Individual Motivations, Motivational Climate, Enjoyment, and Physical Competence Perceptions in Finnish Team Sport Athletes: A Prospective and Retrospective Study by Thaís Zanatta, Christoph Rottensteiner, Niilo Konttinen, Marc Lochbaum

“…The sample consisted of 824 young athletes born in 1995, who were playing soccer, ice hockey, or basketball in the Finnish sports club system. As youths, participants completed measurements of the perceived task and ego climates, task and ego goal orientations, autonomous and controlled motivations, amotivation, sport enjoyment, and perceived physical competence. …”
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The Effects of Inter-Set Recovery Time on Explosive Power, Electromyography Activity, and Tissue Oxygenation during Plyometric Training by Shuo Guan, Nan Lin, Yue Yin, Haibin Liu, Liqing Liu, Liping Qi

“…Ten university male basketball players participated in this study. Subjects performed 4 groups of exercise, each group comprised of 3 sets of jumps: 1, 2, 3, or 5 min. …”
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The relationship of menstrual irregularity with AMH, ghrelin and leptin levels in athletes by Seçkin Şenışık, Ahmet Bilgi, Ogün Köyağasıoğlu, Pınar Bilgi, Özge Kozguş Güldü, Bülent Yılmaz, Mustafa Coşan Terek

“…Objective: To explore menstrual irregularity rates in female professional basketball and volleyball players and investigate the relationship with Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH), ghrelin, leptin levels and biochemical parameters. …”
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Cardiological Functional Assessment of National Olympic Team of Kazakhstan by Dauren Yerezhepov, Aidana Gabdulkayum, Galiya Bilyalova, Saya Amangeldikyzy, Ulan A. Kozhamkulov, Saule E. Rakhimova, Ulykbek Y. Kairov, Ainur Akilzhanova

“…The HyperQ stress testing of the women’s basketball team detected a positive result in four leads in one athlete. …”
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION COURSE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES IN VILLAGE INSTITUTES: A CASE OF CIFTELER VILLAGE INSTITUTE by Veli Onur ÇELİK, Coşkun BAYRAK

“…Following the arrival of Physical Education Teachers in Çifteler Village Institute in 1947, the following sport branches were also taught: football, basketball, running and wrestling etc. The national folklore dances played in the mornings constituted an important part of daily activities. …”
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SPORTS PRACTICE AS THERAPEUTIC METHOD IN PHYSICAL REHABILITATION PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS by Maria-Sofia BAIAS, Iosif SANDOR

“…To increase pupil’s interest in physiotherapy sessions and to make this therapy more pleasant for these children, we introduced key elements from regular sport activities in their individual therapeutic intervention programs (e.g. basketball- played at a larger and lower positioned basket, football- played with a lighter ball in a small field, bocce- played with lightweight balls on a smaller field). …”
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Mixed structured physical exercise program for obese workers: combating sedentary and metabolic risk factors related to metabolism workplace syndrome by Godefroid Kusuayi Mabele, Constant Nkiama Ekisawa, Betty Miangindula, Christophe Delecluse, François Lepira Bompeka, Pierre Akilimali

“…These workers were divided into three groups of physical exercises, of which the first group consisted of 10 workers in a three-day, moderate to high intensity structured exercise program, including: jogging, aerobics, basketball, volleyball, swimming, abdominals and walking of 10,000 steps a day. …”
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Changes in Body Composition and Anthropomorphic Measurements in Children Participating in Swimming and Non-Swimming Activities by Grzegorz Bielec, Anna Gozdziejewska, Piotr Makar

“…Methods: The study included 46 students who attended swimming classes and 42 students who participated in training activities in other sports, including, but not limited to, football, basketball and athletics. Body height and body composition were measured using a Tanita BC 418 MA analyzer. …”
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A holistic approach to performance prediction in collegiate athletics: player, team, and conference perspectives by Christopher B. Taber, Srishti Sharma, Mehul S. Raval, Samah Senbel, Allison Keefe, Jui Shah, Emma Patterson, Julie Nolan, N. Sertac Artan, Tolga Kaya

“…Using Machine Learning (ML), this paper aims to holistically evaluate player-, team-, and conference (season)-level performances in Division-1 Women's basketball. The players were monitored and tested through a full competitive year. …”
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Acute Effects of Carbohydrate Supplementation on Intermittent Sports Performance by Lindsay B. Baker, Ian Rollo, Kimberly W. Stein, Asker E. Jeukendrup

“…The most researched intermittent sport is soccer but some sport-specific studies have also been conducted in other sports (e.g., rugby, field hockey, basketball, American football, and racquet sports). …”
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Upper-body isometric horizontal strength in game sport athletes by Lukas Reichert, Till Müller, Björn Wieland, Marie-Therese Fleddermann, Karen Zentgraf

“…Upper-body strength obviously plays an important role during American football and handball as well as in other game sports with opponent contact such as basketball. Yet, the availability of appropriate tests to measure upper-body strength serving sport-specific requirements seems limited. …”
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Assessment of the factors and impact of obese sedentary employee membership in the composite structured exercise program by Godefroid Kusuayi Mabele, Constant Nkiama Ekisawa, Christophe Delecluse, François Lepira Bompeka, Aliocha Nkodila Natuhoyila, Betty Miangindula, Pierre Akilimali

“…Analytical cross-sectional study of 157 obese workers, aged 18 to 59, randomly selected and subjected to a 3-day, one-day, moderate-intensity, structured exercise program of moderate-intensity to high including jogging, aerobic gymnastics, basketball, volleyball, swimming, abdominals, and walk of 10,000 not at the rate of three working days and two days of weekend recorded using a pedometer. …”
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Injury mechanism of patellar dislocation in professional athletes: a video analysis study by Ali Yüce, Mustafa Yerli, Abdulhamit Misir

“…Distribution of athletic branches were such: four basketball (22.2%), two football (11.1%), nine rugby (50.0%), two soccer (11.1%), and one boxing (5.6%). …”
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An Ionically Conductive, Self-Powered and Stable Organogel for Pressure Sensing by Li Wang, Zhengduo Wang, Yingtao Li, Yu Luo, Bingheng Lu, Yiyang Gao, Wei Yu, Guoxin Gao, Shujiang Ding

“…The prepared auxiliary training device can withstand the impact of a basketball and detect the impact force, showing potential in passive sensing during practical applications.…”
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Primary school in Zupče by Biševac Slaviša I., Manojlović Dušan M.

“…A fenced yard and raised courts for volleyball, basketball and football were set up around the school a bit later. …”
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Potential benefits of introducing canoe polo in the sport system of Western Balkan countries by Željko M. Rajković, Darko N. Mitrović, Vladimir K. Miletić

“…Canoe polo contains the largest number of different techniques in relation to all paddling sports, while ball handling is done with a mixture of water polo, handball, basketball, and volleyball techniques. Simultaneous handling of the ball, with an overview of the game and interfering with the opponent is a very demanding coordination activity that does not exist in paddling in nature with different obstacles, both in terms of content and dynamics. …”
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The relationship between vigilance capacity and physical exercise: a mixed-effects multistudy analysis by Daniel Sanabria, Antonio Luque-Casado, José C. Perales, Rafael Ballester, Luis F. Ciria, Florentino Huertas, Pandelis Perakakis

“…Here, we aimed to contribute further to that topic by pooling the data from seven studies (N = 361) conducted by our research group to examine whether cardiovascular fitness (VO2), sport type participation (externally-paced (e.g., football or basketball) and self-paced (e.g., triathlon or track and field athletes) vs. sedentary), or both, are crucial factors to explain the association between the regular practice of exercise and vigilance capacity. …”
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A Single Smart Ring for Monitoring 20 Kinds of Multi‐Intensity Daily Activities––From Kitchen Work to Fierce Exercises by Yuliang Zhao, Jiali Liu, Chao Lian, Yifan Liu, Xianshou Ren, Jiazhi Lou, Meng Chen, Wen Jung Li

“…Herein, the development of a wearable human activity recognition (HAR) smart ring capable of recognizing at least 20 multi‐intensity activities, i.e., motions ranging from clean‐the‐desk to playing basketball, based on a microinertial measurement unit and a hierarchical decision algorithm is proposed. …”
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Examining the pivotal motivational elements that influence an individual's commitment to sports by Diogo Monteiro, Miguel Jacinto, Luís Cid, Diogo S. Teixeira, Rui Matos, Nuno Amaro, Raul Antunes, Filipe Rodrigues

“…The sample encompassed athletes from football (n = 187), basketball (n = 172), and swimming (n = 179). The structural equation model exhibited a good fit. …”
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Relative and absolute within-session reliability of the modified Star Excursion Balance Test in healthy elite athletes by Roxana R. Onofrei, Elena Amaricai, Radu Petroman, Oana Suciu

“…A total of 122 healthy elite athletes from soccer (n = 73), basketball (n = 15), and volleyball (n = 34) performed one practice trial and three test trials within one session, in three directions (anterior, postero-medial, and postero-lateral), for both legs. …”
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