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Journal articles on the topic "Competitive sport"

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Henkel, Steven. "Honouring God through Sports Competition." Journal of Christian Education os-50, no. 2 (September 2007): 33–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002196570705000204.

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Contemporary assumptions about competition are analysed while the case for competitive sports building character is found to be inconclusive. Particular biblical principles that apply to competitive sport are presented before the issue of human personhood and competitive sports is discussed. In place of the secular view of competition, a more godly approach is advocated that does justice to the Christian view of persons while at the same time demonstrating the benefits of sports for personal development.
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Wu, Yong Cheng. "The Influence of Modern Science and Technology on Athletic Sport." Advanced Materials Research 271-273 (July 2011): 1045–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.271-273.1045.

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Modern science and technology is a "double-edged sword". On the one hand, it not only improved competitive sports continuously created new sport items, but also improved the training equipment and training environment, promoted the movement technology and changed the sport values. On the other hand, modern technologies also contributed to the alienation of technology, and weakened the physical fitness activities, and lead competitive sports into deformity errors, which made fair competition become empty, and generated a series of uncivilized unfair social problems. Therefore, we appeal of positive effect of modern technology. In the same time, confront and suppress its negative effects, to ensure that competitive sports may develop in healthy environment under the conditions of modern science and technology.
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Campbell, Elizabeth, and Graham Jones. "Precompetition Anxiety and Self-Confidence in Wheelchair Sport Participants." Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly 14, no. 2 (April 1997): 95–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/apaq.14.2.95.

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This study examined the precompetition temporal patterning of anxiety and self-confidence in wheelchair sport participants. The subjects comprised of 103 male (n = 87) and female (n = 16) wheelchair sport participants who participated at national level or above in a variety of sports. All the subjects completed a modified version of the Competitive Trait Anxiety Inventory-2 (CTAI-2) which measured three dimensions of their normal competitive anxiety response (intensity, frequency, and direction), at three time periods preceding competition (1 week, 2 hours, and 30 minutes before). The findings suggest that wheelchair sport participants show a similar precompetition anxiety response to nondisabled sport participants. However, there appears to be some differences, particularly in the intensity of somatic anxiety symptoms experienced and the reduction in self-confidence just prior to competition. The findings also provide further support for the distinction between intensity, frequency, and direction of competitive anxiety symptoms.
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Blanco-García, Cecilia, Jorge Acebes-Sánchez, Gabriel Rodriguez-Romo, and Daniel Mon-López. "Resilience in Sports: Sport Type, Gender, Age and Sport Level Differences." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 15 (August 3, 2021): 8196. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158196.

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There seems to be a broad consensus that there is a positive correlation between resilience and sport performance. However, different studies show divergent results on the role played by certain variables in this relationship. This study aimed to analyze the possible relationships between resilience levels and the practiced sport according to gender, age, and competitive level of the athletes in 1047 competitive athletes from five different sports (handball, basketball, volleyball, athletics, and judo). Resilience was assessed with the Spanish version of the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS). Results of independent samples t-tests or analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed no significant differences on the level of resilience according to the practiced sport or the competitive level. However, the analyses of covariance (ANCOVA) showed that they were related to the gender and age of the athletes, being higher in males than in females, and there was a positive correlation with age. These results seem to suggest the convenience of using differentiated strategies, according to gender and age, when working on all those protective factors that could allow the athlete to perform better when facing adversity in the competitive environment.
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Jones, Bethany Alice, Jon Arcelus, Walter Pierre Bouman, and Emma Haycraft. "Sport and Transgender People: A Systematic Review of the Literature Relating to Sport Participation and Competitive Sport Policies." Sports Medicine 47, no. 4 (October 3, 2016): 701–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40279-016-0621-y.

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Abstract Background Whether transgender people should be able to compete in sport in accordance with their gender identity is a widely contested question within the literature and among sport organisations, fellow competitors and spectators. Owing to concerns surrounding transgender people (especially transgender female individuals) having an athletic advantage, several sport organisations place restrictions on transgender competitors (e.g. must have undergone gender-confirming surgery). In addition, some transgender people who engage in sport, both competitively and for leisure, report discrimination and victimisation. Objective To the authors’ knowledge, there has been no systematic review of the literature pertaining to sport participation or competitive sport policies in transgender people. Therefore, this review aimed to address this gap in the literature. Method Eight research articles and 31 sport policies were reviewed. Results In relation to sport-related physical activity, this review found the lack of inclusive and comfortable environments to be the primary barrier to participation for transgender people. This review also found transgender people had a mostly negative experience in competitive sports because of the restrictions the sport’s policy placed on them. The majority of transgender competitive sport policies that were reviewed were not evidence based. Conclusion Currently, there is no direct or consistent research suggesting transgender female individuals (or male individuals) have an athletic advantage at any stage of their transition (e.g. cross-sex hormones, gender-confirming surgery) and, therefore, competitive sport policies that place restrictions on transgender people need to be considered and potentially revised.
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Allibardi, Pierluigi. "Competitive sport eligibility." Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine 9, no. 12 (December 2008): 1279. http://dx.doi.org/10.2459/jcm.0b013e3283117f2f.

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Hossein, Soltani, Hojati Zahra, and Reza Attarzadeh Hossini Seyed. "COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF COMPETITIVE STATE ANXIETY AMONG TEAM SPORT AND INDIVIDUAL SPORT ATHLETES IN IRAN." Physical education of students 20, no. 5 (October 28, 2016): 57–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.15561/20755279.2016.0508.

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Purpose: With respect to the fact that every sport field has its own special nature, the aim of present study was to compare competitive state anxiety among team sport and individual sport athletes in Iran. Material: The statistic sample included 120 male athletes, 60 athletes in individual sports (wrestling, taekwondo and karate) and 60 athletes in team sports (futsal, volleyball and basketball). The research instrument employed was the Persian version of the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2. This inventory was distributed among the subjects about 30 minutes before the first competition. Finally by one-way ANOVA data was analyzed. Results: The results indicated that the mean score of somatic anxiety and cognitive anxiety among individual sport athletes was significantly higher than that of team sport athletes (p0.05). Conclusion: It seems the being part of a team alleviates some of the pressure experienced by those who compete alone. It seems the individual sport athletes may be more exposed to evaluation and more engaged in their own skills and abilities than team sport athletes given that responsibility for performance is not distributed across several performers.
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Milne, George R., Mark A. McDonald, William A. Button, and Rajiv Kashyap. "A Niche-Based Evaluation of Sport Participation Patterns." Journal of Sport Management 10, no. 4 (October 1996): 417–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jsm.10.4.417.

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This research examines the competitive niche positions of 36 sports and fitness activities reported in an American Sports Activities 1993 tracking study. The article discusses the advantages of viewing competition from an ecological niche perspective and presents a measure of competitive resource overlap (CRO) used in marketing for measuring niche breadth and niche overlap. The empirical study presents an intuitive mapping of the sports market and calculates the niche breadth and niche overlap for each sport. Managerial implications for sporting goods manufacturers, advertising agencies, corporate sponsors, fitness consultants, and other professionals interested in participant sports markets are given.
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Marwat, Noor Muhammad, Syed Zia ul Islam, Muhammad Safdar Luqman, Mehwish Manzoor, and Irfanullah. "EFFECT OF COMPETITION ANXIETY ON ATHLETES SPORTS PERFORMANCE: IMPLICATION FOR COACH." Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews 9, no. 3 (June 29, 2021): 1460–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.18510/hssr.2021.93146.

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of competition anxiety upon sports performance of elite athletes who took part in the “31st National Games held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP), Pakistan. Methodology: One hundred and twenty-eight (N=128) males= 88, females= 40; Age 21.9 +/-1.5 years; Sports Experience, 8.9 +/-1.7 years) provided the required information on 15-items Sports Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT). The history of sports performance of athletes was obtained during breaks within competitive fixtures. Main Findings: The analyzed data revealed that competitive anxiety is responsible for 38% change in sports performance. Furthermore, the relationship is moderate negative identifying that an increase in competitive anxiety decreases the sports performance of athletes (r=-0.386, P=.002). Additionally, comparative analyses indicated that female athletes and athletes from individual sports showed higher levels of Competition Anxiety, while male athletes and athletes with team sport reported lower levels of Competition Anxiety (P <.005). Implications of the study: This gender impact is critical and significant showing decisive implications for the coaches and trainers. These findings were explored in light of the theoretical and practical implications of these findings for designing sport psychology programs in Pakistan for athletes from various contexts. Novelty: The findings indicate that competitive trait anxiety can harm the success, and indicate that certain PL athletes can benefit from therapies that seek to decrease anxiety before and during competition.
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Finkenberg, Mel E., F. Michael Moode, and James M. DrNucci. "Analysis of Sport Orientation of Female Collegiate Athletes." Perceptual and Motor Skills 86, no. 2 (April 1998): 647–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1998.86.2.647.

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Scores on three subscales of the Sport Orientation Questionnaire were analyzed to assess whether competitive orientation of 40 female athletes differed from that of 36 nonparticipants and whether competitive orientation differentiated among athletes participating in different sports. Intercollegiate women athletes from three sports (basketball = 12; Softball = 16; and volleyball = 12) and a control group of 36 women who did not participate in athletics were respondents. Scores on Win and Competition significantly discriminated among groups. Scores of the control group were significantly lower than those of each group of athletes. No other comparisons were significant.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Competitive sport"

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Kashani, O. "Regulating competitive balance in sport." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2012. http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/272/.

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Sport is an integral part of popular culture, capturing the hearts and minds of millions of people from every section of society 1. Maintaining competitive balance in sport is essential in preserving its long term survival. A higher uncertainty of outcome in contests is likely to result in greater spectator demand and increased revenues; whereas an imbalanced competition will eventually lead to a decline in attendance and the overall quality of the sport. The regulation of competitive balance in individual sports is difficult to implement, as success relies largely on the athlete’s individual skill and ability 2. In contrast, team sports can be influenced by a number of regulatory measures such as player drafts, salary caps, transfer windows, and player quotas. Analysis into Europe and North America’s regulation of competitive balance reveals a variety of measures used to foster greater equality of opportunity between teams competing with one another in sport. Unfortunately European sports are restricted somewhat, as access to sport is considered to be a social advantage and importance for the integration of citizens, and therefore cannot remain outside the scope of the fundamental principles of free movement. Although the European Union accepts the ‘specificity of sport’, it grants no exception from European Union law for the industry; a principle that has recently been reaffirmed in the decisions of Bosman 3 and Meca-Medina 4. Sports governing bodies must therefore ensure new rules and regulatory measures comply with European Union law; reducing the number of measures available to them. This thesis analyses the competitive balance in sport both as a more theoretical phenomenon and as something that concrete measures can practically inhibit or stimulate. It ‘drills down’ into how issues of competitive balance arise in a number of specific contexts (doping, corruption, the influence of sponsors and the broadcast media, and with respect to gender and disability) and examines how these specific issues may be resolved as well as drawing out the broader lessons they hold for competitive balance as a whole. It is envisaged that the thesis will not only be of academic interest but prove to be a practical tool for use by those who are at the frontline of governance of sport. 1 Lewis, A. and Taylor, J. (2003) ‘Sport: Law and Practice’, Tottel publishing, p4. 2 Success in individual sports can occasionally rely on other issues such as resources for training. It is harder to have success in winter sports (e.g. bobsleigh) if you live in Jamaica. 3 Case C-415/93 Union Royale Belge Sociétés de Football Association and others v Jean-Marc Bosman and others [1995] ECR 1-4921. 4 Case C-519/04 Meca-Medina and Majcen v Commission [2006] ECR I-6991.
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Gilmore, Orla. "Leaving competitive sport : Scottish female athletes' experiences of sport career transitions." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/496.

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Over the last three decades, the sports research community has demonstrated a growing interest in the process of sport retirement. The majority of the sport retirement research has focused on male professional athletes, traditionally those in the popular spectator sports. Yet, the process of leaving sport applies to thousands of individuals, both male and female, who engage in competitive sport. To date very little consideration has been given to the retirement experiences of female athletes. Three separate studies have been undertaken to address this identified gap in the literature. Studies One and Two aimed to explore the experiences of sport retirement for elite female athletes in Scotland, using a mixture of quantitative and qualitative methodologies. In Study One questionnaire data was collected from 92 former Scottish elite female athletes. Questionnaire sections were designed to examine what were felt to be the major elements of the Taylor and Ogilvie (1994; 2001) conceptual model of adaptation to retirement from sport, in order to explore the applicability of this model to female athletes in Scotland. The results of the study provide support for the use of this model to assist in our understanding of the retirement transition. The findings highlighted the importance of athletic identity, reason for retirement, and perceptions of control in predicting the level of difficulty and adjustment that an athlete may experience upon their retirement. The most significant finding was the effect that athletic identity had on the retirement process, with those identifying strongly with the athletic role reporting significantly higher levels of difficulty, emotional adjustment, and social adjustment. 29 of these athletes participated in an in-depth interview within Study Two, enabling a more in-depth analysis of their retirement experiences. In this study particular attention was paid to the effect of athletic identity on this transition. In support of the findings of Study One, athletes with a strong and exclusive athletic identity were found to be more likely to experience difficulties when they retire. In comparison, athletes with lower levels of athletic identity generally experience some mild negative emotions after initially retiring, followed by a relatively smooth transition into their life after sport. The second part of this thesis examines formal programmes available to support female athletic retirement in Scotland. Study Three provides an evaluation of the Performance Lifestyle programme offered by the Scottish Institute of Sport, focusing in particular on the services related to preparation for life after sport. The perspectives of a number of different groups with an interest or involvement in the programme were examined and comparisons made with the delivery of Performance Lifestyle to other athlete groups in Great Britain. The results show that Performance Lifestyle is a very valuable source of support for athletes who are part of the Institute Network. The programme does deal with the issue of the end of the career, but it is definitely a weaker aspect, largely due to lack of resources. Performance Lifestyle in Scotland compares favourably with programmes offered by the Institute Network in England and by Welsh Rugby. However other professional sports are currently offering superior programmes due to higher levels of investment and resources.
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Dewar, Andrew James. "Achievement goals and emotions in competitive sport." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2012. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3415/.

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The main aim of this thesis was to investigate the relationships between goal involvement and emotions and potential mediators and moderators of these relationships; a secondary aim was to examine the link between goal involvement and sport performance. The relationships between goal involvement and emotions experienced before, during, and after competition were examined in Studies 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Cognitive appraisals (Study 1) and perceived performance (Studies 2 & 3) were examined as mediators of the links between task involvement and emotions. Also, perceived competence (Study 1), perceived performance (Studies 2 & 3), and outcome of the match (Study 3) were investigated as moderators of the relationships between ego involvement and emotions. Finally, the effects of achievement goals on emotions and performance were experimentally tested in a speed-agility task (Study 4). Overall, task involvement was positively related to positive, and negatively associated with negative, emotions; challenge appraisal and perceived performance helped explain the majority of these links. Also, some relationships between ego involvement and emotions were moderated by perceived performance and outcome. These findings suggest athletes should be task involved before or during competition and that ego involvement can be beneficial for emotions when perceived performance is high.
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McEwen, Carolyn Elizabeth. "Team selection transition processes in competitive sport." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/55762.

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Team selection processes are an inherent part of high performance sport and may impact athletes’ sport engagement and psychological adjustment (Samuel & Tenenbaum, 2011a). The purpose of this program of research was to advance understanding of high performance developmental and elite athletes’ experiences with significant team selection processes. Two prospective-longitudinal studies were conducted to achieve this objective. The first study examined how elite athletes negotiated the 2012 Olympic team selection process from an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis perspective (Smith, Flowers, & Larkin, 2009). Three primary themes emerged from analysis of the interviews including the Olympic goal, navigating the Olympic team selection process, and moving on from the Olympics. Results suggested that participants organized their athletic and vocational endeavours around their goal of being selected to compete in the Olympic Games, demonstrating significant investment and sacrifice. To cope with non-selection, athletes reappraised where the 2012 Olympic Games fit within their athletic careers, engaged in new and meaningful athletic, social, and vocational goals, and emphasized the prominence of social and vocational identities unrelated to sport. Study two examined how stress and adaptational processes were impacted by the 2013 Canada Summer Games (CSG) selection process. Multilevel modeling was employed to investigate changes in cognitive appraisals, emotions, coping, sport engagement, athletic goal progress, and life satisfaction in relation to athletes’ CSG selection status. Findings suggested that the CSG tryout had a meaningful impact on athletes as evidenced by changes in emotions, cognitive appraisals, and athletic goal progress in relation to their selection status. However, the CSG selection process did not affect athletes’ sport engagement or life satisfaction. Collectively, results from both studies indicated that athletes reappraised selection processes over time and varied in their emotional responses to team tryouts, highlighting the importance of investigating intrapersonal change and interpersonal differences associated with team selection events. Findings also suggested that the stage of sport career influenced the meaning athletes attached to specific selection processes and the degree to which these events influenced their life as a whole.
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Veivers, Tracey R. "Correlates of competitive anxiety in a team sport /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17670.pdf.

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Dionigi, Rylee Ann. "Competing for Life: Older People and Competitive Sport." Diss., Connect to this title online, 2004. http://www.newcastle.edu.au/services/library/adt/public/adt-NNCU20041203.213850/index.html.

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Connaughton, Declan. "An examination of mental toughness in competitive sport." Thesis, Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10369/7391.

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This thesis provided an in-depth examination of mental toughness in sports performers, and comprised three studies, of which Study 3 contained two parts. The aim of the thesis was to: define mental toughness, identify its component parts, devise a working framework of mental toughness, and identify the underlying mechanisms involved in the development and maintenance of mental toughness. Study 1 addressed the definition of mental toughness and its essential components using 10 international performers. The proposed definition emphasized both general and specific dimensions , and 12 attributes fundamental to the ideal mentally tough performer. These covered self-belief, desire/motivation, dealing with pressure and anxiety, focus (þerformance and lifestyle related), and pain/hardship factors. Study 2 built upon the findings of Study 1 in a sample of eight Olympic or World Champions, three coaches, and four sport psychologists. Findings verified the definition, and identified 30 attributes that were developed into a working framework of mental toughness. The 30 attributes were found to cluster into 13 subcomponents and four dimensions within an overall working framework: a general dimension (attitude/mindset), and three time-specific dimensions (training, competition, post-competition). Study 3 re-interviewed l1 of the participants from Study 2 regarding: (a) the development and maintenance of mental toughness, and (b) how the framework dimensions and subcomponents interacted during the development and maintenance process. Findings revealed four distinct career phases in the development and maintenance of mental toughness. Critical incidents, both positive and negative, were perceived to act as catalysts in cultivating mental toughness, and once acquired, mental toughness needed to be maintained. Findings also confirmed the development and subsequent maintenance of mental toughness over three stages. Factors affecting development and maintenance included: stage l, skill mastery and socialization; stage2, competitiveness, successes in training and competitions; and stage 3, international competitive experience, education, the use of mental skills, a wide ranging social support network, and reflective practice. This prolonged research program has resulted in an empirically based definition of mental toughness, the development of a framework depicting its component parts, and provided an in-depth understanding of the mechanisms involved in the development and maintenance of mental toughness. Practical implications indicate that mental toughness develops over three distinct stages, in the dimensional order of attitude/mindset, training, competition, and post-competition, and requires maintenance. Future directions are discussed in relation to measurement and intervention strategies.
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Xu, Jie, Scott Tainsky, Liang Wei, and Natalie L. Smith. "Competitive Balance in the Chinese Soccer League." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2400.

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This research examines the competitive balance of the CSL since its formation using two popular within-season balance measures. Findings show that balance has been more volatile since league reorganization, but is neither consistently more nor less balanced. Furthermore, we question whether it is coincidental that the CSL was most balanced across all teams in the seasons immediately following its establishment and reorganization, hypothesizing that the traditional Chinese cultural value of harmony may be the root cause. Simple comparisons of win concentrations of top Chinese and UEFA teams do not suggest league imbalance. Given Chinese fan penchant for national team games, we propose that (contrary to the UOH) league interest could potentially be increased by greater imbalance skewed toward the top teams.
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Ferm, Alexander, and Galle Simon. "Testing e-sport athletes : A study on competitive gaming." Thesis, Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH, Institutionen för idrotts- och hälsovetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-3332.

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Aim The main purpose of this study was to compose and test the validity of a cognitive test battery to determine e-sport athletes’ strengths and weaknesses. The second purpose was to investigate their physical fitness. Hypothesis 1: The elite players will perform better in a number of cognitive and fine motor tasks compared to recreational gamers. Hypothesis 2: The elite players’ aerobic capacity cannot be very low (<2,5 VO2 L/min for 20-29 year olds) according to Andersson since that would affect their e-sport performance negatively. Hypothesis 3: A great number of the elite players will not be able to match the demands (>198 seconds) for a healthy back in the Biering-Sørensen test. Method 25 male test subjects were divided into three groups, elite players (E) [10], recreational players (R) [10] and non-players (N) [5]. The elite group consisted of two professional e-sport teams á five persons, one Counter Strike: Global Offensive-team (CS) and one League of Legends-team (LOL), ranging between 17 and 25 years of age (mean age 21,5). R ranged between 21 and 29 years of age (mean 24,9) had all played fighting games, MOBA, online-FPS, online-3PS or RTS games minimum once a week in a 6 month period or more but never competed in them. N ranged between 25 and 32 (mean 28, 4) years of age and had at a maximum tried these kinds of games but never used them for recreational purposes. E, R and N performed a test battery for reaction speed, strategy, perception, situation awareness, keyboard stamina, hand-eye coordination, spatial orientation and anticipatory skill. E was also tested for physical fitness through Ekblom-Bak submaximal cycle ergometer test and back strength with Biering-Sørensens (BS) test. Results E estimated VO2max was 3,83 L/min (SD = 0,38) and E’s mean result from BS back test was 133 s (SD = 54). The elite players did not perform significantly better in any of the cognitive or fine motor task than the recreational players. Conclusion The elite player’s results from the BS test confirms hypothesis 3 and indicates unhealthy backs. The only significant difference within the cognitive tests between E and R is to the E groups disadvantage; surprisingly they showed inferior results in the anticipatory skill test. Their aerobic capacity confirms hypothesis 2, the elite players VO2max was not very low, placing the E group in the upper half of the average in their age group. Furthermore, the test battery cannot be used for talent scouting but could possibly be used to determine cognitive weaknesses.
Syfte Huvudsyftet med denna studie var att sammansätta och testa validiteten i ett kognitivt testbatteri för att bestämma e-sportatleters styrkor och svagheter. Det andra syftet var att undersöka deras fysiska status. Hypotes1: Elitspelarna kommer att prestera bättre i en rad kognitiva och finmotoriska uppgifter jämfört med rekreationsspelare. Hypotes 2: Elitspelarnas aeroba kapacitet kan inte vara mycket låg (<2,5 VO2 L/min för 20-29åringar) eftersom det skulle påverka deras e–sportprestation negativt. Hypotes 3: Ett stort antal av elitspelarna kommer inte att kunna matcha kraven för en frisk rygg (>193 sekunder) i Biering-Sørensentestet. Metod 25 män delades in i tre grupper, elitspelare (E) [10], rekreationsspelare (R) [10] och icke-spelare (N) [5]. Elitgruppen bestod av två professionella e-sportslag á fem personer och ett Counter Strike: Global Offensivelag (CS) och ett League of Legends-lag (LOL), ålder mellan 17 och 25 år (medelålder 21,5 ). R-gruppen varierade mellan 21 och 29 år (medelvärde 24,9 ) hade alla spelat fightingspel, MOBA, online-FPS, online-3PS eller RTS-spel minst en gång i veckan under en 6 månaders period eller mer men aldrig tävlat i dem. Grupp N varierade mellan 25 och 32 år (medel 28,4) och hade som högst provat dessa typer av spel, men aldrig använt dem i rekreationssyfte. Grupp E, R och N utförde ett testbatteri för reaktionshastighet, strategi, perception, situationsmedvetenhet , tangentbord uthållighet, öga-handkoordination, spatial förmåga och antecipatorisk skicklighet. Grupp E också testades fysiskt genom Ekblom-Bak submaximala cycle ergometertest och ryggstyrka genom Biering-Sørensens (BS) test. Resultat Grupp E:s beräknade VO2max var 3,83 l/min (SD = 0,38) och elitgruppens medelresultat av BS ryggtest var 133 s (SD=54). E presterade inte signifikant bättre i någon av de kognitiva eller finmotoriska uppgifterna än R. Slutsats Elitspelarnas resultat från BS-testet bekräftar hypotes 3 och påvisar ohälsosamma ryggar. Den enda signifikanta skillnaden inom de kognitiva testerna mellan E och R är till E-gruppens nackdel, överraskande visade de sämre resultat i det antecipatoriska skicklighetstestet . Deras aeroba kapacitet bekräftar hypotes 2, elitspelarnas VO2max var inte mycket låg, E-gruppen placerade sig i den övre hälften av genomsnittet för sin åldersgrupp. Testbatteriet kan inte användas för talangscouting men eventuellt för att upptäcka kognitiva svagheter.
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Flores-Marti, Ismael. "Physical educators' goals when teaching a competitive sport unit /." The Ohio State University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486461246817527.

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Books on the topic "Competitive sport"

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Hawkins, Nick. Competitive sport in education. London: Bow Group, 1994.

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1954-, Vealey Robin S., and Burton Damon 1949-, eds. Competitive anxiety in sport. Champaign, Ill: Human Kinetics Books, 1990.

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1954-, Vealey Robin S., Burton Damon 1949-, and Martens Rainer 1942-, eds. Competitive anxiety in sport. Champaign, Ill: Human Kinetics Books, 1990.

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Malcolm, Armstrong, ed. Psychological factors in competitive sport. London: Falmer Press, 1989.

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Davies, Don. Psychological factors in competitive sport. London: Falmer, 1989.

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(Organization), USA Cycling. Sport coach manual for competitive cycling. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 1996.

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Competitive Irish dance: Art, sport, duty. Madison, WI: Macater Press, 2008.

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Institute of leisure & amenity management. [ Compulsory competitive tendering: Sport and leisure management]. Reading: ILAM, 1988.

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Coombs, Tom. Horse drivingtrials: The sport of competitive coachmanship. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1985.

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Horse driving trials: The sport of competitive coachmanship. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1985.

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Book chapters on the topic "Competitive sport"

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Zhouxiang, Lu. "Competitive Gaming." In Routledge Handbook of Sport History, 219–27. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429318306-30.

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Börjesson, Mats. "Competitive Cyclist Suffering from Myocardial Infarction, Willing to Resume Competitive Sport." In Sports Cardiology Casebook, 205–10. London: Springer London, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-042-5_29.

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Lansdaal, Joris R., Michel P. J. van den Bekerom, Ann M. J. Cools, Val Jones, Nicolas Lefevre, and Elvire Servien. "Specific Aspects of Throwing Sports in Recreational and Competitive Sport." In Prevention of Injuries and Overuse in Sports, 101–15. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47706-9_8.

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Voelker, Dana K., and Nick Galli. "Eating disorders in competitive sport and dance." In APA handbook of sport and exercise psychology, volume 1: Sport psychology (Vol. 1)., 585–99. Washington: American Psychological Association, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0000123-029.

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Taylor, Daniel J., and Jennifer L. Martin. "Sleep disorders and remedies in competitive sport." In APA handbook of sport and exercise psychology, volume 1: Sport psychology (Vol. 1)., 617–33. Washington: American Psychological Association, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0000123-031.

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Murata, Alex, Jordan D. Herbison, Jean Côté, Jennifer Turnnidge, and Adam L. Kelly. "Competitive engineering in the youth sport context." In Birth Advantages and Relative Age Effects in Sport, 222–35. New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003163572-16.

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Anderson, Eric, and Adam White. "Why we overly value organized, competitive team sport." In Sport, Theory and Social Problems, 21–31. Second edition. | Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY:: Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315515816-2.

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Szymanski, Stefan, and Stefan Késenne. "Competitive Balance and Gate Revenue Sharing in Team Sports." In The Comparative Economics of Sport, 229–43. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230274273_7.

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Berruto, Massimo, Paolo Ferrua, Francesco Mattia Uboldi, Eva Usellini, Stefano Pasqualotto, and Marelli Bruno Michele. "Management of Collateral Ligament Injuries (Medial and Lateral) in Competitive Athletes." In Arthroscopy and Sport Injuries, 331–38. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14815-1_40.

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Gee, Chris J. "Aggression in Competitive Sports: Using Direct Observation to Evaluate Incidence and Prevention Focused Intervention." In Behavioral Sport Psychology, 199–210. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0070-7_12.

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Conference papers on the topic "Competitive sport"

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Zhang Yongtao. "Study on library's competitive intelligence service of sport college." In 2012 International Symposium on Information Technology in Medicine and Education (ITME 2012). IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/itime.2012.6291299.

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Manuela, Petreanu. "Analysis Of The Competitive Anxiety Level In Basketball And Aerobic Gymnastics." In International Conference on Sport, Education & Psychology. Cognitive-crcs, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2017.06.6.

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Aquino, Matteo, Francesca Marra, and Gaetano Altavilla. "Study on the enabling capacity in the individual roles of basic competitive volleyball." In Journal of Human Sport and Exercise - 2019 - Spring Conferences of Sports Science. Universidad de Alicante, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2019.14.proc4.67.

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Pedak, Kirsti, Kristjan Port, Indrek Rannama, and Boris Bazanov. "Novel way for FMS score calculation highlights field of sport- specific information among young competitive athletes." In Journal of Human Sport and Exercise - 2019 - Spring Conferences of Sports Science. Universidad de Alicante, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2019.14.proc4.34.

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Marra, M., A. Di Gregorio, P. Alicante, O. Di Vincenzo, R. Sammarco, E. Speranza, I. Cioffi, and L. Scalfi. "Evaluation of Body Composition in Competitive Male Marathon Runners." In 6th International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support. SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0007232301580160.

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Filipovic, Ela, Nikolina Catlak, and Natasa Zenic. "Sport participation should not be observed as protective against smoking and drinking in adolescence; cross-sectional cluster-based analysis in Croatian southern regions." In 12th International Conference on Kinanthropology. Brno: Masaryk University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/cz.muni.p210-9631-2020-26.

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Purpose: Sport participation in adolescence is frequently observed as being protective against consumption of psychoactive substances (e.g. cigarettes and alcohol), but limited number of studies directly examined this problem while simultaneously observing consump-tion of cigarettes and alcohol. The aim of this study was to evidence the possible associations which may exist between different factors explaining participation in sports, and consumption of cigarettes and alcohol in adolescents from Croatia. Methods: The sample comprised 436 adolescents from coastal regions in Croatia (202 fe-males) aged 15–17 years who were tested by previously validated closed structured ques-tionnaire on sport factors (experience in sports [four point scale from “never participated” to “ > 5 years”], sport competitive achievement [four point scale ranging from “never competed” to “national/international competitive achievement”], number of sport training sessions per week [four point scale ranging from “didn’t participate” to “sometimes even twice a day”]), cigarette smoking (four point scale ranging from “never smoked” to “more than 10 cigarettes per day”), and alcohol consumption (measured by Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test – AUDIT). Cluster analysis calculated on the basis of cigarette smoking and AUDIT results was used to form homogenous groups (substance misuse clusters – SMC). The Kruskall Wallis analysis of variance (KWA) was calculated to identify the differences between SMC in studied sport factors. Results: Four SMC were formed indicating: (i) high alcohol + high cigarettes (SMC1: n=42), (ii) high alcohol + low cigarettes (SMC2: n=115), (iii) low alcohol + low cigarettes (SMC3: n=226), and (iv) low alcohol + high cigarettes consumption (SMC4: n=53). When calculat-ed for total sample of participants, the KWA revealed significant differences among SMC, with significant post-hoc differences between SMC1 and SMC3 in all sport-factors (H test: 9.5-to-17.5, p 80% of all SMC1 members). Gender-specific KWA did not reveal significant differences among SMC in studied sport factors. Conclusion: Study results do not support the theory of protective effects of sport participation against substance misuse in adolescence. Even more, there are some indices that sport par-ticipation may be observed risk factor for consumption of cigarettes and alcohol in this age group. Social acceptance of smoking and drinking in sport-society in the region is probable reason for relatively high rates of substance misuse in adolescents who are actively involved in sports.
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Zou, Wenjun, and Yunjing Zeng. "Research on Influencing Factors of Sport Injury of Competitive Aerobics Athletes." In 2018 4th International Conference on Economics, Social Science, Arts, Education and Management Engineering (ESSAEME 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/essaeme-18.2018.14.

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Sinulingga, Albadi, Nono Hardinoto, and Alan Alfiansyah Putra Karo-Karo. "Differences in Character of Competitive Sports Athletes (Comparative Study: Individual Sports and Team Sports)." In 1st Unimed International Conference on Sport Science (UnICoSS 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200305.007.

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Popescu, Eugen Gabriel. "Positive Effects in Competitive Baton Twirling – Terms of Reference for Training and Monitoring." In 5th International Congress on Physical Education, Sport and Kinetotherapy. Cognitive-crcs, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2016.06.32.

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Petho, Daniel Alexander. "The performance success within the competitive equestrian field: A novice and intermediate rider focused investigation." In 11th World Congress of Performance Analysis of Sport. Universidad de Alicante, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2017.12.proc3.10.

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Reports on the topic "Competitive sport"

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Special physical readiness estimation during pre-competitive period in sports aerobics. Elvira I. Mikhaylova, Nikolay G. Mikhaylov, Elena B. Derevleva, Denis O. Solovev, March 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.14526/2070-4798-2019-14-1-25-31.

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Competitive load influence on athletes’ organism in striking kinds of the Olympic combat sports. Oleg G. Epov, March 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.14526/2070-4798-2020-15-1-48-53.

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