Super League (SL) and Championship (RLC) rugby league players will compete against each other in 2015 and beyond. To identify possible discrepancies, this study compared the anthropometric profile and body composition of current SL (full-time professional) and RLC (part-time semi-professional) players using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). A cross-sectional design involved DXA scans on 6...

We describe the motivations, research issues, current results, and future directions of The Ulm Sparrows, a project that aims at the design and implementation of a team of robotic soccer players. The RoboCup challenge was proposed by Kitano et al..1] in order to revive research in AI and to provide the eld with a new long-range research challenge. Creating a powerful team of skilled robotic soc...

ABSTRACT Introduction: Although the positive effects of physical activity on global health are well documented, sports practice is associated with a greater risk injury; in professional soccer particular, substantial. Objective: The primary objective this study was to investigate incidence injuries among male athletes competing regional championship. secondary determine prevalence injuries. Met...

Purpose This study quantifies academy productivity within English football clubs that have competed in the second tier (Championship) between 2017 and 2020. Previous research has outlined situated underneath top leagues an important role development of elite professional players. aims to examine level pathway further England. Design/methodology/approach The utilisation players was conducted wit...

With the recent inclusion of inter-league games to professional sports leagues, a natural question is to determine the “best possible” inter-league schedule that retains all of the league’s scheduling constraints to ensure competitive balance and fairness, while minimizing the total travel distance for both economic and environmental efficiency. To answer that question, this paper introduces th...

Introduction. Determining the hierarchical structure of competitive activity in volleyball using methods multidimensional mathematical analysis makes it possible to rationally construct structural formations annual macrocycle training qualified players and increase efficiency activity. The purpose study is analyze factor determine hierarchy its individual components. Research methods: generaliz...

There are situations in which a monopoly solution cannot be reached. In these cases, situation represents the maximum concentration (minimum competitive balance)? It is relevant question, given that sports economics, measuring balance of league done through normalized indices. These indices require level known. Until now, distribution results generates has been identified literature as Complete...

No previous studies have evaluated the influence of significant international sports events on qualified detoxification treatment outcome. This prospective study examines the impact of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship on inpatient treatment outcome of alcohol dependent patients. Hospital admission and premature drop-out rates of consecutively admitted alcohol dependent patients were...

This article is a statistical investigation into the 2017 Major League Baseball scandal involving Houston Astros, World Series championship winner that same year. The Astros were alleged to have stolen their opponents’ pitching signs in order provide batters with potentially unfair advantage. work finds compelling evidence on-field performance was significantly affected by sign-stealing ploy an...