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The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of the four-week two strength training program on the skin fold thickness and body fat percentage (BFP) characteristics according to the maximal strength and strength endurance... more
Despite the recommendation that physical exercise is an important way to maintain health, few people maintain fitness levels throughout their lifetime and realize their full fitness potential. In a recent Commonwealth of Australia census,... more
Perfectionism in sports has been shown to be associated with burnout in athletes. Whether perfectionism predicts longitudinal changes in athlete burnout, however, is still unclear. Using a two-wave cross-lagged panel design, the present... more
This research is a descriptive study that aims to examine coach communication skills perceived by athletes according to branches. A total of 767 active athletes (517 male, 250 female) in Gaziantep were chosen as the study group on a... more
Celliant®, a clinically-proven performance technology uses the body’s natural energy to increase circulation and renew and repair cells while you sleep. Some of the world’s leading research institutions including the University of... more
Today, the number of social networks in which communications are made is increasing rapidly, and most teenagers and adults, as part of everyday life, use the benefits of knowing others and introducing themselves to others from social... more
Football coaches are those who prepare teams for various competitions in technical, tactical, conditioning, strategy and mental contexts by using academic knowledge and experience, and also decide match squad. Football coaches are... more
The role of sport in contemporary society needs no emphasis. Sport has become an inexorable part of the modern society with influence being felt in all facets of national life. Sport has also become a symbol of national unity. Governments... more
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of corrective exercise programmes on the foot condition. The research was attended by 66 subjects (students of the Jovan Cvijić elementary school, Banja Luka) aged 11-12 years. Of the... more
Study was carried out to examine the effect of application of resistance band in the female boxers on the levels of the anaerobic power and Maximal Bench Press force (MBP). The study was carried out on 12 female subjects, in ages between... more
Late talent identification of sport abilities endowed among the little boys and girls especially in under developed nations has delayed the proper attainment of sport prowess among most players. A huge desert of unnoticed talents is... more
The aim of this study is to assess the effect of tennis technique training and games on reaction times of 10-12 years old boys. For this study, 40 subjects who did not perform any physical activity volunteered. Subjects randomly assigned... more
The present study was aimed to identify the role of superstitious behavior in performance of basketball players. For this purpose, sixty female basketball players of 19 to 25 years of age were selected. All the subjects, after having been... more
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between leadership styles of coaches with the satisfaction and motivation of football players in Trabzon universities. In terms of the purpose of the research, it is an applied... more
The aim of this study is to examine the correlation between the future perceptions of the students of the sports management department and their time management behavior. For this purpose, Gazi, Selçuk, Muğla and Fırat University Sports... more
The aim of the study was to examine aerobic and anaerobic capacity changes of Greek professional soccer players in the beginning of the preparation (T1) and the competitive period (T2) as well as in the end of the first (T3) and the... more
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between physical fitness and body composition with overall health of non-athlete high school boys of Miandoab in 2014-2015 school year. One hundred one students were selected by... more
Over the past 25 years, a number of multidimensional measures of perfectionism has been developed. Based on different models of multidimensional perfectionism, these measures contain different numbers of subscales, and most of the time... more
The aim of this study is to be able to discover methodological similarities between the emergence of new tactics in the context of tactical changes in football history and the theory of paradigm shifts related to scientific revolutions in... more
This study investigated associations between the use of maintenance strategies and relationship quality within coach-athlete dyads. A total of 251 participants (146 athletes and 105 coaches) were administered the Coach-Athlete... more
The present study was focused to contrast the level of Skill-Related Physical Fitness components of Kayaking and Rowing players. For this purpose, eighteen (N=18), male college level Kayaking and Rowing players of age group 18-25 years... more
Higher motor and functional capabilities of children actively involved in sports compared to children nonactive in sports, can also be attributed, in addition to endogenous factors, to primarily exogenous factors, i.e. transformation... more
S A Ž E T A K Rezultati ovog istraživanja o relacijama socijalnog statusa roditelja i intelektualnih i motoričkih sposobnosti njihove dece ukazali su: da nisu dobijene statistički značajne relacije koje bi ukazale na korelaciju ili... more
The purpose of the study was to " compare the aggression between basketball and volleyball players. Method: Sixty male interuniversity basketball (N1=30) and volleyball (N2=30) players from Punjabi university Patiala, Punjab, India were... more
Several studies have shown that skeletal-muscle GLUT4 expression is increased by exercise and decreased by high fructose consumption. While it is known that exercise enhances GLUT4 expression via increased binding of MEF2A to the... more
Fencing is an Olympic sport in which athletes fight one against one using bladed weapons. Contests consist of three 3-min bouts, with rest intervals of 1 min between them. No studies investigating oxygen uptake and energetic demand during... more
This study aims to analyse the effects of SAQ training on anaerobic endurance and flexibility of novice tennis players, selected subject from Ramanadan Krishnan Tennis Academy, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. Totally twenty participants were... more
The aim of this study was to reveal the factors that constraints and facilitators health and fitness club members in Ankara to attend the leisure activities. The population for the research consists of large-scale health and fitness club... more
THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT SHOULD DO THIS EXERCISE ARE THOSE THAT WALK AROUND UPRIGHT. PRINT IT OUT AND SHARE IT WIDELY. PRETTY MUCH ELIMINATES ALL FORMS OF BACK PAIN, ESPECIALLY LOW BACK. THIS EXERCISE HAS BEEN ARUND FOR YEARS, THIS... more
Introduction and aim: In sports, self-confidence can be characterized by high-grade achievement expectation. In this context, the aim is to determine whether is any difference between the self-confidence levels of middle school students... more
The fact that individuals meet sports from early years is an important determinant of their future behaviours and attitudes towards sports. Individual’s meeting sports and their expectations are among some of the important factors in the... more
The objective of this study is the determination and comparison of the body composition and somatotypes of the elite level Turkish and foreign taekwondo athletes. Totally 93 taekwondo athletes, being 45 Turkish (27 male, 18 female) and 48... more
The study investigated knowledge and practice of doping among Secondary School athletes in Benue State. This was a cross sectional descriptive study. The population of the study was six hundred and ninety-nine (699) secondary school... more
Ever since it was first observed and especially so in recent years, the phenomenon of the so-called "sticking point'" in resistance training has attracted a substantial amount of sports and exercise science research. Broadly speaking the... more
The purpose of this case study was to investigate the coaching philosophy of a highly successful men's United States National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) division II cross country coach and determine to what extent his stated... more
Background: The most common problems in individuals with autistic spectrum disorders are eye contact, being able to follow objects for a long time and lack of attention. Sports activities are known to prevent the negative symptoms of... more
Evidence of the last few years demonstrated that the far external focus of attention would lead to better motor performance (e.g., Mc Nevin., et al, 2003; MacKay and Wulf, 2012). According to the Frequency of Movement Adjustment analysis... more
We examined the relationships among trait and state psychological variables and performance in male high school distance runners using the Sport Orientation Questionnaire (SOQ; Gill & Deeter, 1988), the Competitive Orientation Inventory... more