Essays about: "Alette Vestly"

Found 2 essays containing the words Alette Vestly.

1. 1. Accepting or avoiding fear : A study of how elite freestyle snowboarders experience and cope with snowboard-related fear from an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy perspective

   University essay from Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH/Institutionen för idrotts- och hälsovetenskap

   Author : Alette Vestly; [2014]
   Keywords : ACT; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Elite athletes; Fear; High-risk; Snowboarding; Sport;

   Abstract : Elite freestyle snowboarders often expose themselves to large risks while performing their sport. A natural response to risk is fear, and it is the aim of this study to explore how elite freestyle snowboarders experience and cope with emotions of fear in conjunction with performing their sport. READ MORE

3. 2. How to spin to win : A study about the biomechanical and physiological determinants in a snowboard jump

   University essay from Institutionen för idrotts- och hälsovetenskap

   Author : Alette Vestly; [2012]
   Keywords : Snowboard; jump; performance; Snowboard; hopp;

   Abstract : Aim and objectives The aim of this study was to examine how different biomechanical, physiological and anthropometry variables relate to snowboard jump performance. The first objective was to investigate the differences in velocity at take-off, jumping height, jumping length and air-time (AT) in straight jumps and tricks with different degrees of rotations in a jump. READ MORE