Optically Non-Contact Cross-Country Skiing Action Recognition Based on Key-Point Collaborative Estimation and Motion Feature Extraction [PDF]
Sensors, 2023 Technical motion recognition in cross-country skiing can effectively help athletes to improve their skiing movements and optimize their skiing strategies. The non-contact acquisition method of the visual sensor has a bright future in ski training.
Jiashuo Qi +3 more
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Technique and maximal skiing speed for youth cross-country skiing performance [PDF]
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2023 IntroductionNumerous researches concentrate on examining and preparing high-level male cross-country skiers, with a significant number of tests being conducted on roller skis.
Roland Stöggl +4 more
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Sports Biomechanics, 2004 Edited by H Rusko. London: Blackwell, 2003, £31.50, pp 198, softcover. ISBN 0632055715 Heikki Rusko has put together a comprehensive text with largely evidence based opinions on sports science and coaching and their relevance to Nordic skiing. In depth analysis and discussion on central issues is interesting, although at times becomes bogged down with
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Place of residence and coach-athlete relationship predict drop-out from competitive cross-country skiing [PDF]
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2023 The current study investigated whether factors such as living residence, the coach-athlete working alliance, goal orientation, and intrinsic motivation could explain drop-out, and whether these factors differed between athletes included in the elite- vs.
Marit Anita Schmid +4 more
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Relationship between methods of monitoring training load and physiological indicators changes during 4 weeks cross-country skiing altitude training. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 This study aimed to: (i) analyze the load characteristics of 4 weeks cross-country skiing altitude training; (ii) analyze the relationships between methods of monitoring training load and physiological indicators changes of elite male Chinese cross ...
Yichao Yu, Dongye Li, Yifan Lu, Jing Mi
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Classic action recognition of cross-country skiing sports combining ant colony and clustering algorithm [PDF]
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and RehabilitationBackground As one of the oldest sports events in world sports history, cross-country skiing involves basic techniques such as mountaineering, skiing, and gliding, covering multiple classic actions during the process.
Hongbo Yu, Yuanhui Li
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Data driven analysis of biomechanical factors associated with improved cross-country skiing performance [PDF]
Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingThe objective of this work was to implement a data-driven biomechanical approach that can assess the biomechanical determinants of cross-country skiing performance.
Alexander J. MacNeil +5 more
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Laboratory- and field-based performance-predictions in cross-country skiing and roller-skiing. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 The purpose of the present study was to investigate how various laboratory- and field-based tests predict on-snow cross-country (XC) skiing and roller-skiing performance.
Rune Kjøsen Talsnes +4 more
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The role of external power demand on the choice of technique in classic cross-country skiing. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 In cross-country skiing, athletes use different techniques akin to locomotor gaits such as walking and running. Transitions between these techniques generally depend on speed and incline, in a similar way as walk-run transitions.
Gertjan Ettema +3 more
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Investigation of the effects of an 8-week cross-country skiing exercise program on various reaction time parameters, selective attention and academic achievement in adolescents [PDF]
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and RehabilitationExercise slows or helps reverse the shrinkage of key cognitive brain regions such as the hippocampus, which is important for information processing, learning, reasoning and planning.
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