Background Insufficient postmatch recovery in elite players may cause an increased risk of injuries, illnesses and non-functional over-reaching. Objective To evaluate postmatch recovery time courses of physical performance and biochemical markers in team ball sport players. Study design Systematic review. Data sources PubMed and Web of Science. Eligibility criteria for selecting studies...

Heterogeneous Sports Participation and Labour Market Outcomes in England Based on a unique composite dataset measuring heterogeneous sports participation, labour market outcomes and local facilities provision, this paper examines for the first time the association between different types of sports participation on employment and earnings in England. Clear associations between labour market outc...

Similar to other complex systems in nature (e.g., a hunting pack, flocks of birds), sports teams have been modeled as social neurobiological systems in which interpersonal coordination tendencies of agents underpin team swarming behaviors. Swarming is seen as the result of agent co-adaptation to ecological constraints of performance environments by collectively perceiving specific possibilities...

This paper draws upon the findings of an evaluation of “More than a Game”, a sport-focused youth mentoring program in Melbourne, Australia that aimed to develop a community-based resilience model using team-based sports to address issues of identity, belonging, and cultural isolation amongst young Muslim men in order to counter forms of violent extremism. In this essay we focus specifically on ...

General awareness of the potential of mathematics to support sports decision-making has been raised by the movie “Moneyball” through its portrayal of a real professional American baseball club that used mathematical tools to improve team performance. This article addresses the same challenge, using as a test case a fantasy sport game organized by an Argentinian newspaper. Two mathematical progr...

The difference in birth dates between athletes of the same age can result an advantage for relatively older one. This is referred to as relative effect (RAE). interfere practice children and youth also influence their training development reach a high level sport. study aimed review previous research based on following question: “What are influences consequences RAE sports invasion team sports?...

On 25 May 2001, the Centre for Disease Control, Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services in Darwin, was alerted by local media reports to an apparent outbreak of gastroenteritis that occurred in a visiting interstate sporting team 2 days before. The 16-member team was competing in the Arafura Games, a biennial, international sports competition conducted in Darwin. After co...

Suicide is one of the leading causes death among US adolescents. Identifying as a sexual minority risk factor for suicide due to higher rates depression seen in this population. Participating team sports protects against being involved physical activity and social interaction. However, youths face discrimination, victimization, harassment multiple environments, including locker room or team. De...