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The Coaches’ Perceptions and Experience Implementing a Long-Term Athletic Development Model in Competitive Swimming

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
The aim of this study was to analyze the association between coaches’ experience and their perceptions on the implementation of a long-term athletic development (LTAD) model created in 2016 by the Portuguese Swimming Federation.
Mário J. Costa   +14 more
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High‐Speed Superhydrophobic Swimmers Propelled by Restricted Droplets

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Interfaces, 2023
Swimmers that can convert external energy to dynamic movement have shown great potential in different fields; however, their applications are restrained due to the demerits of high cost, environmental pollution, and low efficiency in exiting propelling ...
Yang Chen   +8 more
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NUTRITIONAL STRATEGIES OF SLOVENIAN NATIONAL JUNIOR SWIMMING TEAM

open access: yesAnnales Kinesiologiae, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of our study was to assess the nutritional strategies of Slovenian national junior swimming team and compare them with recommendations of clinical sports nutrition.
Vesna Simič, Nina Mohorko
doaj   +3 more sources

Enhanced Signal-to-Noise and Fast Calibration of Optical Tweezers Using Single Trapping Events

open access: yesMicromachines, 2021
The trap stiffness us the key property in using optical tweezers as a force transducer. Force reconstruction via maximum-likelihood-estimator analysis (FORMA) determines the optical trap stiffness based on estimation of the particle velocity from ...
Alexander B. Stilgoe   +2 more
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How old are Elite Olympic swimmers? [PDF]

open access: yesSportLogia
The primary aim of this research is to determine the age of best Olympic swimmers. Secondary aim is to determine the qualitative and quantitative data’s considering the current age in relation to the criteria of winners, medalists, and non-medal ...
Šiljeg Klara   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes in Muscle Activation During and After a Shoulder-Fatiguing Task: A Comparison of Elite Female Swimmers and Water Polo Players

open access: yesFrontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2022
This study compared female athletes with different aquatic sports expertise in their neuromuscular activation before, during, and after a shoulder internal rotation fatigue protocol.
Savannah King   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of swimming on oral health status: competitive versus non-competitive athletes

open access: yesJournal of Applied Oral Science, 2016
Young swimmers are particularly susceptible to the onset of oral diseases. Objective To evaluate the oral health status in young competitive and non-competitive swimmers, involving an assessment of salivary cariogenic bacteria and secretory IgA (S-IgA)
Simonetta D’ERCOLE   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of repeated cryostimulation exposures on sleep quality in swimmers during an intense training period

open access: yesExperimental Physiology
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of daily partial body cryostimulation exposures on sleep and recovery parameters in elite swimmers undergoing an intense training period.
Coralie Arc‐Chagnaud   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

THE LOW SERUM FERRITIN AS AN INDICATOR OF INADEQUATE NUTRITION IN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL FEMALE SWIMMERS [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Applied Sports Sciences
Introduction: Iron deficiency is a common feature in athletes, and optimizing iron levels may become a contributing factor to improved athletic performance.Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate body iron stores and their relationship with sports ...
Lubomir Petrov   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Trend Forecasting in Swimming World Records and in the Age of World Record Holders

open access: yesApplied Sciences
This study aimed to forecast trends in swimming world records (WRs) and in the age of record holders. A total of 566 individual freestyle WRs (290 for males and 276 for females) were retrieved from open access websites.
Mário J. Costa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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