Bell W1*, Colley JP2, Evans WD3, Darlington SE3, Cooper SM1 and Cobner DM1 1Cardiff School of Sport, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cyncoed, Cardiff, Wales, UK 2Wales Gene Park, Institute of Medical Genetics, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, Wales, UK 3Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, Wales, UK Journal of Exerci...

OBJECTIVE To assess indicative trends in the use of protective eyewear by Australian squash players and their attitudes towards its use since 1989. METHODS Data were extracted from three Australian surveys of squash players conducted in 1989, 1995, and 2000. Responses to directly similar attitudinal questions relating to protective eyewear use from each survey were compared. The proportion of...

This study arose as a result of two squash players, one male one female, seeking advice on how to improve their mental approach to playing. They both felt that their game suffered badly through too much anxiety. After preliminary interviews it was decided to use a programme of stress inoculation training to help them learn to control their anxiety. In order to obtain baseline measures of anxiet...

Digital games can be used not only for fun and entertainment. The term ‘serious games’ denotes digital games serving serious purposes like education, training, advertising, research, and health. In the contribution the chances and challenges of serious games for computer science in sport will be discussed. Serious games, particularly adventure and shooter games, already play an important role i...

The acquisition of expertise is an area of controversy between those seeing a strong influence from genetics, inherent talent, and those who deny that genetics plays much of a role. Because the genetics and early life experiences of humans are not open to direct manipulation, human studies are of limited utility in this debate. Studies employing non-humans as expert models may prove useful in r...

Squash is a racquet sport played in a similar style room as racquetball. In a squash match there are 2 players that alternate hitting a small, black, rubber ball. A complete match is played as best of 5 games, where each game is played to 11 points. Points are scored when a player fails to return a shot made by the opponent. The sport of squash is played in over 190 countries by millions of peo...

1 Department of Sport Science, Medical Section, University of Innsbruck, Austria, 2 Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, University of Helsinki, Finland, 3 Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, 4 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia and IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia, Italy 5 NordLab Oulu, Oulu ...