ABSTRACT Introduction: In the orienteering sport, orienteer has to pass through control points marked on terrain in shortest possible time, with help of a map and compass, using nature as playing field. This activity been man since its origin. As it appeared Nordic countries more than hundred years ago perform an outdoor physical intellectual potential promote aerobic endurance university stude...

No previous research in squash has considered the time between shots or the proximity of the ball to a wall, which are two important variables that influence shot outcomes. The aim of this paper was to analyse shot types to determine the extent to which they are played in different court areas and a more detailed analysis to determine whether the time available had an influence on the shot sele...

From 17.09.06 to 20.09.06, the Dagstuhl Seminar 06381 Computer Science in Sport was held in the International Conference and Research Center (IBFI), Schloss Dagstuhl. During the seminar, several participants presented their current research, and ongoing work and open problems were discussed. Abstracts of the presentations given during the seminar as well as abstracts of seminar results and idea...

The purpose of this study was to compare the aerobic fitness of two groups of male college students: 32 Anglo-Saxon males (age range 16-18 years) with 27 Indian males, born in England, (age range 16-23 years), none of whom was highly active in any particular sport. Maximal oxygen uptake was estimated by submaximal test on a cycle ergometer and percent body fat was assessed by skinfold calipers....

JUST, T.P., I.R. COOPER, and D.S. DELOREY. Sympathetic vasoconstriction in skeletal muscle: adaptations to exercise training. Exerc. Sport Sci. Rev., Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 137–143, 2016. Sympathetic vasoconstriction in the skeletal muscle vascular bed is essential for the regulation of vascular resistance and therefore control of blood pressure and muscle blood flow at rest and during exercise. I...

In order to improve their performance, some athletes utilize methods which optimize the physiological characteristics needed for their sport. The considerable availability of recombinant human erythropoietin (rEPO) has allowed the widespread use of this drug in aerobic sports to increase oxygen transfer capacity. Like endogenous EPO the recombinant hormone interacts with the precursor erythroid...

The objective of this work was to compare the anthropometric and physical fitness characteristics of Brazilian adolescents who practise team court sports and to compare specific parameters obtained for adolescents with data from the general population. This was a cross-sectional study of 1,348 male adolescents grouped as follows: basketball players (n = 287), indoor soccer players (n = 665), ha...

T oday, tennis is a world-class competitive sport attracting millions of players and fans worldwide. Professional tennis players travel and compete extensively year round, with tournaments on the professional men’s and women’s calendars numbering, for example, 603 and 473, respectively, in 2008, including tournaments and team events for junior, seniors, and wheelchair players. Thus, there are m...

The present study investigated the relationship between regular sport participation (soccer) and vigilance performance. Two groups of male and female adolescents differentiated in terms of their sport participation (athletes, n = 39, and non-athletes, n = 36) took part in the study. In one session, participants performed the Leger Multi-stage fitness test to estimate their aerobic fitness level...

Background: Surfing is a sport that has become considerably popular, which increased interest in research about the aspects that can influence on the performance of these athletes, such as injuries, aerobic fitness and reaction time. Due to the ever-changing environment and high instability required for surfing, the surfers must develop some neuromuscular skills (agility, balance, muscle streng...