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Elite athletes’ experiences of interpersonal violence in organized sport in Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium

European Journal of Sport Science, 2020
Interpersonal violence in sport occurs in different forms, from emotional abuse, overtraining, bullying, physical aggression and pressuring to punishment and sexual abuse.
Jeannine Ohlert, T. Vertommen, Bettina Rulofs, T. Rau, M. Allroggen   +4 more
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SPORT PSYCHOLOGY AND THE ELITE ATHLETE

European Journal of High Ability, 1990
Abstract Five key factors contribute to success in cognitive sport: technique, physical condition, psychological state, nutrition, and equipment. At the highest level, competitive pressures are as much psychological as physical, although attempts to describe the ideal personality for a competitive athlete have failed miserably.
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Prevalence of antidepressants and biosimilars in elite sport [PDF]

Drug Testing and Analysis, 2009
AbstractThe use of prescribed antidepressants by athletes has not been restricted in human sports since 2003, after the antidepressants bupropion and amineptine were removed from the list of prohibited substances. Recent awareness of antidepressants has been stimulated by reports from the media concerning possible misuse of antidepressants among ...
Marc Machnik, Gerd Sigmund, Wilhelm Schänzer, Anja Koch, Mario Thevis   +4 more
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Stress and Injuries in Elite Sport

2016
The chapter begins with an overview of research on psychological risk factors, “predictors”, for injury outcome focusing on competitive and elite sport populations.
Urban Johnson, Ulrika Tranaeus, Andreas Ivarsson   +2 more
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Stakeholder inclusion in elite sport

2021
Although successful elite policy is the result of close interactions between stakeholders, stakeholder theoretical perspectives are rarely addressed in elite sport policy literature nor are stakeholders involved in the study methods. This book chapter uses data from the SPLISS (Sports Policy factors Leading to International Sporting Success) project ...
De Bosscher, Veerle, Dooms, Michael, De Cocq, Sebastiaan, De Rycke, Jens   +3 more
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The future of sex in elite sport

Nature, 2021
Sex has long been used to divide sporting competitions in the name of fairness, but are the current rules and enforcement practices fit for purpose? Sex has long been used to divide sporting competitions in the name of fairness, but are the current rules and enforcement practices fit for purpose?
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Forecasting the Performance of Nations in Elite Sport

2015
The purpose of this chapter is to give an insight into how the performance of nations in elite sport can be forecast with what appears to be a reasonable degree of accuracy. This is not a 'get rich quick' scheme designed to encourage gambling. Rather it is concerned with looking at the effectiveness of nations at using the resources at their disposal ...
Shibli, S., De Bosscher, Veerle, Van Bottenburg, M., Bingham, J.   +3 more
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Health and Elite Sport

2014
Foreword (Bruce Kidd) Chapter 1. Sport and health of the high performance athlete: An introduction to the text (Parissa Safai, Jessica Fraser-Thomas and Joseph Baker) Part 1: Health and the developing elite athlete Chapter 2. Personal development and performance?
Jessica Fraser-Thomas, Parissa Safai, Joseph Baker   +2 more
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Measuring and Forecasting Elite Sporting Success

2015
In this chapter we consider two key challenges that face nations seeking to achieve success in elite level sport. As a proxy for what is meant by the term 'elite level sport', we use summer Olympic Games, which in 2012 involves 26 sports, 39 disciplines and 302 events.
Shibli, S., De Bosscher, Veerle, Van Bottenburg, M.   +2 more
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Transwomen in elite sport: scientific and ethical considerations

Journal of Medical Ethics, 2019
The inclusion of elite transwomen athletes in sport is controversial. The recent International Olympic Committee (IOC) (2015) guidelines allow transwomen to compete in the women’s division if (amongst other things) their testosterone is held below 10 ...
T. Knox, L. Anderson, A. Heather
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