Browsing Sport Sciences by Title
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Research on sport and Islam: The way forward
( Taylor & Francis Group , 2015 , Book chapter)[No abstract available] -
Results from Lebanon's 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth
( Human Kinetics , 2018 , Conference Paper)The prevalence of childhood obesity in Lebanon nearly doubled between 1997 and 2009.1 This shift in population health is extremely alarming, given that obesity is associated with a host of chronic diseases (eg, cardiovascular ... -
Rethinking the relationship between momentum and sport performance: Toward an integrative perspective
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article Review)The relationship between momentum and performance has elicited the curiosity of athletes, coaches, and sport psychologists since the late 1970s. Psychological momentum and behavioral momentum reflect both an impetus expected ... -
Sample Entropy, Univariate, and Multivariate Multi-Scale Entropy in Comparison with Classical Postural Sway Parameters in Young Healthy Adults.
( Frontiers Media , 2017 , Article)The present study aimed to compare various entropy measures to assess the dynamics and complexity of center of pressure (COP) displacements. Perturbing balance tests are often used in healthy subjects to imitate either ... -
Seasonal weather conditions affect training program efficiency and physical performance among special forces trainees: A long-term follow-up study
( Public Library of Science , 2018 , Article)The purpose of the present investigation was to follow-up the effect of specific commandos? training-cycles (SCTCs) on upper-body strength resistance and running endurance performance, as well as determine whether variation ... -
Session-RPE method for training load monitoring: Validity, ecological usefulness, and influencing factors
( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2017 , Other)Purpose: The aim of this review is to (1) retrieve all data validating the Session-rating of perceived exertion (RPE)-method using various criteria, (2) highlight the rationale of this method and its ecological usefulness, ... -
Sleep Medication and Athletic Performance—The Evidence for Practitioners and Future Research Directions
( Frontiers Media , 2016 , Article)Opinion piece. -
Soccer training: High-intensity interval training is mood disturbing while small sided games ensure mood balance
( Edizioni Minerva Medica , 2018 , Article)© 2017 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA. BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to compare the effects of high-intensity intermittent training (HIIT) versus small-sided games (SSG) in soccer on both the physiological responses and ... -
Southern Italian teenagers: The older they get, the unfit they become with girls worse than boys: A cohort epidemiological study: The adolescents surveillance system for the obesity prevention project (ASSO)
( Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , 2017 , Article)Italy comprises a high proportion of people who never exercised. Low physical activity levels in adolescents is a risk factor for several disorders. The aim of this cohort epidemiological study was to compare physical ... -
Specific physical trainability in elite young soccer players: Efficiency over 6 weeks' in-season training
( Institute of Sport , 2017 , Article)The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of 3 training protocols (plyometric [PLYO], agility [AG], or repeated shuttle sprints [RS]) on physical performance in the same population of young soccer players. ... -
Sport and development in Qatar: International and regional dynamics of sport mega-events
( Taylor & Francis , 2021 , Book chapter)Since winning the bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Qatar has been under the spotlight, responding to criticism regarding the working conditions of workers involved in the construction of football stadia and other ... -
Sport and international relations in North Africa
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2018 , Book chapter)Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia share the same history of French colonial presence. While Algeria was simply annexed to become part of the French territory and divided into three provinces, Tunisia and Morocco were under the ... -
Sport and Muslims or Muslims in sport, post-9/11
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2016 , Book chapter)This chapter organizes three aspects: hijab and the ‘Islamization’ of sport; Arab-Muslim investment in sport as a means for ‘soft power’; and sport and the question of integration of Muslims as a challenge to citizenship ... -
Sport and political transition in Tunisia: Another terrain of competition between Islamists and seculars
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2015 , Book chapter)This chapter reports on a research project that focused on how policy makers perceived and responded to the sporting needs of Muslim communities in Norway. A unique trait of Norwegian sport policy is that sport organizations ... -
Sport and politics in the Arab world
( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)This chapter examines the interaction between sport and politics in the Arab World. In post-independence, in the 1950s and 1960s, sport was an arena for the consolidation of national unity, at least the way it was dened ... -
Sport and the ‘question’ of Islam in Europe
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2020 , Book chapter)The aim of this chapter is to examine how the debate about Islam in Europe is affecting the discourse on sport and Islam and Muslim communities. Recent sources of tensions occurred around the question of Islam including ... -
Sport at Home, Sport in the World: Evaluating Qatar’s Sports Strategy from Above and Below
( Springer , 2021 , Book chapter)This piece is an overview of actors and policies concerning sport in the nation of Qatar. In recent years, sports have been given high priority in government attempts to raise exposure of the nation internationally. Many ... -
Sport in Islam and in Muslim communities
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2015 , Book)As Islam's visibility in global society increases, Muslim populations grow, and Muslim countries compete to take up positions at the heart of global sport, the interplay between sport and Islam becomes ever more illuminating. ... -
Sport in Islam: The complexities, controversies and context
( Taylor & Francis Group , 2015 , Book chapter)no abstract -
Sport in the African World
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2018 , Book)Sport has been a component of African cultural life for several hundred years. In today's globalized world, Africans and Africa have become a vital part of the international sporting landscape. This is the first book to ...