Sport engagement has important implications in improving one’s current and future health ( Wetton et al., 2013 ). More specifically, the social interactions and sense of belonging to team sport participation can provide and improve perceived life satisfaction, increase self-esteem and resilience
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Team Sport Engagement: The Perceptions of Adolescent Females in Victoria
Rachel Keane and Mandy Ruddock-Hudson
The Relevance of Muscle Fiber Type to Physical Characteristics and Performance in Team-Sport Athletes
Henry J. Hopwood, Phillip M. Bellinger, Heidi R. Compton, Matthew N. Bourne, and Clare Minahan
this knowledge, little research has investigated whether an optimal MFT exists for team-sport athletes. While there is a large heterogeneity in MFT between different muscles within an individual, there does appear to be a between muscle phenotype. 6 , 8 – 10 Practically, this has relevance given that
Effect of Individual Environmental Heat-Stress Variables on Training and Recovery in Professional Team Sport
Fergus K. O’Connor, Steven E. Stern, Thomas M. Doering, Geoffrey M. Minett, Peter R. Reaburn, Jonathan D. Bartlett, and Vernon G. Coffey
reduce physical performance in hot conditions. The vast majority of previous research on thermoregulation during exercise in hot environments has focused on the endurance athlete, and there is a paucity of available data examining the effect of exercise in the heat on the team-sport athlete. 6 Some
What Lies Beneath: Exploring Different Depressive Symptoms Across Selected Risk Factors in Icelandic Team Sport Athletes
Richard Tahtinen, Hafrun Kristjansdottir, Daniel T. Olason, and Robert Morris
-fledged depressive episode” ( Fried & Nesse, 2015b , p.4). Against this backdrop, in this preliminary investigation, we first aim to c omplement previous research by reporting the overall prevalence rates of depressive symptoms and compare these across age, sex, type of team sport, and level of competition. We also
Sleep Architecture in Response to a Late Evening Competition in Team-Sport Athletes
Jacopo Antonino Vitale, Andrea Galbiati, Gaia De Giacomi, Davide Tornese, Daniel Levendowski, Luigi Ferini-Strambi, and Giuseppe Banfi
exercising in the evening does not negatively affect sleep in healthy participants. Only few studies investigated sleep changes in team sport athletes when the physical demand is at the highest levels during the evening, namely following a night competition or match. Nédélec et al 13 studied the sleep of
Sleep and Recovery in Team Sport: Current Sleep-Related Issues Facing Professional Team-Sport Athletes
Hugh H.K. Fullagar, Rob Duffield, Sabrina Skorski, Aaron J. Coutts, Ross Julian, and Tim Meyer
While the effects of sleep loss on performance have previously been reviewed, the effects of disturbed sleep on recovery after exercise are less reported. Specifically, the interaction between sleep and physiological and psychological recovery in team-sport athletes is not well understood. Accordingly, the aim of the current review was to examine the current evidence on the potential role sleep may play in postexercise recovery, with a tailored focus on professional team-sport athletes. Recent studies show that team-sport athletes are at high risk of poor sleep during and after competition. Although limited published data are available, these athletes also appear particularly susceptible to reductions in both sleep quality and sleep duration after night competition and periods of heavy training. However, studies examining the relationship between sleep and recovery in such situations are lacking. Indeed, further observational sleep studies in team-sport athletes are required to confirm these concerns. Naps, sleep extension, and sleep-hygiene practices appear advantageous to performance; however, future proof-of-concept studies are now required to determine the efficacy of these interventions on postexercise recovery. Moreover, more research is required to understand how sleep interacts with numerous recovery responses in team-sport environments. This is pertinent given the regularity with which these teams encounter challenging scenarios during the course of a season. Therefore, this review examines the factors that compromise sleep during a season and after competition and discusses strategies that may help improve sleep in team-sport athletes.
A Life Course Examination of Women’s Team Sport Participation in Late Adulthood
Jen D. Wong, Julie S. Son, Stephanie T. West, Jill J. Naar, and Toni Liechty
experience of team sport participation. Although individuals are living longer than ever due to improvements in health care, negative stereotypes of older adults still persist. In Western nations, negative stereotypes of older adults include the assumption that they have health issues and cognitive
Acute Ingestion of Caffeinated Chewing Gum Improves Repeated Sprint Performance of Team Sport Athletes With Low Habitual Caffeine Consumption
Mark Evans, Peter Tierney, Nicola Gray, Greg Hawe, Maria Macken, and Brendan Egan
indicated by a decline in maximal sprint speed with subsequent sprints, that is, an increase in sprint duration over a set distance. Clearly, any ergogenic aid that can attenuate fatigue and maintain RSP in team sport athletes may prove beneficial and warrant use during competition. A wide body of
Transferable Benefits of Cycle Hypoventilation Training for Run-Based Performance in Team-Sport Athletes
Xavier Woorons, François Billaut, and Henry Vandewalle
The physical component of successful team-sport athletes involves many different abilities such as strength, velocity, endurance, stamina, and flexibility. The ability to repeat sprints, that is, to maintain the highest velocity throughout the game, has also been found to be paramount in these
Keeping It Real or Bridging the Gap? Brand Positioning of U.S. Sport Teams in Germany and China
Anton Behrens, Yanxiang Yang, and Sebastian Uhrich
Today, satellite fans, that is, fans who follow sport teams from a foreign country, make up the majority of the total fan base of many internationally popular team sport brands. A striking example is the English Premier League team Manchester United’s fan base, of which merely 13.7% come from
