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Case Studies of Olympic Medalist Coach–Athlete Relationships: A Retrospective Analysis Prior to and During the Olympics

Brian Zuleger and Rick McGuire

cross-case analysis was used in presenting the data. This presentation of the data in a more concise manner was helpful from an applied perspective to highlight the key results across cases for use in education. The athletes were males ranging in age from 22 to 29. The coaches were males ranging in age

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Efficacy of a Video Modeling and Imagery-Controlled Trial Intervention in a Non-Western Adolescent Population: A Case Study

Asha Francis Chungath, N.T. Sudhesh, Sahen Gupta, and Sanika Divekar

). Only right-handed participants were included using the Edinburgh Handed Inventory ( Oldfield, 1971 ) to control extraneous confounding of results. Edinburgh Handed Inventory has been evidence to be reliably cross-cultural ( Yang et al., 2018 ). The skill level, performance level, and physical ability

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Stable or Fluid? An Investigation Into Female Student Athlete Basketball Players’ Well-Being

Allison Columbus, Diane E. Mack, Philip M. Wilson, and Nicole J. Chimera

cross-sectional research. Researchers have argued for the need for systematic and/or periodic assessments of well-being to further guide understanding ( Giles et al., 2020 ; Küttel & Larsen, 2020 ). Only two studies to date have used longitudinal designs with multiple assessments of well-being to

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Same Game, Many Cultures: A Multicultural Reflection on a Trainee’s Intervention Work With a Professional Esports Team

Anjali Agrawal, Sahen Gupta, and Laura Swettenham

annum ( Pannekeet, 2019 ). Online viewership and social media have been instrumental to spreading esport across global national boundaries, with platforms such as Twitch, Steam, Dlive, and others allowing cross-cultural growth ( Qian et al., 2020 ). Estimates indicate that >30% of the global population

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Preshot Routines to Improve Competition Performance: A Case Study of a Group of Elite Pistol Shooters

Peter Gröpel, Christopher Mesagno, and Jürgen Beckmann

involves clenching the left fist, or squeezing a ball in the left hand, approximately twice a second, for 30–45 s prior to task execution ( Beckmann, Gröpel, & Ehrenspiel, 2013 ). Researchers have found that left-hand dynamic handgrip produces a state of cortical relaxation in the brain ( Cross

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Facilitating Sports and University Study: The Case of a Dual Career Development Environment in Sweden

Lukas Linnér, Natalia Stambulova, Louise Kamuk Storm, Andreas Kuettel, and Kristoffer Henriksen

athletics (i.e., track and field), badminton, cross-country skiing, floorball, and orienteering/ski-orienteering. The Sports School collaborated with all levels of the Swedish Sports system, and the organization and setup of each high-performance center varied between sports. To provide for an in-depth and

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Working in Esports: Developing Team Cohesion

Laura Swettenham and Amy Whitehead

( Cross et al., 2006 ). Another limitation of this case study was limited time spent on mutual sharing, with previous research implementing multiple sessions of mutual sharing to create impact ( Pain & Harwood, 2009 ). Though improvements in team cohesion were perceived by the team within the current case

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An “Organizational Triangle” to Coordinate Talent Development: A Case Study in Danish Swimming

Ole Winthereik Mathorne, Kristoffer Henriksen, and Natalia Stambulova

organizations interact to facilitate talent development ( Fletcher & Wagstaff, 2009 ). The present research took an HEA, which is philosophically underpinned by central tenets of systems theory, ecological psychology, and cultural and cross-cultural psychology ( Henriksen et al., 2010a ). The HEA ( Henriksen

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“Knowing That This Is My Place Is Very Positive”: The Case of a Swedish Table Tennis Club

Michaela Elisabeth Karlsson, Natalia B. Stambulova, and Kristoffer Henriksen

systems theory, ecological psychology, and cultural and cross-cultural psychology ( Henriksen, 2010 ). Effective ATDEs are mainly characterized by a successful record of producing elite senior athletes from among their juniors, and research confirms that some ATDEs are more effective in this regard than

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Combining Sport and Study in High School: An Insight Into a Dual Career Environment in Estonia

Kristel Kiens and Carsten H. Larsen

countries contribute to enabling cross-case analysis in the future and develop a list of shared success factors of DCDEs, which could be used as guidelines to optimize DC development ( Henriksen et al., 2020 ). The Case While HEA has been applied in research on DC environments in Nordic countries