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Sports, Volume 7, Issue 4

April 2019 - 21 articles

Cover Story: Actual motor competence is associated with physical activity in early years children, however, the role of perceived motor competence to mediate this relationship has limited investigation in this age group. The authors aimed to identify if perceived motor competence changed the associations between actual motor competence and physical activity. The results suggest that there are no mediating impacts of perceived motor competence on the relationships between actual motor competence and physical activity in early years children. View this paper.
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Articles (21)

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
8,331 Views
9 Pages

25 April 2019

(1) Background: High-intensity interval training (HIIT) exerts effects indicative of improved health in young and older populations. However, prescribing analogous training programmes is inappropriate, as recovery from HIIT is different between young...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
10,570 Views

25 April 2019

Caffeine’s ergogenic effects persist during various exercise modalities; however, information establishing its efficacy during CrossFit protocols is limited. Our study aimed to determine the effects of caffeine supplementation on CrossFit performance...

  • Article
  • Open Access
68 Citations
13,231 Views
13 Pages

Physiological Performance Measures as Indicators of CrossFit® Performance

  • Joshua D. Dexheimer,
  • E. Todd Schroeder,
  • Brandon J. Sawyer,
  • Robert W. Pettitt,
  • Arnel L. Aguinaldo and
  • William A. Torrence

22 April 2019

CrossFit® began as another exercise program to improve physical fitness and has rapidly grown into the “sport of fitness”. However, little is understood as to the physiological indicators that determine CrossFit® sport performance...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,478 Views
14 Pages

Activity Profile, Heart Rate, Technical Involvement, and Perceived Intensity and Fun in U13 Male and Female Team Handball Players: Effect of Game Format

  • Mads Madsen,
  • Georgios Ermidis,
  • Vincenzo Rago,
  • Kristoffer Surrow,
  • Jeppe F. Vigh-Larsen,
  • Morten B. Randers,
  • Peter Krustrup and
  • Malte N. Larsen

19 April 2019

The aim of the study was to compare the activity pattern, heart rate (HR), technical involvement, and subjective perceptions in U13 boys and girls playing team handball in five game formats. Activity pattern, heart rate (HR), technical involvement, p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
5,397 Views
10 Pages

Relative Age Effect is Modulated by Playing Position but is Not Related to Competitive Success in Elite Under-19 Handball Athletes

  • Fabiano S. Fonseca,
  • Lucas S. Figueiredo,
  • Petrus Gantois,
  • Dalton de Lima-Junior and
  • Leonardo S. Fortes

19 April 2019

This study aimed to verify the occurrence of the relative age effect (RAE) in male elite young handball athletes according to the playing position and its association with team performance in a World Championship. Data from 383 handball athletes from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,699 Views
15 Pages

19 April 2019

Outdoor and adventurous activities (OAA) are now a compulsory component of the primary education curriculum in England, with senior leadership teams exerting significant influence on its delivery in schools. This study considers senior teachers&rsquo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,320 Views
10 Pages

18 April 2019

Background: Working memory training (WMT) programs can improve working memory (WM). In football players, this could lead to improved performance on the pitch. Method: Eighteen professional football players of Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maast...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,823 Views
10 Pages

The Relationship of Age and BMI with Physical Fitness in Futsal Players

  • Pantelis T. Nikolaidis,
  • Hamdi Chtourou,
  • Gema Torres-Luque,
  • Thomas Rosemann and
  • Beat Knechtle

15 April 2019

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship of age and body mass status with field and laboratory measures of physical fitness in futsal players. Futsal players (n = 65, age 12.9 ± 2.8 years), who were classified into U11 (n = 28, 9&...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,741 Views
10 Pages

Cross-Sectional Investigation of Stress Fractures in German Elite Triathletes

  • Pauline Neidel,
  • Petra Wolfram,
  • Thilo Hotfiel,
  • Martin Engelhardt,
  • Rainer Koch,
  • Geoffrey Lee and
  • Stefan Zwingenberger

15 April 2019

Triathlon is a popular sport for both recreational and competitive athletes. This study investigated the rates and patterns of stress fractures in the German national triathlon squad. We developed a web-based retrospective questionnaire containing qu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,232 Views
13 Pages

Performance and Participation in the ‘Vasaloppet’ Cross-Country Skiing Race during a Century

  • Nastja Romancuk,
  • Pantelis T. Nikolaidis,
  • Elias Villiger,
  • Hamdi Chtourou,
  • Thomas Rosemann and
  • Beat Knechtle

12 April 2019

This study investigated gender differences in performance and participation and the role of nationality during one century in one of the largest cross-country (XC) skiing events in the world, the ‘Vasaloppet‘ in Sweden. The total number o...

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