Is Basketball a Symmetrical Sport?

Sport Commitment in High Perfomance Basketball Coaches

The aim of this research is to determine the arguments of commitment of sixteen basketball coaches of high performance, and establish what are the most prominent within the categories that mark the literature. To do this, there has been a qualitative research as a research technique using semi-structured interviews. According to the questions were set general themes or categories on which to pl...

Increasing girls’ physical activity during an organised youth sport basketball program: a randomised controlled trial protocol

BACKGROUND Participation in organised youth sports (OYS) has been recommended as an opportunity to increase young peoples' moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) levels. Participants, however, spend a considerable proportion of time during OYS inactive. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to investigate whether coaches who attended coach education sessions (where education on incre...

the level of sport competitive anxiety in elite basketball players and its relationship with sport injuries

background the effect of psychological factors in the context of a growing number of sports, prevention of sports injuries, exercise rehabilitation and as an effective tool for managing stress and anxiety in the race has been confirmed by various studies ،the purpose of the present study was to determine the level of sport competitive anxiety in iranian elite basketball player and its relations...

Is doping-free sport a Utopia?

Roller skating--is it a dangerous sport?

A prospective survey of 111 cases of roller skating injuries within one year are reported. Males were more commonly injured than females. There was a high incidence (86%) of serious injuries, 28% of which required surgical treatment. The wrist (23%) was the commonest region involved, followed by the shoulder (20%), the elbow (15%) and the ankle (12%). Collision with other skaters and loss of co...