Vertical jump performance tests can give considerably different results, even when different methods are used to analyze the same jump trial from the same subject. To evaluate and compare 4 different methods commonly ...

Vertical jump performance tests can give considerably different results, even when different methods are used to analyze a single jump trial. To evaluate and compare four different methods commonly used to measure vertical ...

A partir del año 2002, el Instituto Gatorade de Ciencias del Deporte ha realizado un número importante de evaluaciones con equipos de fútbol de élite, para conocer sus necesidades de hidratación y dar recomendaciones ...

The purpose of this article is to describe the conditioning of elite taekwondo competitors based on the block-periodized training model. this model of periodization has been used by the Costa Rican National Taekwondo Team ...

Despite the general perception that women and men walk differently, little is known about the reasons for these differences, especially in older adults. Previous work on gender differences in older adults has focused on ...

Soccer by its characteristics, forces the physical trainers of the teams, to structure training that optimizes the development of the specific strength. Within the used methods, the divided method or training of intervals ...

The growing participation of young people in soccer is a motivation so that the trainers, physical educators and parents know which are the special requirements to practice this sport in a safe manner, specially the ...

Although the existence of the home advantage is well known in soccer, the reasons and causes of this advantage are far from clear. In a competitive league with a balanced schedule, home advantage can be quantified as ...

The intention of this study was to determine if the mental role has incidence in the sport yield. The subjects (n=14, X=16.57 ± 1,83 years) whose order was assigned randomly participated in three sessions in different ...

Physical fitness with the ball is one of the most important modern methods in present day soccer. In the past, most of the physical work was executed without the support of the most important element of the match, the ...