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Periods, Pains, Pills, and Performance—Fighting Blood, Bodies and Biology

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper draws on various data from long‐term immersion in combat sports to explore the period experiences of cis women fighters. We blend theoretical ideas from the social scientific literature on menstruation and the sociology of medicalization, pain and injury.
Reem AlHashmi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neuromuscular fatigue and mechanical alterations in intermittent activities: applications to racket sports

open access: yes, 2007
On 1st December 2006, Olivier Girard presented his Ph.D. thesis titled ‘Neuromuscular fatigue and mechanical alterations in intermittent activities: applications to racket sports’, concluding five intensive years (including a master’s degree on the same ...
Girard, O.
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Managing Differences in Geosciences and Computer Science: Strategies for Successful Interdisciplinary Collaboration

open access: yesPerspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, Volume 7, Issue 1, December 2026.
Abstract The rise of quantitative geosciences approaches and accessible computer science tools have led to increasing overlap and opportunity at the boundaries of both fields. The need for both research innovation and student cross‐training has motivated new, interdisciplinary Computer Science‐Geoscience collaborations.
Elizabeth Hajek   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The vibration characteristics of badminton racket by modal analysis

open access: yes, 2008
Badminton is very popular sports. However, the badminton racket has not been optimized yet as a sports tool, compared to that for tennis racket. This study is an attempt to investigate the effect of shuttle cock on the vibration characteristics of ...
長松 昭男   +3 more
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Upside Down at the Carnival: Creating Bakhtin's Carnival With a Postmodern Text and Process Drama to Facilitate Children's Inference

open access: yesLiteracy, Volume 60, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT A case study was carried out within a primary school to investigate how it taught inference. A whole class, explicit teaching approach, was used. It was felt that this did not give students the opportunity to bring their personal response to a text or recognise the fact that many texts are open to different interpretations.
Susan Rook
wiley   +1 more source

MODELING OF ELASTIC RACKET PROPERTIES IN THE DYNAMIC COMPUTER SIMULATION OF TENNIS

open access: yes, 2008
INTRODUCTION: Experimental difficulties in tennis research caused by the complexity of the stroke and the short contact phase demand the development of complex computer simulations models which can lead to a better understanding of the tennis stroke. Two
Schlarb, Heiko   +2 more
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A Critical Examination of the Usefulness of Taxonomies for Comparing Cognitive Functions Across Sports

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Sport Science, Volume 26, Issue 7, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Taxonomies are widely used in sport science to classify disciplines according to structural, cognitive, and physiological demands, yet their robustness in differentiating athletes' cognitive performance remains uncertain. This study examined whether commonly applied sport classification frameworks—open versus closed skills, strategic–static ...
Laura Will   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Benefits of an intervention programme with racket sports in primary school students

open access: yesInternational Journal of Racket Sports Science
This experimental study is aimed at implementing a one-month racket sports programme within a sample of students aged 9 to 13 years in order to analyze its motivational climate effects during physical education lessons in a primary school context.
Emilio J. Ruiz-Malagón   +4 more
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DYNAMIC SIMULATION OF TENNIS RACKET AND STRING

open access: yes, 2007
oai:ojs.ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de:article/95This study is based on the finite element method, a computer simulation method, to analyse the dynamic property of tennis racket and string.
Yao-dong, Gu, Jian-she, Li
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