Papastaikoudis, Foivos Collins, Rosie Collins, Dave
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
Introduction Extensive research has been carried out on Talent Development (TD) environments and an increasing amount of work shows the development of psychological characteristics as an important formal part of the academy experience. Importantly, however, very little attention has been paid to what types of skills, if any, young players arrive wi...
Pavot, David Faiss, Raphael
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
Quinn, Nancy Misener, Laura
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Sport events are often held up as opportunities to showcase excellence and further access to sport participation. The ethos of accessibility has come to the forefront of many events, but none more so than the Commonwealth Games (CG). CG uses the ethos of inclusivity to bring the Commonwealth (CW) community together and utilizes sport to celebrate, ...
Quarmby, Andrew Khajooei, Mina Kurtz, Philip Henschke, Jakob Kim, MyoungHwee Mayer, Frank Engel, Tilman
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Introduction Balance is vital for human health and experiments have been conducted to measure the mechanisms of postural control, for example studying reflex responses to simulated perturbations. Such studies are frequent in walking but less common in running, and an understanding of reflex responses to trip-like disturbances could enhance our unde...
Busta, Jan Hellebrand, Jaroslav Kinkorová, Ivana Macas, Tomáš
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Introduction Rowing is a strength endurance type of sport, and morphology and mass are undoubtedly performance-related factors. Precisely identifying these morphological factors associated with performance, can assist the exercise scientists and coaches in selecting and developing talented athletes. There is however, a lack of anthropometric data c...
Saxby, David J. Catelli, Danilo S. Lloyd, David G. Sawacha, Zimi
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
van Nieuwburg, W. C. A. M. van Spreuwel, B. J. J. Tran, M. T. K. Yang, M. D. Greidanus, A. Mulder, G. Tummers, M. J. Westerweel, J. Suijker, W. van Wijk, R.
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The principal aim of the work presented here is to investigate and demonstrate that a forward tilted rowing blade would result in a more efficient and effective motion of the blade through the water that would result in a higher boat speed when an equal input power is provided. A 1:5 scaled rowing boat is used to determine the performance of rowing...
Lange, Klaus W. Nakamura, Yukiko Lange, Katharina M.
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
Narayanan, Sachin Pifer, N. David
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
Introduction In establishing historical benchmarks for success on the pitch and striving to achieve parity off it, the United States Women's National Team (USWNT) and the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) have long served as standard bearers for professional women's soccer around the globe. However, off-field dilemmas and incessant juxtapositio...
Bertheussen, Bernt Arne
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
A football club is exposed to a soft budget constraint (SBC) syndrome if it still survives after finding it impossible to break even financially in the long run. This in-depth case study presents a historical analysis of the evolution of an SBC syndrome in a top-tier Arctic football club over 30 years using public archive data. In oral speeches, st...
