Essays about: "Tennis"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 58 essays containing the word Tennis.

  1. 16. Building a design system for a startup : A case study exploring how an open-source component library can assist a start-up in the creation of a design system

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Interaktiva och kognitiva system

    Author : Erik Häger; [2021]
    Keywords : Design; interaction design; design system; startup; google material design; google material; tennis; interface design;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to develop a deeper understanding of the potential benefits of using an open-source library when building a design system. The thesis uses a research through design approach in three steps; (1) identifying what a design system contains and the possible advantages of using one. READ MORE

  3. 17. Nordic Fascism : Investigating the Political Project Behind Bollhusmötet

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Erik Blohmé; [2021]
    Keywords : Bollhusmötet; Heimdal; Den Svenska Linjen; Arvid Fredborg; fascism; antisemitism; national socialism; Nazism; Bollhusmötet; Heimdal; Den Svenska Linjen; Arvid Fredborg; fascism; antisemitism; nationalsocialism; Nazism;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the political project behind the infamous tennis hall meeting, commonly referred to as Bollhusmötet, that took place in February of 1939 in Uppsala, Sweden. Gathering in the local tennis hall, the members of the Uppsala Student Union decided to send a resolution to the Swedish king protesting the reception of Jewish refugees into Sweden in the wake of the 1938 November Pogrom. READ MORE

  4. 18. The Pathway to Sporting Excellence in Swedish Table Tennis : A Holistic Ecological Case Study

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

    Author : Michaela Karlsson; [2020]
    Keywords : holistic ecological approach; talent development; table tennis;

    Abstract : The holistic ecological approach (HEA) suggests that athlete’s talent development is influenced by the environment in which the athlete is embedded, and that some environments are more successful in facilitating athlete’s junior to senior transition. This study uses the HEA and the two working models to examine one effective talent development environment in Swedish table tennis. READ MORE

  5. 19. "Play ball!" : A Study of Speech Variations and Characteristics of UK Sports Commentary

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Liisa Bergström; [2020]
    Keywords : sports commentary; speech variations; sociolinguistics; accents; dialects; gender; jargon; slang; colloquialisms; sports;

    Abstract : This study uncovers how and to what extent UK sports commentaries vary in terms of speech variations and other sociolinguistic factors, such as social class and gender, in relation to the social status with which different sports are associated. It also analyses how the use of jargon, slang, colloquial forms of English, and other linguistic features are incorporated in the commentaries of the sports and how it affects the information expressed by the commentators. READ MORE

  6. 20. Making Hypervelocity Stars

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Astronomi - Genomgår omorganisation

    Author : Frans Forsberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Stellar Dynamics; Binary Stars; Galactic Centre; Binary Relaxation; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I investigate if the binaries that are being tidally disrupted by means of the Hills mechanism, producing hypervelocity stars, could have been transported to the galactic centre by two-body scattering. To survive a scattering event, the binary must be hard, meaning that the binding energy of the binary is higher than the kinetic energy of the collider. READ MORE