We developed and tested a model in which transformational leadership affects sports performance indirectly, through the mediating effects of intrinsic motivation. During the season. 168 university athletes provided data on their perceptions of their coach’s transformational leadership and their own intrinsic motivation. At the end of the season, their coaches assessed the performance of the ath...

Trait anxiety is a personality characteristic that describes the tendency to feel anxious across a variety of situations, while state anxiety refers to the anxiety experienced in a specific situation (Cox, 2007). Previous research has suggested that high trait anxious individuals experience more situation-specific state anxiety (Horikawa & Yagi, 2012). Additionally, prior research has indicated...

The aim of the study was to determine the structure of morpho-functional models that determine the level of sports performance in three consecutive stages of training of young badminton players. In the course of the study, 3 groups of young badminton players were examined: 40 preadolescents aged 11-13, 32 adolescents aged 14-16, and 24 adolescents aged 17-19. The scope of the study involved bas...

The aim of the study is to examine possible differences in the use of performance strategies of Malaysian professional university soccer players and type of positions during play. The participants consists of 24 players from UiTM FC aged 20 to 27 years (M=23.04, SD= 1.88), with different positions (8 forwards; strikers and midfielders, 16 backs; defenders and goal keepers). The Test of Performa...

Talent identification (TI) is a popular and hugely important topic within sports performance, with an ever-increasing amount of resources dedicated to unveiling the next sporting star. However, at present, most TI processes appear to select high-performing individuals at the present point in time, as opposed to identifying those individuals with the greatest capacity to improve. This represents...

BACKGROUND The negative effects of dehydration on aerobic activities are well established. However, it is unknown how dehydration affects intermittent sports performance. The purpose of this study was to identify the level of dehydration in elite badminton players and its relation to muscle strength and power production. METHODOLOGY Seventy matches from the National Spanish badminton champion...

considering the effects that anxiety can have on performance, the relationship between anxiety and performance has interested researchers for many years. the aim of this study was to examine the effect of neurofeedback alpha/theta intervention on the anxiety reduction and performance enhancement in young soccer players. to do so, 30 soccer players attending the national soccer league of iran we...

Thirteen experienced male weightlifters taking high-protein diets and regular exercise took part in a double-blind crossover trial of methandienone 10 or 25 mg/day to seeif the drug improved athletic performance. Their improvemments were significantly greater on methandienone than on placebo; their body weights rose (though this seemed to be associated with water retention); and systolic blood...

Fundamental movement competency is essential for participation in physical activity and for mitigating the risk of injury, which are both key elements of health throughout life. The squat movement pattern is arguably one of the most primal and critical fundamental movements necessary to improve sport performance, to reduce injury risk and to support lifelong physical activity. Based on current ...

Genetic research has demonstrated that even though we all share the same genes, small DNA sequence variations existence in a gene's structure and can affect how that gene functions in the body. The most common sequence variations, known as single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), make us unique and different from everyone else. For that reason, genetics has been hailed as the science of the twenty...