The alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone is related to heart rate during exercise recovery by Dejana Popovic, Bojana Popovic, Stefan Seman, Dragana Labudovic, Ratko Lasica, Djordje G. Jakovljevic, Ross Arena, Svetozar S. Damjanovic

“…Condensed abstract: Present study examined the predictive value of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) for heart rate recovery (HRR) in elite male wrestlers, water polo players and sedentary subjects matched for age. …”
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A Study on the Fluid Mechanics Performance of Aquatics Equipment by Jiao Jian, Zhang Shugang

“…Sports, such as rowing, canoeing, fin swimming, windsurfing, sailing and water polo, have become events of the Olympic Games. …”
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SUCCESS OF OUR ATHLETES AS A WAY OF PROMOTING MONTENEGRO by Miomir Maros, Zlatan Mujak

“…The success of our athletes, especially the handball and water polo teams, confirm the thesis that this branch is one of the best ways for positive quotations of a small country and for being mentioned in international diplomacy, tourism and media circles. …”
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Validating and normalizing passion questionnaire among athletes by Fatemeh Jafari Siavashani, Reza Nikbakhs, Ali Mohammad Safania

“…Method: Statistical population of this study includes athletes in each of futsal, volleyball, basketball, water polo leagues. In order to review data, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and for data gathering Vallerand passion (2003) questionnaire with three elements of obsessive passion (6 questions), harmonious passion (6 questions) and passion measure (5 questions) were used. …”
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SOME METRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF TESTS TO ASSESS BALL SPEED DURING OVERARM THROW PERFORMANCE by Ante Prižmić, Ognjen Uljević, Nikola Foretić

“…The tests are best for use in sports like handball,water polo, tennis, volleyball, baseball or throwing disciplines in athletics because of the similarityof overarm performance and technical elements of the chosen sport. …”
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Decision-Making Process Associated with Adding NCAA Division I Sports Programs by Sloane Milstein, Zack Damon

“…Plymouth State will add men’s swimming, Indiana Tech is adding women’s ice hockey, and Augustana College just added men and women’s water polo. Such additions are somewhat surprising given the difficult economic climate currently facing higher education and intercollegiate athletics. …”
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The Birthplace Effect in 14–18-Year-Old Athletes Participating in Competitive Individual and Team Sports by Zohar Maayan, Ronnie Lidor, Michal Arnon

“…The participants were 1397 athletes (390 females and 1007 males) who competed in 5 individual (gymnastics, judo, swimming, tennis, and track and field) and 5 team (basketball, soccer, team handball, volleyball, and water polo) sports, as well as 147 coaches who provided their preliminary thoughts about the BPE. …”
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Sensitivity of arterial baroreflex in the terms of body recovery after training load by О. V. Guzii, A. P. Romanchuk

“…We eexamined and analyzed the results of 217 apparently healthy males aged 21,3 ± 2,3 years who formed the comparison group (СG ) and 28 qualified water polo male athletes aged 20,8 ± 3,2 years ( EG ). …”
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NEKE METRIJSKE KARAKTERISTIKE TESTOVA ZA PROCJENU BRZINE LETA LOPTE TOKOM JEDNORUČNOG IZBAČAJA by Nikola Foretić, Ognjen Uljević, Ante Prižmić

“…The tests are best for use in sports like handball,water polo, tennis, volleyball, baseball or throwing disciplines in athletics because of the similarityof overarm performance and technical elements of the chosen sport. …”
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Setting goals as a motivational technique in athletes/Establecimiento de metas como técnica motivacional en deportistas by Marta Cañizares Hernández, Yanet Pérez Surita

“…Objective: To analyze the relevance of the application of a psychological intervention program based on the establishment of goals as a motivational technique in the women's team category 13-14 years of Water Polo of the School of Sports Initiation School Eide " Marcelo Salado", of Villa Clare, Cuba. …”
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Multi Agent/Object Simulation in Human Swimming by Motomu NAKASHIMA, Hirokazu KIUCHI, Kenji NAKAJIMA

“…The third example was the shooting motion in water polo. From the simulation results, it was found that the ball was smoothly released and flew in an appropriate direction. …”
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Comparison of Home Advantage between Level 1 and Level 2 in Women’s Football Leagues by Werlayne Leite, Richard Pollard

“…The results therefore suggest that in women’s football there occurs the same phenomenon that has been shown to exist in women’s water polo and handball, and in men’s football. Some of the main factors that have been found to explain home advantage in men’s football appear to operate in a slightly different way when applied to women’s football. …”
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Therapy, Pain & Training by Jendrusch G, Henke T, Schnell D, Platen P

“…Eye injuries were strongly overrepresented in club sports injuries sustained during water polo, squash, badminton, and tennis (injury proportion ratio (IPR)=5.1-8.8). …”
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Sensorimotor Skills Impact on Temporal Expectation: Evidence from Swimmers by Marco Bove, Laura Strassera, Emanuela Faelli, Monica Biggio, Ambra Bisio, Laura Avanzino, Piero Ruggeri

“…Four groups, each of 30 subjects, were enrolled in this study; subjects of three groups practiced different sports disciplines (i.e., swimming, rhythmic gymnastics, and water polo) at competitive level whilst the fourth group consisted of control subjects. …”
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Athletes Behaviors with Meditation of Pride: Based on Passion Model Test by Fatemeh Jafari Siavashani, Reza Nikbakhsh, Ali Mohammad Safania

“…Method: Statistical population of this study is athletes who have participated in Futsal, Volleyball, Basketball and Water polo. Considering the number of variables under study, sample volume was 200 athletes. one sample run test was utilized for studying difference of averages, Pearson test for confirming relations of variables, and in order to test structural equation model PLS software was used. …”
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Factors affecting athletes’ motor behavior after the observation of scenes of cooperation and competition in competitive sport: the effect of sport attitude by Elisa eDe Stefani, Doriana eDe Marco, Maurizio eGentilucci

“…Participants observed sport scenes of cooperation and competition (basketball, soccer, water polo, volleyball, and rugby) and then they reached for, picked up, and placed an object on the hand of a conspecific (giving action). …”
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Women on ice - gender equalization by Piroska Béki, Gábor Géczi

“…Early age patterns do not seem to have much influence on the selection of sport. Although among water polo/ice hockey girls there were a few tomboys. …”
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Right Ventricular Adaptation Is Associated with the Glu298Asp Variant of the NOS3 Gene in Elite Athletes. by Zsolt Szelid, Árpád Lux, Márton Kolossváry, Attila Tóth, Hajnalka Vágó, Zsuzsanna Lendvai, Loretta Kiss, Pál Maurovich-Horvat, Zsolt Bagyura, Béla Merkely

“…To test this hypothesis world class level athletes (water polo players, kayakers, canoeists, rowers, swimmers, n = 126) with a VO2 maximum greater than 50ml/kg/min were compared with non-athletic volunteers (n = 155). …”
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College-aged women in the United States that play overhand throwing sports have masculine digit ratios. by Michael P Lombardo, Sango Otieno, Adam Heiss

“…However, women that played overhand throwing sports softball and water polo had significantly smaller digit ratios than did women that played other sports. …”
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Relative Age Effect in 14- to 18-Year-Old Athletes and Their Initial Approach to This Effect—Has Anything Changed Over the Past 10 Years? by Ronnie Lidor, Zohar Maayan, Michal Arnon

“…Participants in the current study were 1,397 athletes (390 females and 1,007 males) who competed in five individual (gymnastics, judo, swimming, tennis, and track and field) and five team (basketball, soccer, team handball, volleyball, and water polo) sports. Data on the RAE, as well as on a number of aspects associated with this effect as perceived by the athletes, were collected via two closed questions. …”
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