Winter sports special issue

Combat Sports Special Issue

This case study investigated relationships between personality, mood states changes, coping strategies, self-set goals, and self-efficacy in an elite judo player. A transactional perspective of psychological responses over time was used to guide data analysis. The ambient mood is proposed to contribute to the interpretation of, and reaction to, events during competition, which lead to subsequen...

Special Issue

Introduction to the special issue: Officials in sports

The history of sport referees, judges, and officials, began with the first Olympic Games in the Antiquity. The Hellanodikai, the judges of the Greeks, had many roles including; selecting the athletes, supervising their training, coordinating the drawing lots, refereeing the competitions and judging and deciding on sanctions if it was required (Bagnall, Brodersen, Champion, Erskine, & Huebner, 2...

Complex systems in sports: Introduction to the special issue

Sport is one of the most important activities of Humanity. Its relevance goes beyond the physical/psychological benefits that their practicing provides (an aspect that justifies in itself its importance in our current society). In fact, be it as actually playing some sport or just watching some games, it provides a huge means for socialization and education. Needless to say, the economical view...

Nutrition for winter sports.

Winter sports are played in cold conditions on ice or snow and often at moderate to high altitude. The most important nutritional challenges for winter sport athletes exposed to environmental extremes include increased energy expenditure, accelerated muscle and liver glycogen utilization, exacerbated fluid loss, and increased iron turnover. Winter sports, however, vary greatly regarding their n...