As a final year sport and exercise psychology trainee, I was completing my supervised training at a multisport performance academy that caters to young athletes aged 12–18. Over the preceding 2 years, although I was not contracted to provide support to the track-and-field athletics program, I had
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Navigating Subclinical Sport Psychology as a Trainee: A Case Study of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Elite Youth Athletics
Chris Hartley
International Association of Athletics Federations Consensus Statement 2019: Nutrition for Athletics
Louise M. Burke, Linda M. Castell, Douglas J. Casa, Graeme L. Close, Ricardo J. S. Costa, Ben Desbrow, Shona L. Halson, Dana M. Lis, Anna K. Melin, Peter Peeling, Philo U. Saunders, Gary J. Slater, Jennifer Sygo, Oliver C. Witard, Stéphane Bermon, and Trent Stellingwerff
The sport of athletics (track and field) encompasses a wide range of events involving running, walking, jumping, and throwing, in which success is underpinned by a diversity of physiological, psychological, and biomechanical attributes. Its governing body, the International Association of Athletics
A Framework for Periodized Nutrition for Athletics
Trent Stellingwerff, James P. Morton, and Louise M. Burke
The concept and underpinnings of periodization are deeply rooted in the history of athletics (track and field). Indeed, the seminal scientists and coaches who developed the principles of periodization include Dr. Hans Selye with his General Adaptation Syndrome model ( Selye, 1950 ), followed by
SPRINTING. . . Dietary Approaches to Optimize Training Adaptation and Performance
Gary J. Slater, Jennifer Sygo, and Majke Jorgensen
Sprint performance, or the ability to generate maximal velocities, is important to competitive success across a range of sports including athletics events and team sports. The latter are characterized by repeated high-intensity sprints. By contrast, the track sprinter is concerned only with
An Analysis of Countries’ Organizational Resources, Capacities, and Resource Configurations in Athletics
Jasper Truyens, Veerle De Bosscher, and Popi Sotiriadou
Research on elite sport policy tends to focus on the policy factors that can influence success. Even though policies drive the management of organizational resources, the organizational capacity of countries in specific sports to allocate resources remains unclear. This paper identifies and evaluates the organizational capacity of five sport systems in athletics (Belgium [separated into Flanders and Wallonia], Canada, Finland, and the Netherlands). Organizational capacity was evaluated using the organizational resources and first-order capabilities framework (Truyens, De Bosscher, Heyndels, & Westerbeek, 2014). Composite indicators and a configuration analysis were used to collect and analyze data from a questionnaire and documents. The participating sport systems demonstrate diverse resource configurations, especially in relation to program centralization, athlete development, and funding prioritization. The findings have implications for high performance managers’ and policy makers’ approach to strategic management and planning for organizational resources in elite sport.
Training Load, Neuromuscular Readiness, and Perceptual Fatigue Profile in Youth Elite Long-Jump Athletes
Alberto Franceschi, Daniele Conte, Marco Airale, and Jaime Sampaio
individual sports. 6 The objectives of this study were to describe and identify individual trends and changes in training load, neuromuscular readiness, and perceptual fatigue measures in 2 youth elite long jumpers, finalists at the European Athletics U18 Championships. Methods Subjects One female young
Kansas Athletics: Fumbling on Football
Ryan P. Terry
director. In the world of hyper-competitive collegiate athletics, few athletic directors are afforded a second hiring opportunity for a head coach of a major program; thus, Beaty’s success was of paramount interest to Zenger. After an 0–12 first season under Beaty, a two-win season in 2016 was not much
Fortune Favors the Brave: Tactical Behaviors in the Middle-Distance Running Events at the 2017 IAAF World Championships
Arturo Casado and Andrew Renfree
performances, intermediate and finishing positions, and split times for each 400-m lap of athletes competing in the qualifying rounds of the men’s and women’s 800-m and 1500-m running events at the 2017 International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships of Athletics were accessed via
Shock in Athletics
Douglas O. Blackard and William P. Ebben
Making the Invisible, Visible: An Exploration of Track-and-Field Coaches’ Perspectives of Their Planning Processes
Karen L. Johns, Paul Potrac, and Philip R. Hayes
’ Information and Selection Process Twenty-eight highly experienced, high-performance coaches, based in England (female, n = 1; male, n = 27) participated in this study. In collaboration with NGB staff from England Athletics, the sample of coaches were selected from 2 (endurance and throws) of the 4 coaching
