Events such as player protests can create image crises that require sport organizations to engage in political issues. In this manuscript, we blend repair theory with the social identity approach leadership advance knowledge about how communicate response crises. Applying a discursive psychology framework analyze 21 NFL communications and interview statements, explored NFL’s rhetoric evolved 20...

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...

A typical track and field sports event reveals a great deal of diversity. While a pole-vaulter is getting ready for the next vault, the starting pistol goes off and a group of track athletes break explosively into a 100 m sprint. A coach is helping an athlete to prepare herself mentally for a decisive high jump, while another group of athletes is relaxing on a mat at the edge of the stadium. Du...

Background. Futsal has attracted many enthusiasts these days due to its special attractiveness as well as the skillful performance of players. Objectives. This research was aimed at analyzing the futsal strategic plan in Sulaymaniyah province and providing management solutions. Methods. The present research is a descriptive-analytical and applied research. The statistical population consisted...

Athletes are among the groups of people who are interested in the effects of caffeine on endurance and exercise capacity. Although many studies have investigated the effect of caffeine ingestion on exercise, not all are suited to draw conclusions regarding caffeine and sports performance. Characteristics of studies that can better explore the issues of athletes include the use of well-trained s...

The growth law for the development of top athletes performances remains unknown in quantifiable sport events. Here we present a growth model for 41351 best performers from 70 track and field (T&F) and swimming events and detail their characteristics over the modern Olympic era. We show that 64% of T&F events no longer improved since 1993, while 47% of swimming events stagnated after 1990, prior...

Slow motion videos are frequently featured during broadcast of sports events. However, these videos do not feature any audio channel, apart from the live ambiance and comments from sports presenters. Standard audio time-scaling methods were not developed with such noisy signal in mind and they do not always permit to obtain an acceptable acoustic quality. In this work, we present a new approach...

Background: Breath holding spells (BHS) are paroxysmal events with apnea and postural tone with Electrocardiography (ECG) abnormality and epilepsy status reports. The study aimed to compare the ECG parameters’ in epilepsy and breath-holding children compared with healthy children. Materials and Methods: </st...