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The Politics of Football
Alex C. Gang
Sexual Assault in Canadian Sport
Wen-hao Winston Chou
Trans People Struggling To Be Human in Sports and Exercise: Passing, Mediating, and Challenging Cis- and Heteronormativity
Isak Auran, Åsa Bäckström, and Håkan Larsson
This study explores how trans individuals struggle to make themselves intelligible as humans in a cis- and heteronormative context of sports and exercise. Ten trans people with present or prior experience in sports and exercise were interviewed. The analysis draws from Butler’s idea of trans people’s exclusion as a question of unintelligibility instead of oppression. The study demonstrates three overreaching ways trans people make themselves discursively intelligible as humans: by passing as cis, by coming out as trans yet mediating potential inconvenience this may pose on others, and by coming out as trans paired with challenging cis- and heteronormativity. We argue that practices aligning to intelligibility as humans are key for trans people in sports, exercise, and possibly in other walks of life.
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Embracing Discomfort and Manifesting Hope as an Activist Practice
Carly Adams
Volume 38 (2024): Issue 6 (Nov 2024)
Volume 13 (2024): Issue 4 (Nov 2024): 2024 American Kinesiology Association Leadership Workshop: Addressing Social Justice Imperatives—Exemplars of Inclusive Excellence
No “Failures of Kindness”
David K. Wiggins
Volume 55 (2024): Issue 2 (Nov 2024)
Effects of Mental Fatigue on Depth Jump in Division I Female Soccer Players
Madison M. Gaffney, Robin Ammon, Jong-Sung Yoon, and Hyung Suk Yang
Mental fatigue has been shown to hinder physical performance, especially in endurance-based sports. However, little research has been done concerning the impacts of mental fatigue on shorter maximal effort movements commonly encountered in sports activities, such as the depth jump. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of mental fatigue on depth jump performance and lower limb kinematics in Division I female soccer players. Eighteen participants performed depth jumps before and after a mentally fatiguing Stroop task. Multiple paired t tests were used to examine differences in dependent variables across conditions. The findings revealed a decrease in jump height (p = .002), propulsive impulse (p = .004), and peak hip adduction angles on the left (p = .003), while knee kinematics remained unchanged. This study challenges previous research on maximal anaerobic exercises, revealing mental fatigue’s potential influence on jumping and landing movements. However, mixed results in lower limb kinematics warrant further investigation. The study provides insights into the intricate relationship between mental fatigue and athletic capabilities, emphasizing the need for tailored interventions and further exploration of sport-specific movements.