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Perceptions of Parenting Practices and Psychological Variables of Elite and Sub-Elite Youth Athletes [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Drawing from the model of parental involvement in sport, the overall purpose was to examine the associations of perceptions of parenting practices (encouragement, reinforcement, instruction, and role modeling) and athletes’ psychological variables (self ...
Pedro Teques +7 more
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Learning From Elite Athletes’ Experience of Depression [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Sport has become increasingly aware of the challenges associated with Mental Disorders and, to a greater extent, mental health issues (MHIs). This study sought to explore in depth the subjective experiences of elite athletes who suffered from a specific ...
Florence Lebrun +5 more
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A Commentary on Mental Health Research in Elite Sport
Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 2019 Elite athletes may be as likely as members of the general population to experience mental disorders, and there has recently been a surge of research examining mental health among athletes.
Zoë A. Poucher +3 more
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SPORT REALIZATION IN AGE ASPECT OF ELITE ATHLETES IN THE DISCIPLINE 100 M MEN [PDF]
Trakia Journal of Sciences, 2021 Sport realization in elite sport is of interest both for the people in the practice (athletes and coaches) and for sport theory. In athletic competitions the discipline 100 m for men has its special place as one of the most popular ones.
G. Gutev, I. Dimova
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Maximum Strength Benchmarks for Difficult Static Elements on Rings in Male Elite Gymnastics
Sports, 2021 On rings, in men’s artistic gymnastics, the general strength requirements for important static elements remain elusive. Therefore, the aim was to describe the relationship between a new conditioning strength test and a maximum strength test of static ...
Christoph Schärer +4 more
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Sports, 2022 In male elite gymnastics, lately, eccentric training is often used to improve the maximum specific strength of static elements on rings. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of a three-week, gymnastic-specific, eccentric ...
Christoph Schärer +3 more
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Effects of six weeks of sub-plateau cold environment training on physical functioning and athletic ability in elite parallel giant slalom snowboard athletes [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Background Hypoxic and cold environments have been shown to improve the function and performance of athletes. However, it is unclear whether the combination of subalpine conditions and cold temperatures may have a greater effect.
Tao Ma +4 more
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Applied Sciences, 2021 Performance on vault in artistic gymnastics depends on the difficulty and the execution quality of the performed vault. However, differences of kinetic energy between simple and difficult vaults remain elusive.
Christoph Schärer +3 more
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Sports, 2022 Two methods for challenging the musculoskeletal and nervous systems to better exploit the stretch-shortening cycle (SSC) mechanism during plyometric training are reactive strength exercises and accentuated eccentric loading (AEL).
Micah Gross +3 more
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European Sport Management Quarterly, 2022 Research question Is elite sport compatible with environmental sustainability? This paper critically investigates elite sports’ possible future in a world where cutbacks in resource use, pollution, and greenhouse gas emission are indispensable measures ...
Hallgeir Gammelsæter, S. Loland
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