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Sports, Volume 9, Issue 12

December 2021 - 16 articles

Cover Story: Previous studies have investigated caffeine (CAF) and taurine (TAU) in isolation and combined during exercise in males. However, the potential synergistic effect during high-intensity exercise remains unknown in female athletes. This paper focuses on whether caffeine and taurine can improve sprint performance in female athletes where the participants are habitual caffeine consumers. View this paper
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Articles (16)

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
9,285 Views
13 Pages

Maturity Has a Greater Association than Relative Age with Physical Performance in English Male Academy Soccer Players

  • John M. Radnor,
  • Jacob Staines,
  • James Bevan,
  • Sean P. Cumming,
  • Adam L. Kelly,
  • Rhodri S. Lloyd and
  • Jon L. Oliver

20 December 2021

This study aimed to: (1) examine differences in physical performance across birth-quartiles and maturity-status, and (2) determine the relationships among relative age, maturation and physical performance in young male soccer players. The sample incl...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,874 Views
15 Pages

20 December 2021

When in public, faith-based mandates require practising Sikh men to wear a turban which may not be covered by hats or caps. This makes it impossible for practising Sikhs to wear helmets and other protective headwear, mandatory in many countries and f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,380 Views
10 Pages

Sports Participation and Value of Elite Sports in Predicting Well-Being

  • Alfredo Silva,
  • Pedro Sobreiro and
  • Diogo Monteiro

20 December 2021

This work contributes to an emerging literature focused on the role of physical activity on the subjective well-being of populations. Unlike the existing literature, it proposes an approach that uses algorithms to predict subjective well-being. The a...

  • Opinion
  • Open Access
11 Citations
14,411 Views
10 Pages

The Recovery Umbrella in the World of Elite Sport: Do Not Forget the Coaching and Performance Staff

  • Julio Calleja-González,
  • Stephen P. Bird,
  • Thomas Huyghe,
  • Igor Jukic,
  • Francesco Cuzzolin,
  • Francesc Cos,
  • Diego Marqués-Jiménez,
  • Luka Milanovic,
  • Jaime Sampaio and
  • Isaac López-Laval
  • + 15 authors

17 December 2021

In the field of sports science, the recovery umbrella is a trending topic, and even more so in the world of elite sports. This is evidenced by the significant increase in scientific publications during the last 10 years as teams look to find a compet...

  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
12,018 Views
20 Pages

Training Management of the Elite Adolescent Soccer Player throughout Maturation

  • Alistair J. McBurnie,
  • Thomas Dos’Santos,
  • David Johnson and
  • Edward Leng

17 December 2021

Professional soccer clubs invest significantly into the development of their academy prospects with the hopes of producing elite players. Talented youngsters in elite development systems are exposed to high amounts of sports-specific practise with th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,729 Views
14 Pages

The Integration of Wheelchair Users in Team Handball

  • Steffen Greve,
  • Sinikka Heisler,
  • Pia von Keutz,
  • Blall Shirdel and
  • Frowin Fasold

14 December 2021

Thus far, there are only a few sports activities in which people with and without intellectual disabilities can participate together and on an equal footing. The situation is even more complicated when people who are dependent on a wheelchair want to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,506 Views
13 Pages

The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality on Anxiety and Performance in Female Soccer Players

  • Kaitlyn Harrison,
  • Emily Potts,
  • Adam C. King and
  • Robyn Braun-Trocchio

13 December 2021

With the increased use of technology, relaxation interventions are finding their way into technology devices like virtual reality head-mounted displays (VR HMDs). However, there is a lack of evidence on the efficacy of VR relaxation interventions to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,181 Views
13 Pages

Annual Baseline King-Devick Oculomotor Function Testing Is Needed Due to Scores Varying by Age

  • Dearbhla Gallagher,
  • Doug King,
  • Patria Hume,
  • Trevor Clark,
  • Alan Pearce and
  • Conor Gissane

13 December 2021

Objective: To document baseline King-Devick (K-D) oculomotor function scores for male and female participants aged between 4 and 20 years old. Methods: Utilising a cross section of schools, rugby clubs and gymnastic clubs, 1936 participants (1300 mal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,913 Views
21 Pages

Contextual Variation in External and Internal Workloads across the Competitive Season of a Collegiate Women’s Soccer Team

  • Lauren E. Rentz,
  • William Guy Hornsby,
  • Wesley J. Gawel,
  • Bobby G. Rawls,
  • Jad Ramadan and
  • Scott M. Galster

8 December 2021

As sports technology has continued to develop, monitoring athlete workloads, performance, and recovery has demonstrated boundless benefits for athlete and team success. Specifically, technologies such as global positioning systems (GPS) and heart rat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,899 Views
11 Pages

Gender Effect on the Relationship between Talent Identification Tests and Later World Triathlon Series Performance

  • Alba Cuba-Dorado,
  • Veronica Vleck,
  • Tania Álvarez-Yates and
  • Oscar Garcia-Garcia

6 December 2021

Background: We examined the explanatory power of the Spanish triathlon talent identification (TID) tests for later World Triathlon Series (WTS)-level racing performance as a function of gender. Methods: Youth TID (100 m and 1000 m swimming and 400 m...

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