An essential guide to sports performance / Daniel Castillo Alvira and Javier Raya-González, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Castillo Alvira, Daniel, editor.

Raya-González, Javier, editor.

Series:

Sports and athletics preparation, performance, and psychology series.

Sports and athletics preparation, performance, and psychology series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Physiological aspects.

Sports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 286 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2020]

Summary:

"This book analyzes several hot topics in scientific literature about individual and team sports performance. To optimize the athletes' performance is necessary to understand several factors that could influence sportive success such as training and match loads encountered by players, individual physical performance, anthropometric characteristics and optimal recovery strategies after match-play. To better understand the training process, it is convenient to study the influence of contextual variables and initial players' level on the athletes' performances as well as the flexibility interventions and protocols. This knowledge allows coach staffs and physical trainers of players to establish an appropriate distribution of the training loads throughout each macrocycle during the competitive season. Additionally, this book focuses on cycling, one the most practiced sports around the world. Two chapters are prepared to bring both the amateur and professional practioners towards novel sport perspectives. Therefore, one chapter is based on leisure cycling and women's participation in Scotland, and another chapter is developed to improve the saffle height configuration of cyclists to achieve better performance. This collection offers novel evidence-based approaches for coach staffs and practitioners in order to optimize the training process in individual and team sports. The findings provided within the book could allow coaches and physical trainers to apply some of these results to their training methodologies and strategies to enhance better athlete performance, and consequently, better sportive success"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1

Match Analysis and Its Applications for Soccer Training

Abstract

Introduction

Observational Methodology

Analysing the Tactical Behavior

FUT-SAT Field Test

Tactical Behavior in Different SSCG

Temporal Patterns

Network Analysis

Network Centralities

Inter-Dependencies

General Network Measures

Computational Metrics

Geometrical Center of the Team

Dispersion of the Team

Tactical Behavior

Conclusion

References

Chapter 2

The Influence of Situational Variables on Technical Performance in Elite Spanish Goalkeepers during Official Competition

Methods

Participants

Experimental Design

Procedures

Statistical Analysis

Results

Discussion

Chapter 3

Anthropometric Characteristics and Physical Performance of Senior Soccer Players: Effect of Competitive Level and Field Position

Procedure

Measures

Anthropometric Characteristics

Physical Capacities

Acceleration

Change of Direction Ability Tests (CODA)

Data Analysis

Chapter 4

Differences in Power Performance Attending to Sprint Capacity and Asymmetry Level in Young Elite Soccer Players

Vertical Jump Tests

30-m Linear Straight Sprint Test (30-LSST)

Change of Direction (COD) Sprint Test

Chapter 5

Role of Aerobic Fitness in Recovery Capacity Assessment through Heart Rate Recovery in Young Soccer Players

Aerobic Power and Capacity.

Specific Endurance and Recovery Capacity

Statistical Analyses

Chapter 6

Training Load Periodization in Soccer with One Official Match a Week: A Systematic Review

Search Strategy

Screening Strategy and Study Selection

Overall TL

Match vs Training Sessions TL

Weekly TL Distribution

TL variability

Impact of Number of Training Sessions between Consecutive Games

Professional Football

Youth Football

Impact of Official Match-Play on Weekly TL

Training Load Distribution along the Week

Weekly Training Load Variability

Professional Soccer

Youth Soccer

Chapter 7

Methodology of Muscle Force Development in Spike in Elite Volleyball Players

Biomechanical Analysis of Spike

Physiological Analysis of Muscle Force Production in Spike

Testing Procedure

Managing Educational and Training Changes

Chapter 8

Mindful Compassion and Psychological Flexibility Based Interventions to Sport Performance

Mindfulness, Compassion and Psychological Flexibility

Mindful-Compassion and Psychological Flexibility Approach on Elite Soccer

A Specific Mindful-Compassion and Psychological Flexibility Intervention for Soccer Athletes / A Specific Program Approach: MBSoccerP

MBSoccerP Program Evaluation, Treatment Fidelity and Compliance

Practical Implications of the Program

Chapter 9

Women's Participation in Leisure Cycling: A Scottish Perspective.

Abstract

1. Introduction

1.1. Current Cycling Market

1.2. Gender Constraints

1.3. Benefits of Leisure Cycling and Female Participation

2. Literature Review

2.1. Leisure Cycling Gender-Gap

2.2. Implications of Cycling for Females

2.3. Implications of Leisure Cycling in the Tourism Industry

2.4. Constraint Theory

2.5. Structural Constraints

2.5.1. Infrastructure, Safety and Marketing Initiatives

2.5.2. Time and Money

2.6. Interpersonal Constraints

2.6.1. Gender Roles

2.6.2. Culture and Trends

2.7. Intrapersonal Constraints

2.7.1. Appearance

3. Methodology

3.1. Research Approach

3.2. Research Strategy

3.3. Pilot Study

3.4. Sampling

4. Analysis and Discussion

4.1. Structural Constraints

4.1.1. Facilities, Infrastructure and Safety

4.1.2. Education

4.2. Interpersonal

4.2.1. Family Responsibility

4.2.2. Gender Roles

4.2.3. Culture and Trends

4.2.4. Importance of Socializing

4.3. Intrapersonal Constraints

4.3.1. Appearance

5. Conclusion, Limitations and Recommendations

5.1. Conclusion

5.2. Recommendations

5.3. Limitations

Chapter 10

Saddle Height Configuration Based on Measurement of Dynamic Knee Flexion Angle Leads to Greater Self-Reported Cycling Comfort in Recreational Cyclists

Saddle Height

Cycling comfort

About the Editors

Index

Blank Page.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5361-7609-5

OCLC:

1147947713