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Sleep and stress hormone responses to training and competition in elite female athletes
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)Stress hormone and sleep differences in a competition versus training setting are yet to be evaluated in elite female team-sport athletes. The aim of the current study was to evaluate salivary cortisol and perceptual stress ... -
Acute post-exercise recovery strategies in Cycling: A Review
(Cycling Research Center, 2018)Cycling events often include multiple races a day or racing over consecutive days. Congested competition schedules and increased training load have led to the implementation of recovery strategies; with the goal of alleviating ... -
Kinematics of Usain Bolt’s maximal sprint velocity
(Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, 2018)This study investigated the maximal sprint velocity kinematics of the fastest 100 m sprinter, Usain Bolt. Two high-speed video cameras recorded kinematics from 60 to 90 m during the men 100 m final at the IAAF World Challenge ... -
Kava and ethno-cultural identity in Oceania
(Springer Nature, 2019)Garibaldi and Turner (Ecol Soc 9:1, 5, 2004) explain the role that particular plants play in facilitating the shared ancestry, practices, and social experience of an ethnicity. This can include spiritual connections, ... -
Analogy instructions promote efficiency of cognitive processes during hockey push-pass performance
(American Psychological Association, 2019)Analogy instructions may promote effective skill acquisition by providing movement-specific information that can be processed as a single, meaningful unit, rather than as separate “bits” of information (Liao & Masters, ... -
The social benefits of informal and lifestyle sports: a research agenda [Editorial]
(Taylor and Francis Inc., 2017)Understanding sport through the lens of social benefit has become a mainstay of sport policy analysis. A wealth of research has considered how sport contributes to achieving wider social benefits, including improvements ... -
How institutions frame mātauranga Māori (Commissioned by Waikato Regional Council)
(University of Waikato, 2017)The primary questions for this report are: 1) How is Mātauranga Māori framed by Institutions? 2) How is Mātauranga Māori being operationalised by Institutions in New Zealand? Mātauranga Māori is the intellectual capital ... -
The effect of proprioceptive knee bracing on knee stability after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
(Elsevier B.V., 2019)Background Injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is common among young athletes and can impact knee stability and control. Wearing proprioceptive knee braces can improve knee control and may reduce the risk factors ... -
From pillow to podium: a review on understanding sleep for elite athletes
(Dove Medical Press, 2018)Sleep is considered vital to human health and well-being, and is critical to physiological and cognitive functioning. Elite athletes experience high training and competition demands, and are often exposed to various factors, ... -
Rugby placekicking mechanics to inform coaching strategies and enhance performance
(2018)Introduction The ability to score from placekicks is a trait discriminating winning and losing in elite Rugby Union1. Placekicks account for 45% of points in international Rugby Union, with match outcomes reliant on ... -
The Effects of Chronic Cold Water Immersion in Elite Rugby Players
(Human Kinetics, 2018)Purpose: While the acute effects of cold water immersion (CWI) have been widely investigated, research analysing the effects of CWI over a chronic period in highly-trained athletes is scarce. The aim of this study was to ... -
No Effect of Muscle Stretching within a Full, Dynamic Warm-up on Athletic Performance
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2018)Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effects of static and dynamic stretching routines performed as part of a comprehensive warm-up on flexibility and sprint running, jumping, and change of direction tests in team sport ... -
Physiological, kinematic and electromyographic responses to patella taping in elite cyclists
(2017)The use of Kinesiology-Type Tape (KTT) has become increasingly popular in sports for injury prevention, injury management, and performance enhancement. Many cyclists use patella KTT; however, the benefits of such interventions ... -
Body image amongst elite rugby union players.
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2017)There is limited information on the risk of eating disorders and body image of elite male athletes. However, research suggests there are some athletes who have poor body image and they may be at increased risk of developing ... -
Chief’s Mana in action; a study investigating the team’s perspective.
(2016)Team culture, and its relevance to performance behaviour and attitudes, has recently gained increased focus in sport psychology research and practice (Schroeder, 2010; Cruickshank & Collins 2012; Morgan, Fletcher & Sarkar, ... -
Sportswomen and social media: bringing third-wave feminism, postfeminism, and neoliberal feminism into conversation
(Sage Publications, 2017)In this paper, we take seriously the challenges of making sense of a sporting (and media) context that increasingly engages female athletes as active, visible and autonomous, while inequalities pertaining to gender, ... -
‘Once my relatives see me on social media… it will be something very bad for my family’: The Ethics and Risks of Organizational Representations of Sporting Girls from the Global South
(2017)This paper explores the ethics of representing girls and young women from the global South in Sport for Development (SfD) organizational campaigns via the case of Skateistan—an international SfD organization with skateboarding ... -
The Influence of Match-Day Napping in Elite Female Netball Athletes
(Human Kinetics, 2018)Purpose: To assess the effect of match-day napping and duration of naps on perceptual and performance indices in elite female netball players over two consecutive netball seasons. Methods: Fourteen elite female netball ... -
Navigating the athlete role: identity construction within New Zealand’s elite sport environment
(2018)The purpose of this study was to explore how involvement within New Zealand’s elite athlete development programme – athlete carding – has impacted the identity construction of this elite athlete population. Semi-structured ... -
Do young elite football athletes have the same strength and power characteristics as senior athletes?
(2017)An increasing number of young football athletes are competing in elite senior level competitions. However, comparison of strength, power, and speed characteristics between young elite football athletes and their senior ...
