The awarding of the hosting of the Football World Cup to Russia and Qatar initiated discussions about temperature and travel distances related to the game. This study examines the effect of weather conditions, travel distances, and rest days—three factors potentially causing fatigue—on running performance using player-level and teamlevel data from the 2014 World Cup. The results show that the heat index (combining temperature and humidity) significantly decreased running performance (number of sprints, high-intensity running), while a clear sky was positively associated with distance covered at high intensity. Travel distance and rest were insignificant. When these models are used to predict running performance at the 2022 Qatar World Cup, the projections show that the combination of heat and wind could hinder the performance of both players and teams and create potentially dangerous conditions. The present study has implications for policy makers regarding the choice of future host countries.
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Weather Conditions, Travel Distance, Rest, and Running Performance: The 2014 FIFA World Cup and Implications for the Future
Nicholas Watanabe, Pamela Wicker, and Grace Yan
Nation Branding and Sports Diplomacy: Country Image Games in Times of Change
Simon M. Pack
themselves and showcase their strengths, like Jamaica in sprints, Cuba in boxing, Canada in ice hockey, and Norway in cross-country skiing. The chapter connects the leveraging of countries’ natural resources, sociopolitical systems, and genetic advantages to establish dominant forces in particular sports
Toward a Sport Ecosystem Logic
Markus Buser, Herbert Woratschek, Geoff Dickson, and Jan Schönberner
100-m sprint final at the Olympic Games. Here, the eight finalists integrate their talent, passion, and hard work to create the race within the wider athletics program. However, the eight finalists have already integrated their resources with the resources of nonfinalists during the heats, quarter
Authenticity Negotiation: How Elite Athletes (Re)Present Themselves as Personal Brands
Nataliya Bredikhina, Thilo Kunkel, and Ravi Kudesia
emotions (e.g., positivity) not because this is how they felt in the moment, but “to stay relevant” and spur interactions. Thus, a sprinter described experiencing the pains of social comparison: “Of course, you are comparing yourself. You are like: ‘oh, she has 5,000 and I have 1,000.’ But then I started
Organizational-Level Factors That Influence Women Coaches’ Experiences
James P. Strode, Heidi M. Parker, and Shannon Kerwin
them that third try. I think we finally nip that in the bud by the end of this season, right? Where it’s like, Okay, this is the goal, if you don’t meet the goal, it’s the baseline [sprint drill] type of thing. Given the experience of gender bias that these women coaches discussed, the above quotations
An xG of Their Own: Using Expected Goals to Explore the Analytical Shortcomings of Misapplied Gender Schemas in Football
Sachin Narayanan and N. David Pifer
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The Gradual Normalization of Behaviors Which Might Challenge Ethical and Professional Standards in Two British Elite Sports Organizations
Niels Boysen Feddersen and Simon Edward Phelan
influence reflective attitudes and the effort to “not think too much” about organizational outcomes ( Paulsen, 2017 ). Along these lines, the independent review of British Canoeing mentioned that “Sprint could have continued for as long as they did, notwithstanding the numerous ‘red flags’ that existed
