Tag: MDPI

«Sports» links several scientific disciplines in an integrated fashion, to address critical issues related to sport science and public health. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Talent Identification in Elite Adolescent Ice Hockey Players: The Discriminant Capacity of Fitness Tests, Skating Performance and Psychological Characteristics by Jean Lemoyne, Jean-François Brunelle, Vincent Huard Pelletier, Julien Glaude-Roy and Gaëtan Martini.

«Sports» links several scientific disciplines in an integrated fashion, to address critical issues related to sport science and public health. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Relative Age Effects in Male Cricket: A Personal Assets Approach to Explain Immediate, Short-Term, and Long-Term Developmental Outcomes by Adam L. Kelly, Thomas Brown, Rob Reed, Jean Côté and Jennifer Turnnidge.

«Sports» links several scientific disciplines in an integrated fashion, to address critical issues related to sport science and public health. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The Role of Crowd Support on Home Advantage during COVID-19 Restrictions on Italian Football Competitions. Comparison between 2018–19 and 2020–21 Seasons of the Italian Serie A and Serie B Championships by Matteo Vandoni, Ottavia E. Ferraro, Alessandro Gatti, Luca Marin, Matteo Giuriato, Dario Silvestri, Nicola Lovecchio, Mariangela V. Puci and Vittoria Carnevale Pellino.

Various protests and social movements have drawn public and scholarly attention to racial injustice, sexual harassment and gender inequality, and violence in the context of professional and collegiate sports and beyond. In a related yet different vein, the COVID-19 pandemic has further complicated sport engagement significantly. In this Special Issue, our primary aim is to unpack such complexities by addressing how contemporary social and cultural events and trends interact with varying dimensions of sport engagement.

We invite papers that contribute to and extend the debate surrounding the inclusion of lifestyle sports in physical education, at primary (elementary) and/or secondary (high) school level, either by revisiting or rethinking what is currently known about lifestyle sports and applying this to the PE context or by considering new and innovative methods and ways for incorporating lifestyle sports in PE.

«Sports» links several scientific disciplines in an integrated fashion, to address critical issues related to sport science and public health. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: A Comparison of the External and Internal Demands Imposed during Conditioning Training and Match-Play in Semi-Professional and Development Female Netball Players by Tandia G. Wood, Aaron T. Scanlan, Geoffrey M. Minett and Vincent G. Kelly (open access).

«Sports» links several scientific disciplines in an integrated fashion, to address critical issues related to sport science and public health. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The Integration of Wheelchair Users in Team Handball: by Steffen Greve, Sinikka Heisler, Pia von Keutz, Blall Shirdel and Frowin Fasold (open access).

«Sports» links several scientific disciplines in an integrated fashion, to address critical issues related to sport science and public health. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Impact of Training Protocols on Lifting Velocity Recovery in Resistance Trained Males and Females by Christian Houmann Amdi, Daniel John Cleather and Jamie Tallent (open access).

«Sports» links several scientific disciplines in an integrated fashion, to address critical issues related to sport science and public health. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Racing Demands of Off-Road Triathlon: A Case Study of a National Champion Masters Triathlete by Christopher R. Harnish, Hamish A. Ferguson and Gregory P. Swinand (open access).

«Sports» links several scientific disciplines in an integrated fashion, to address critical issues related to sport science and public health. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Intra- and Inter-Limb Strength Asymmetry in Soccer: A Comparison of Professional and Under-18 Players by Chris Bishop, Giuseppe Coratella and Marco Beato (open access).