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Relative Age Effect in Junior Padel Players: Insights from National Team Selection at the 2024 Junior European Championships

open access: yesApplied Sciences
This study investigated the relative age effect (RAE) in junior padel players participating in the 2024 European Junior Championships by Teams. The sample included 285 athletes (165 boys from 16 boys’ teams and 120 girls from 12 girls’ teams).
Rafael Conde-Ripoll   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The ecclesiastical fight against storm‐makers in the Latin west

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
This paper studies the strategies used by the Church to fight against the storm‐makers. These figures were said to cause the storms that ruined crops, and during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages in the Visigothic and Frankish kingdoms were subject to punishment and constraints.
Juan Antonio Jiménez Sánchez
wiley   +1 more source

Sensitivity to fine-grained and coarse visual information: The effect of blurring on anticipation skill [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Copyright @ 2009 Edizione l PozziWe examined skilled tennis players’ ability to perceive fine and coarse information by assessing their ability to predict serve direction under three levels of visual blur.
Abernethy, B, Jackson, RC, Wernhart, S
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The use of coaching to enhance students' learning, self‐efficacy and performance in endodontics

open access: yesInternational Endodontic Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The positive effects of coaching on enhancing performance and development within sport have been well recognized over the past 40 years. More recently, the beneficial effects of utilizing a coaching approach upon learning have been recognized in the commercial world and, increasingly, in education.
Kathryn Fox, Fadi Jarad, Annemarie Baaij
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of the tactical formation on serve and follow-through parameters in professional padel

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Human Movement
The aim were to analyse the effect of the tactical formation of the serving pair on serving and follow-through parameters in professional padel. 1089 points distributed in 217  men's matches (19 sets), corresponding to 8 matches of the World Padel Tour ...
Iván Martín-Miguel   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigation of the effect of acute badminton training on selected biomotoric parameters

open access: yesPhysical Education of Students, 2022
Background and Study Aim. One of the fastest racquet sports in the world, badminton is defined as a versatile, explosive sprint sport that requires players to perform intense rhythmic movements with its highly competitive and dynamic feature.
Nurkan Yılmaz
doaj   +1 more source

Enterprise in the sports industry - business simulation & engagement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The framework that we would like to develop is based on a hierarchy that places the student experience as a priority linked closely to subject development and research, knowledge transfer and third stream income generation and value added in this ...
Halafihi, NG
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The Place of History in British Criminology: 20th‐Century Developments

open access: yesSociology Lens, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 16-30, March 2025.
ABSTRACT While the relevance of historical research and analysis for the development of a critical criminology in the United States in the 1970s has recently received some attention by historical criminologists, the place of history in British criminology—and British critical criminology in particular—remains a largely unexplored area of academic ...
Roberto Catello
wiley   +1 more source

PREVALENCE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES IN TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS (IN SPANISH)

open access: yesRevista Ciencias Biomédicas, 2014
Introduction: table tennis is a complex sport, in which velocity, reflexes, instantaneous decision and the management of the effects and the technique are important.
Correa-Mesa Juan Felipe   +1 more
doaj  

BLS Spotlight on Statistics: Sports and Exercise [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
[Excerpt]What percentage of people (aged 15 years and older) who live in the United States participated in sports and exercise activities on an average day in recent years? About 16 percent.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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