Branding and self-presentation strategies on text and visual platforms have been explored in a variety of ways such as gendered analyses and content analyses performed on the social media profiles of athletes at multiple levels of sport. The purpose of this study was to examine branding and...
Author(s)
Harris, H. A.; Brison, N. T.
Publisher
Human Kinetics, Leeds, UK
Citation
International Journal of Sport Communication, 2023, 16, 1, pp 12-20
The evaluation of physical fitness in team sports is enjoying greater importance in the training of professional teams. The objectives of this research were to characterize physical fitness and game indicators based on the game position. This is an empirical study, with a quantitative, descriptive...
Author(s)
Ibáñez, S. J.; Piñar, M. I.; García, D.; Mancha-Triguero, D.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023, 20, 2,
Repetitive upper-quarter limb movements imposed by freestyle swimming may lead to muscle length and tension changes, predisposing adolescent swimmers to postural malalignment. The study aimed to quantify the static upper-quarter postural alignment of competitive female adolescent freestyle...
Author(s)
Botha, C. M.; Rossouw, F.; Meyer, P. W. A.; Sousa Camacho, T. C. de
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK
Citation
European Journal of Sport Science, 2023, 23, 1, pp 36-43
Gender inequalities in sports media are well-documented. This study focuses on sports news composition and how gender influences the prominence of sports news stories. The news-factors approach offers a causal explanation for the lower prominence (i.e. newsworthiness) of women's sports in TV sports ...
Publisher
Sage Publications Ltd, London, UK
Citation
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 2023, 58, 2, pp 253-277
Purpose: 3 × 3 is a variation of classic basketball (BB) that imposes new demands on both athletes and coaches. The objective of this study was to comprehensively describe similarities and differences in load structures between 3 × 3 and BB. Method: Between January 2020 and July 2021, internal and...
Author(s)
Willberg, C.; Wellm, D.; Behringer, M.; Zentgraf, K.
Publisher
Sage Publications Ltd, London, UK
Citation
International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 2023, 18, 1, pp 207-219
Canicross is a sport discipline that connects human and canine athletes in running. Changes in physiological, hematological, and biochemical parameters, and exercise-induced oxidative stress have not been thoroughly characterized in canicross dogs. The aim of our study was the assessment of the...
Author(s)
Erjavec, V.; Vovk, T.; Nemec Svete, A.
Publisher
Frontiers Media S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022, 8, March,
The objective of this study was to explore the situations of inequality perceived by female competitive athletes in the province of Córdoba (Spain) based on their own voices. The qualitative research was designed following Grounded Theory. Five focus groups were carried out in which 45 women...
Author(s)
Donoso Pérez, B.; Reina Giménez, A.; Álvarez-Sotomayor, A.
Publisher
Federacion Espanola de Asociaciones Docentes de Educacion Fisica (FEADEF), San Javier Murcia, Spain
Citation
RETOS - Neuvas Tendencias en Educacion Fisica, Deporte y Recreacion, 2022, 47, pp 557-564
While positive change has been occurring, the general consensus is that female athletes and sports have not been as valorized historically, by either the media or society as a whole when compared to their male counterparts. This lack of valorization is expressed in the male-centric construction of ...
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
International Journal of the History of Sport, 2022, 39, 13/14, pp 1484-1505
Although football played by women has been growing and gaining more visibility, in Brazil the media is responsible for the neglect of football played by women, since it does not stimulate, disseminate and encourage it, making the sport continue to be treated amateur form when practiced by women....
Author(s)
Coelho, R. C.; Amaral, C. M. dos S.
Publisher
AIGD - Aliança Intercontinental de Gestão do Desporto, Niterói, Brazil
Citation
Revista Intercontinental de Gestão Desportiva, 2022, 12, 4,
Velodrome cycling is a sport that requires cycling on an inclined surface, and this may increase chances of injury in players. The purpose of this study was to find out the injury pattern in form of injured part, injury time, severity, type and relation with gender, level of participation and...
Author(s)
Panihar, U.; Multani, N. K.
Publisher
Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation
Comparative Exercise Physiology, 2022, 18, 5, pp 437-444