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Self-Efficacy and Shot Success of Basketball Players

Philippine Social Science Journal, 2020
In the Philippines, basketball is a popular sport, and there are local, provincial, and regional and national competitions (Antolihao, 2010). From urban and rural areas, both public and private institutions, organizations, sectors, different schools ...
Raymund Jason P. Santua
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Unnatural Wills: Inheritance Disputes and Inequality

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within the conceptual frame of relational economic sociology, inheritance disputes are a canonical form of relational mismatch. But the social patterning of relational mismatches, and their various ties to inequality, remain murky. In this paper, I examine all known inheritance disputes in Dallas from 1895–1945 within their social context to ...
Shay O'Brien
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Basketball shooting motion analysis according to the BEEF concept

Sriwijaya Journal of Sport, 2022
This research aims to find out and analyze shooting movement skills in accordance with the concept of BEEF (balance, eyes, elbow, follow-through) in sports or basketball games that are reviewed in terms of biomechanics.
Ahmad Panji Ramadhan, Fajar Awang Irawan
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Honouring Hardship and Fun: Reflecting on Homeless Children's Experiences in Shelter

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In our research with children living in a homeless shelter with their families in Southern Ontario, Canada, we navigated discrepancies between the challenges and hardships in our participants' lives and the fun, positive nature of many of our day‐to‐day interactions with them.
Rebecca Raby, Christine Tardif‐Williams, Erika Alegria, Frederick Oppong, Luiza Mattos Jobim da Costa   +4 more
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Functional morphology and biomechanics of the locomotor apparatus in the large Late Triassic carnivore Postosuchus kirkpatricki (Archosauria: Rauisuchidae)

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
A three‐dimensional model is used to analyze the locomotor biomechanics of the large Late Triassic archosaurian reptile Postosuchus kirkpatricki. The study finds that it is more uncertain than previously concluded whether it was quadrupedal or bipedal, and plantigrade or digitigrade, but it clearly had locomotor specializations including large hindlimb
John R. Hutchinson, Emily Faughey, Matthew Humpage, Tristan Dupuis, Oliver E. Demuth, Romain Pintore, Francois Clarac   +6 more
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Effects of Reasoning Ability on Field Goal Shooting Skills of Female Basketball Players

Annals of Applied Sport Science, 2014
In the present study, field goal shooting skills of female basketball players were assessed in the background to their reasoning ability. The sample consists of 100 female intercollegiate basketball players (age = 21.05±1.67 yrs.).
Virendra Kumar Singh, C. D. Agashe
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Adapted physical activity: Benefit on oxidative, functional capacity and exercise tolerance of elderly people in Kinshasa

Turkish Journal of Kinesiology
In basketball, shooting stands out as a vital technique directly affecting the game results. Identifying shooting mechanics early in a basketball player's career can significantly develop shooting performance in subsequent years.
Constant Nkıama, Samuel Biduaya Bamu, Carel Busano Nduakulu, Siloé Ntumba Tshiyamba, Godefroid Kusuayi   +4 more
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Shot mechanical analysis according to shooting performance in youth basketball players

Turkish Journal of Kinesiology
In basketball, shooting stands out as a vital technique directly affecting the game results. Identifying shooting mechanics early in a basketball player's career can significantly develop shooting performance in subsequent years.
Fatih Kılınç, Ömer Pamuk
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Research on deep reinforcement learning basketball robot shooting skills improvement based on end to end architecture and multi-modal perception

Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 2023
IntroductionIn the realm of basketball, refining shooting skills and decision-making levels using intelligent agents has garnered significant interest.
Jun Zhang, Dayong Tao
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An Analysis of Wrist Motions During Daily Activities From a Directional Perspective: The Significance of Directions Beyond the Dart‐Throwing Motion

Orthopaedic Surgery, Volume 17, Issue 5, Page 1486-1502, May 2025.
The study using an optical capture system revealed the directional characteristics of wrist functional motion. The results highlighted the directional range of motion (ROM), differences in preferences between genders and age groups, and identified three key directions most frequently utilized. ABSTRACT Background Previous studies on Activities of Daily
Qipei Wei, Shijie Jia, Shengfang Zhang, Xiaofeng Qiao, Zhixin Wang, Chang Liu, Shanlin Chen   +6 more
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