Alsasua, Roberto Lapresa, Daniel Arana, Javier Teresa Anguera, M. Garzón, Belén
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Journal of Human Kinetics
Following observational methodology, we analyzed successful and unsuccessful offensive attacks by professional and elite under-16 (U16) basketball players in Spain using an adapted ad hoc observation instrument designed to study efficiency in basketball. We identified both similarities and differences between how players from both categories built ...
Tai, Wei-Hsun Wang, Li-I Peng, Hsien-Te
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Journal of Human Kinetics
The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in biomechanical characteristics between one- and two-legged running vertical jumps (1-LRVJ and 2-LRVJ). Ten male college volleyball players voluntarily participated in this study. Two running vertical jumps used in volleyball were randomly performed. Three trials for each type of the runni...
Sun, Xiaole Yang, Yang Wang, Lin Zhang, Xini Fu, Weijie
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Journal of Human Kinetics
This study aimed to explore the effects of strike patterns and shoe conditions on foot loading during running. Twelve male runners were required to run under shoe (SR) and barefoot conditions (BR) with forefoot (FFS) and rearfoot strike patterns (RFS). Kistler force plates and the Medilogic insole plantar pressure system were used to collect kineti...
Rubajczyk, Krystian Rokita, Andrzej
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Journal of Human Kinetics
The relative age effect (RAE) is related to discrimination against youth athletes born in the last quarter of the calendar year. The current study presents research on the RAE in elite youth soccer players in Poland. Players in the Central Junior League (CLJ) finals represent 0.59% of the 25,756 players under 20 years old (U20). This study analyzed...
Miarka, Bianca Brito, Ciro José Amtmann, John Córdova, Cláudio Bello, Fabio dal Camey, Suzi
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Journal of Human Kinetics
The present study aimed to compare pacing and decision making of athletes competing in judo, with particular attention paid to effort-pause ratios occurring in the championship phases of the Olympic Games and non-Olympic Games. The sample was composed of 53,403 sequential actions analyzed during 611 performances of the non-Olympic Games (eliminator...
Varamenti, Evdokia Nikolovski, Zoran Elgingo, Mohamed I. Jamurtas, Athanasios Z. Cardinale, Marco
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Journal of Human Kinetics
The purpose of this study was to observe and report variations in several haematological and biochemical markers throughout an entire athletic season in a large cohort of adolescent athletes of Arab origin. Blood samples were collected from 72 adolescent male athletes at 4 selected time points during their training season. Results expressed in rela...
Casamichana, David Bradley, Paul S Castellano, Julen
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Journal of Human Kinetics
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of pitch shape modifications on heart rate responses and time-motion characteristics in soccer players during 5-a-side small-sided games (SSGs). Players completed four different SSG dimensions: (1) short narrow pitch (SN; 40 × 25 m), (2) short wide pitch (SW; 66 × 25 m), (3) long narrow pitch (LN;...
Campos, Bruno T. Penna, Eduardo M. Rodrigues, João G.S. Diniz, Mateus Mendes, Thiago T. Filho, André F.C. Franchini, Emerson Nakamura, Fabio Y. Prado, Luciano S.
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Journal of Human Kinetics
Judo is a high-intensity intermittent combat sport which causes cardiac adaptations both morphologically and related to the autonomic nervous system (ANS). Therefore, this study aims to verify the correlation between heart rate variability (HRV) at rest with performance in the Special Judo Fitness Test (SJFT) and whether groups with different RR va...
Kisilewicz, Aleksandra Janusiak, Marcin Szafraniec, Rafał Smoter, Małgorzata Ciszek, Bogdan Madeleine, Pascal Fernández-de-Las-Peñas, César Kawczyński, Adam
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Journal of Human Kinetics
The study aimed to assess the effects of compression trigger point therapy on the stiffness of the trapezius muscle in professional basketball players (Part A), and the reliability of the MyotonPRO device in clinical evaluation of athletes (Part B). Twelve professional basketball players participated in Part A of the study (mean age: 19.8 ± 2.4 yea...
Wang, Meizi Fu, Lin Gu, Yaodong Mei, Qichang Fu, Fengqin Fernandez, Justin
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Journal of Human Kinetics
This study investigated differences of lower limb kinematics and muscle activity during table tennis topspin loop against backspin movements between elite players (EPs) and amateur players (APs). Ten EPs and ten APs performed crosscourt backhand loop movements against the backspin ball with maximal power. Vicon motion analysis and a MEGA ME6000 sys...
