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Correlation between gross motor coordination and basic coordination capacities in normal-weight and overweight/obese children aged 9–10 years [PDF]
PeerJBackground Gross motor coordination (GMC) plays a crucial factor in children’s motor development and daily activities. It encompasses various sub-capacities, such as spatial orientation, rhythm, and motor reaction, collectively referred to as basic ...
Yuan Sui +8 more
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, 2006 This paper examines the idea of the sports record and its relation to our ideas of excellence, achievement and progress. It begins by recovering and reviewing the work of Richard Mandell, whose definition of the record emphasizes three central ideas ...
Parry, J.
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Relationship between Upper and Lower Body Strength and Basketball Shooting Performance
Sports, 2022 Strength is one of the key physiological performance attributes related to optimal on-court basketball performance. However, there is a lack of scientific literature studying how strength relates to shooting proficiency, as a key basketball skill capable
Dimitrije Cabarkapa +6 more
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Training for muscular power adaptations : the role of contraction type and velocity [PDF]
, 2016 Muscular power, an integral component in most sport, is the product of force and velocity. Power is often viewed as synonymous, yet incorrectly, with strength. Where power has an inherent speed component, strength is independent of movement velocity, and
Brenneman, Michael Travis
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It\u2019s a Matter of Mind! Cognitive Functioning Predicts the Athletic Performance in Ultra- Marathon Runners [PDF]
, 2015 The present study was aimed at exploring the influence of cognitive processes on performance in ultra-marathon runners, providing an overview of the cognitive aspects that characterize outstanding runners.
Bisiacchi, Patrizia +5 more
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Recovery Methods in Basketball: A Systematic Review
Sports, 2023 Although different strategies have been implemented to manage recovery-fatigue status in athletes, there is still a lack of consensus on which recovery protocols have the greatest impact and effectiveness when implemented with basketball players ...
Mladen Mihajlovic +4 more
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Performing performance: young aspiring athletes’ presentation of athletic identity
Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingYouths are in the process of figuring out answers to the question “who am I?” and young athletes are searching for athletic identity in interaction with their friends, teammates, coaches, and so on. This study explores athletes' presentations of athletic identity based on 24 interviews with ambitious young athletes attending upper secondary sport ...
Anette Skilbred +4 more
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Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 2022 The purpose of the present study was to examine the repeatability of five algorithm-derived motion health screening scores (i.e., readiness, explosiveness, functionality, quality, and dysfunction) obtained from an innovative three-dimensional markerless ...
Dimitrije Cabarkapa +4 more
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Do Achievement Goals Mediate Stereotype Threat? An Investigation on Females' Soccer Performance [PDF]
, 2008 International audienceThis research investigated stereotype threat effects on women's performance in sports and examined the mediation of this effect by achievement goals.
Chalabaev, Aïna +3 more
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Kinetic and Kinematic Characteristics of Setting Motions in Female Volleyball Players
Biomechanics, 2022 While being an integral part of both the offensive and defensive segments of the game, the biomechanical parameters of setting motions remain understudied in the scientific literature.
Damjana V. Cabarkapa +4 more
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