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Effects of sports participation and the perceived value of elite sport on subjective well-being
Sport in Society, 2020 This study contributes with new acknowledgment to the literature focussed on the role of sports on subjective well-being. Distinct from the existent literature, this body of work suggests a model aiming at the following: 1) exhibit the relationship ...
Alfredo Silva, D. Monteiro, P. Sobreiro
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Early Sports Specialization in Elite Wrestlers [PDF]
Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 2019 Background: Sports specialization is becoming an increasingly common training strategy in young athletes. Very little research currently exists examining the occurrence of serious injury (>3 months off sport or loss of season) in elite-level wrestlers who specialize early (before age 12 years). Hypothesis: Wrestlers who specialize early will sustain
Chelsea Bush +2 more
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Is Competitive Elite Sport Really Morally Corrupt?
Physical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research, 2017 It has been argued that competitive elite sport both a) reduces the humanity of athletes by turning them into beings whose sole value is determined in relation to others, and b) is motivated by a celebration of the genetically superior and humiliation of
Ingthorsson Rögnvaldur D.
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Validity and Effects of Placement of Velocity-Based Training Devices
Sports, 2021 Velocity-based training (VBT) is a resistance training method by which training variables are manipulated based on kinematic outcomes, e.g., barbell velocity. The better precision for monitoring and manipulating training variables ascribed to VBT assumes
Raphael Fritschi +2 more
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The emergence and perpetuation of a destructive culture in an elite sport in the United Kingdom
Sport in Society, 2020 Recent inquiries into elite sports in the United Kingdom have unearthed examples of destructive cultures. Yet, earlier research left destructive cultures overlooked.
Niels B. Feddersen +3 more
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A model balancing cooperation and competition explains our right-handed world and the dominance of left-handed athletes [PDF]
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 9, 2718-2722 (2012), 2011 An overwhelming majority of humans are right-handed. Numerous explanations for individual handedness have been proposed, but this population-level handedness remains puzzling. Here we use a minimal mathematical model to explain this population-level hand preference as an evolved balance between cooperative and competitive pressures in human ...
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Exploratory analysis of factors affecting on elite sport policy agenda setting phrase: Korean policies for elite sport athlete identification and development [PDF]
Cheyuk gwahag yeon-gu, 2020 Purpose This research aims to find out factors affecting policy at the agenda setting phrase. In order to analyze, Multiple Streams Framework(MSF) was adopted. Based on the frame, policy problem stream, policy alternative stream, political stream, window
Jeehyun Kang +3 more
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Current Issues in Sport ScienceIntroduction Elite cross-country (XC) skiers undergo standardized testing to monitor their performance development and to calibrate training prescriptions.
Elias Bucher +3 more
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The Role of Biomarkers in Elite Sports
Balneo and PRM Research Journal, 2023 Biomarkers have emerged as valuable tools in the realm of elite sports, providing objective measures of athletes' physiological responses and potential for performance optimization. This article review delves into the significance and implications of biomarkers in elite sports, emphasizing their crucial role in supporting athletes' training, recovery ...
Lucreția Anghel +8 more
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Inferring Player Location in Sports Matches: Multi-Agent Spatial Imputation from Limited Observations [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Understanding agent behaviour in Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) is an important problem in domains such as autonomous driving, disaster response, and sports analytics. Existing MAS problems typically use uniform timesteps with observations for all agents. In this work, we analyse the problem of agent location imputation, specifically posed in environments ...
arxiv