesting field of research in which numerous studies have been conducted. This article gives an overview of the results from these studies that can be used by coaches to improve teaching on landing ...
openaire   +3 more sources

CAPITALIZING CRISIS: Urban Extractivism in Athens Amidst Neoliberal Restructurings

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article we examine the post‐2009 transformation of Athens through the analytical lens of urban extractivism. We argue that the Greek sovereign debt crisis did not operate as a temporary disruption, but as a durable political condition that enabled the institutionalization of extractive urban governance.
Konstantinos Zafeiris   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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