Sport Science on Women, Women in Sport Science

Women and Sport

Regular physical activity is important for the health of both sexes. However, the physiological, anatomical, psychological and socio-cultural specificities of women require special considerations in all aspects of their sports. Puberty brings gender differences that result from different sexual functioning of endocrine axis. Despite the identical mechanisms of adaptation to physical activity, s...

Sport science and medicine in tennis.

T ennis is one of the major global sports, with over 75 million participants worldwide. Many more follow the Grand Slams, Davis Cup and Fed Cup events, overseen by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the professional tours, governed and managed by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Sony Ericsson WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) Tour. The ITF is the world governing b...

Olympic Textbook of Science in Sport

Modelling with BRG.LifeMODTM in Sport Science

Besides the actual state of the condition, the performance of an athlete is highly influenced by the way of executing the movement. So this factor is said to be more and more important. In order to find out and use these potentials, sport science profits from the power of computers for example with modelling and simulating special movements. This article describes the basic functions of a model...

Qualitative Research in Sport Science 1 )

For the last ten years qualitative research approaches have been of growing interest in the comparatively young interdisciplinary field of sport-science, especially regarding its social and educational sections. This article discusses the subjects handled, and the methods used concerning different object understandings, as well as the importance of 'qualitative' results in our discipline in gen...