The article is devoted to assessing the prospects for life of main sport — athletics, which in itself extremely important, had a good reputation past, many Olympic champions, world records, outstanding coaches, advanced methods and practices training athletes highest sportsmanship category. In recent years, number serious violations doping scandals have led fact that Russian athletics has found...

An overview of the key topics faced by college athletics administrators with citations to noteworthy cases, statutes, regulations, and additional sources.

Objective: To describe the epidemiology of injury complaints related to athletics activity in elite (track and field) athletes practicing disciplines with sprints (i.e., sprints, hurdles, combined events, long jump, triple jump). Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study on sprinting licensed French Federation Athletics retrospective data collection that occurred during their lifetime activ...

The article examines the results of physical fitness first, second and third year students, who are engaged in group sports improvement athletics volleyball

BACKGROUND The deleterious effects of dehydration on athletic and cognitive performance have been well documented. As such, dehydrated individuals are advised to consume fluid in volumes equivalent to 1.25 to 1.5 L kg-1 body mass (BM) lost to restore body water content. However, individuals undertaking subsequent activity may have limited time to consume fluid. Within this context, the impact o...

Human beings evolved consuming a diet that contained about equal amounts of y-6 and y-3 essential fatty acids. Today, in Western diets, the ratio of y-6 to y-3 fatty acids ranges from approximately 10:1 to 20:1 instead of the traditional range of 1:1 to 2:1. Studies indicate that a high intake of y-6 fatty acids shifts the physiologic state to one that is prothrombotic and proaggregatory, chara...

The sprint start lays a foundation to a good performance of track athletes. Thus, the aim was to understand the key force production determinants of the athletics sprint start. Eleven male athletes performed normal sprint starts with ground reaction forces collected at 1000 Hz from under each extremity separately. Key kinetic variables were analysed from six starts from each athlete and correla...

Tuition Waiver Request [2] for retirees Scholarship / Tuition Assistance [3] Plan for Dependent Children and Spouses of Eligible Retirees Retiree Parking Rate There is a parking rate for retirees (not applicable to day-rate). Arrangements must be made through Parking Services [4]. Athletic Facilities Retirees and their dependents are eligible to purchase Athletic memberships. The Athletics Recr...

Tuition Waiver Request [2] for retirees Scholarship / Tuition Assistance [3] Plan for Dependent Children and Spouses of Eligible Retirees Retiree Parking Rate There is a parking rate for retirees (not applicable to day-rate). Arrangements must be made through Parking Services [4]. Athletic Facilities Retirees and their dependents are eligible to purchase Athletic memberships. The Athletics Recr...

Ron Courson, ATC, PT, NREMT-I, CSCS (Chair)*; Michael Goldenberg, MS, ATC (Chair)*; Kevin G. Adams, CAA†; Scott A. Anderson, ATC‡; Bob Colgate§; Larry Cooper, MS, LAT, ATC*; Lori Dewald, EdD, ATC, MCHES, F-AAHE||; R.T. Floyd, EdD, ATC*; Douglas B. Gregory, MD, FAAP¶; Peter A. Indelicato, MD#; David Klossner, PhD, ATC**; Rick O’Leary, MS, ATC, AT/L*; Tracy Ray, MD††; Tim Selgo‡‡; Charlie Thompso...