Advances in Sports Science and Physical Activity: New Methodological Perspectives
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (12 May 2023) | Viewed by 7050
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mixed methods; observational methodology; performance analysis; motor behaviors
Interests: sports initiation; observational methodology; performance analysis; sport
Interests: mixed methods; observational methodology; motor behaviors
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Scientific knowledge about sport and physical activity has been experiencing significant growth in recent years. Specifically, according to recent studies, more scientific studies have been published in the last twenty years than in the entire previous period.
One of the main reasons for this strong growth has been the incorporation of new sustainable scientific methodologies that have helped address and respond to different problems related to sport.
Systematic observation, as well as the new emerging paradigm of mixed methods (the integration of quantitative and qualitative data), constitute two of the fundamental pillars on which current knowledge is based. The correct implementation and treatment of scientific methodology ensures sustainable science in the short, medium and long term, resulting in new knowledge that allows optimization of intervention in sports contexts.
The eruption of these sustainable methodologies has contributed (and continues to do so today) to the scientific development not only of competitive sport, but of any field that has to do with physical activity (school sport, initiation sport, physical activity for elderly, adapted physical activity, etc.). In turn, the use of different technological tools such as video recordings, GPS devices, etc. has helped in parallel with the increase in quality and quantity of the current scientific literature.
With this Special Issue, we want to create a space where researchers can continue developing studies in very important areas in physical activity and sport, but which still lack robust scientific literature, paying special attention to the quality of the methodological aspect.
Studies and scientific works that focus on any aspect of physical activity and sport, and that contribute to increasing knowledge on this matter, will be welcome.
Dr. Rubén Maneiro
Dr. Mario Amatria
Dr. José Luís Losada
Dr. Elena Escolano Pérez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable methodologies
- mixed methods
- physical activity
- school sport
- performance analysis
