In recent decades, women have begun to take up types of physical activity traditionally considered masculine. They appeared in previously one-gender team sports such as football or water polo, and nowadays they are also involved in ice hockey, canoeing, and are active in numerous combat sports as...
Author(s)
Béki, P.; Gál, A.
Publisher
Versita, Warsaw, Poland
Citation
Physical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research, 2013, 58, 1, pp 5-16
Nowadays the Hungarian government finances the sports in many ways; one of these grant forms is the group of 16 prioritized sports (biking, boxing, fencing, gymnastic, judo, track and field, kayak-canoeing, modern pentathlon, rowing, shooting, skating, swimming, tennis, table tennis, volleyball and ...
Author(s)
Géczi, G.; Bartha, C.; Kassay, L.; Sipos-Onyestyák, N.; Gulyás, E.
Publisher
Agroinform Publishing House, Budapest, Hungary
Citation
APSTRACT: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, 2015, 9, 1/2, pp 87-92
Japan, home of modern combat sports, had a great influence on Hungarian martial arts. The early appearance of judo in 1906 contributed directly and indirectly to the creation of the Hungarian martial arts culture and combat sports systems. Although judo developed very slowly, it reached prominence...
Author(s)
Falatovics, A.; Szikora, K.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
International Journal of the History of Sport, 2023, 40, 5, pp 436-458
Nowadays more and more attention is devoted to the spatial development of the location of sports facilities within cities. The main aim of our paper is to observe the most important spatial characteristics of their development in Hungarian cities of county rank. In these cities three main periods...
Author(s)
Kozma, G.; Pénzes, J.; Molnár, E.
Publisher
De Gruyter Open, Berlin, Germany
Citation
Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, 2016, 31, pp 37-44
Promoting sports and sport tourism is considered as a strategic development objective at the local, regional and national levels in Hungary. However, sport tourism is present in many different forms, depending on the type of sport activity, the related sport events and its participants,...
Author(s)
Csobán, K. V.; Serra, G.
Publisher
Agroinform Publishing House, Budapest, Hungary
Citation
APSTRACT: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, 2014, 8, 4, pp 17-22
This paper presents the initial results of a significant research project conducted under the IOC PhD Student Research Grant Program with the support of the Hungarian Olympic Committee. Macro- and meso-level analyses were conducted within the framework of this research to analyze the competitive...
Author(s)
Gulyás, E.; Sterbenz, T.; Kovacs, E.
Publisher
De Gruyter Open, Warsaw, Poland
Citation
Physical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research, 2016, 72, 1, pp 41-50
BACKGROUND: Weight cutting is a common practice in amateur boxing with the purpose of taking advantage of rivals competing in weight divisions below the athlete's normal weight. Dehydration is a common weight-manipulating technique in boxing, and is known as a serious health-threatening behavior....
Author(s)
Zubac, D.; Karninčić, H.; Žaja, M.
Publisher
Edizioni Minerva Medica, Torino, Italy
Citation
Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 2016, 56, 6, pp 731-736
Objectives: In the case of athletes, high-level of stability skills are exceptionally important for the precise and successful execution of complex movements. We hypothesized that the sports background substantially affects how the individual relies on the inputs from the visual and the vestibular...
Author(s)
Zsarnoczky-Dulhazi, F.; Hegedus, A.; Soldos, P.; Trzaskoma, L.; Kopper, B.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Science & Sports, 2022, 37, 8, pp 798.e1-798.e6
During the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the Hungarian sports team's performance was worse than expected by most of the Hungarian people and the leaders of the Hungarian sports establishment. The Hungarian athletes returned home with a much lower medal tally than in previous decades. More than two...
Author(s)
Kiraly, I. A.; Gál, A.
Publisher
Versita, Warsaw, Poland
Citation
Physical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research, 2011, 51, 1, pp 25-39
The precondition of a health conscious behaviour in a community is establishing a healthy development of the community, an important part of which is the community's attitude to sports and health. A basic manifestation of this is whether the leadership of a specific settlement is committed to...
Author(s)
Kosztin, N.; Balatoni, I.
Publisher
Agroinform Publishing House, Budapest, Hungary
Citation
APSTRACT: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, 2016, 10, 4/5, pp 85-91