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Sweat losses in team sports can be significant due to repeated bursts of high-intensity activity, as well as the large body size of athletes, equipment and uniform requirements, and environmental heat stress often present during training and competition. In this paper we aimed to: (1) describe...

Author(s)
Nuccio, R. P.; Barnes, K. A.; Carter, J. M.; Baker, L. B.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland
Citation
Sports Medicine, 2017, 47, 10, pp 1951-1982
Abstract

In this paper the researchers examine the extent to which nations that are awarded the right to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games benefit from success in elite sport through a quantifiable home advantage or host nation effect. The prevalence and size of home advantage in the Olympic and ...

Author(s)
Wilson, D.; Ramchandani, G.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Journal of Global Sport Management, 2021, 6, 2, pp 170-184
Abstract

There are various contributing factors to sporting success among elite athletes, including Olympians. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the enablers and/or barriers to sporting success among South African former Olympians from historically disadvantaged areas (HDAs) using the SPLISS...

Author(s)
Mthombeni, S.; Coopoo, Y.; Noorbhai, H.
Publisher
South African Sports Medicine Association, Cape Town, South Africa
Citation
South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 2023, 35, 15068,
Abstract

A common trend among hosts of women's international sporting events is to tout the opportunity to positively impact women's and girls' sporting and physical activity practices. Yet, many scholars have shown that such 'trickle down' effects from the event to society are seldom realised....

Author(s)
Brice, J.; Grainger, A.; Beissel, A.; Postlethwaite, V.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 2022, 14, 4, pp 621-639
Abstract

Some NCAA athletic conferences have implemented a geographic travel partner strategy when scheduling league games. Teams are organized into two-team clusters. A visiting team comes to the region and plays both opponents during one road trip before returning to campus. Prior research reveals NBA...

Author(s)
Mitchell, M.; Wathen, S.; Orwig, R.
Publisher
United States Sports Academy, Alabama, USA
Citation
The Sport Journal, 2019, 22,
Abstract

This study aims to identify the impact of sporting success on national pride. Scholars have examined the association between elite sports and national sentiment. However, the association between the impact of successful elite sports on national pride and the influence of past political regimes...

Author(s)
Shimokubo, T.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 2022, 14, 1, pp 37-52
Abstract

Sport professionals declare a significant interest increase of females about classes which are considered "male" sports traditionally: weightlifting and various combat sports. The investigation of gender-specific features of female's motivation to classes of masculine sports is an actual problem of ...

Author(s)
Osipov, A.; Kudryavtsev, M.; Galimova, A.; Kolokoltsev, M.; Romanova, E.; Lazarova, M.
Publisher
University of Pitesti, Arges, Romania
Citation
Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 2023, 23, 1, pp 92-97
Abstract

This book examines sport in Britain since 1945 and examines its place in British culture. It is argued that sport is not neutral, asocial or apolitical and so it needs to be assessed in its widest cultural context to be understood. This new edition expands the range of sports covered. As well as...

Author(s)
Polley, M.
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis, London, UK
Citation
Moving the goalposts: a history of sport and society in Britain since 1945, 2010, pp 288 pp.
Abstract

Four psychometric models were evaluated for the COPE inventory (C. S. Carver, M. F. Scheier and J. K. Weintraub, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1989, 56, pp. 267-283), and for the sport-specific modification of the COPE inventory (P. R. E. Crocker and T. R. Graham, The Sport...

Author(s)
Eklund, R. C.; Grove, J. R.; Heard, N. P.
Citation
Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 1998, 20, 2, pp 157-175
Abstract

Change of direction (COD) is an important component of athlete performance and measuring and comparing athletes is an integral aspect of strength and conditioning practice. This article aimed to determine pro-agility shuttle utility, by quantifying variability and normative values for different ...

Author(s)
Forster, J. W. D.; Uthoff, A. M.; Rumpf, M. C.; Cronin, J. B.
Publisher
Sage Publications Ltd, London, UK
Citation
International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 2022, 17, 5, pp 1225-1240

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