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One of the potential avenues for former professional football players to pursue their career is to become a head coach of a club's first team. An important question is how to best prepare for such a reconversion. This letter is the first in the academic literature quantifying the association...

Author(s)
Balliauw, M.; Verheuge, M.; Baert, S.
Publisher
Routledge
Publication
Applied Economics Letters, 2023, 30, 12, pp 1692-1695
Abstract

Psychological Characteristics of Developing Excellence (PCDEs) are a range of psychological factors that play a key role in the realisation of potential. We examined PCDE profiles across a female national talent development field hockey programme in North America. Two-hundred-and-sixty-seven...

Author(s)
Edwards, P. L.; MacNamara, Á.; Saward, C.
Publisher
Routledge
Publication
Journal of Sports Sciences, 2023, 41, 3, pp 307-318
Abstract

The National Football League (NFL) Combine provides NFL teams the ability to assess prospective athletes' medical histories and physical and psychological abilities. Using this information, NFL personnel must then decide whether an athlete is a good fit to their team. Given the combine's 40-year...

Author(s)
Rishis, E.; Johnston, K.; Baker, J.
Publisher
Routledge
Publication
Journal of Sports Sciences, 2023, 41, 3, pp 217-231
News Article

Women football fans in Iran are a small but dedicated fanbase. A recent study published in Soccer & Society, found that while...

Date
March 2022
Author(s)
Jess Thay
AbstractFull Text

Background: We aimed to examine the effect of ethical sensitivity on doping attitude and dispositions for Taekwondo athletes, as well as whether there was a difference depending on the athlete's career and national team status. Methods: Overall, 331 Korean adult Taekwondo athletes were enrolled....

Author(s)
Jeon Minsoo; Lim Hyosung; Yun HyoJun; Oh Hyeri
Publisher
School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Publication
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2023, 52, 4, pp 789-796
AbstractFull Text

Physical training produces changes in the concentrations of trace mineral elements. Sex differences in copper (Cu) concentrations in athletes are scarce. The objectives of this study were (i) to analyze changes in intracellular (erythrocytes and platelets) and extracellular (plasma and urine) Cu...

Author(s)
Toro-Román, V.; Muñoz, D.; Maynar-Mariño, M.; Clemente-Gil, S.; Robles-Gil, M. C.
Publisher
MDPI AG
Publication
Nutrients, 2023, 15, 3,
AbstractFull Text

The optimal body composition for health is an individual trait and is determined by genetic factors, sex, age, somatotype, physical activity, and individual variability. The present study aims to assess how professional football players' body composition has changed over the training macrocycle in...

Author(s)
Staśkiewicz, W.; Grochowska-Niedworok, E.; Zydek, G.; Grajek, M.; Krupa-Kotara, K.; Białek-Dratwa, A.; Jaruga-Sękowska, S.; Kowalski, O.; Kardas, M.
Publisher
MDPI AG
Publication
Nutrients, 2023, 15, 3,

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