Essays about: "athletes"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 282 essays containing the word athletes.

  1. 6. Media Representations of Doping in Sports : An Analysis of How Media Frames Men and Women in Doping Scandals

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Carolina Guglielmetti; [2023]
    Keywords : doping; framing; media representation; Lance Armstrong; Marion Jones; performance-enhancing drugs;

    Abstract : In this thesis we delve into the profile doping scandals involving Marion Jones and Lance Armstrong. Our aim is to analyze how the online news media portray doping allegations in sports specifically on these two athletes. READ MORE

  3. 7. Exploring State-of-the-Art Machine Learning Methods for Quantifying Exercise-induced Muscle Fatigue

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för informationsteknologi

    Author : Abboud Afram; Danial Sarab Fard Sabet; [2023]
    Keywords : EMG; SEMG; STFT; CWT; SVM; CNN; GAN; DCGAN; BCE; SGD; deep learning; machine learning; muscle fatigue; DCGAN; spectrogram; CNN models; transfers learning; data augmentation; feature extraction;

    Abstract : Muscle fatigue is a severe problem for elite athletes, and this is due to the long resting times, which can vary. Various mechanisms can cause muscle fatigue which signifies that the specific muscle has reached its maximum force and cannot continue the task. READ MORE

  4. 8. The Relationship of Training Frequency and Wilks Score in Competitive Swedish Classic Powerlifters : A Quantitative Questionnaire Study

    University essay from Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH/Institutionen för fysiologi, nutrition och biomekanik

    Author : Erik Hillerström; Whilliam Brandin; [2023]
    Keywords : powerlifting; training frequency; training volume; strenght training; tränarlänktyngdlyftning;

    Abstract : Background: In strength sports, athletes must take several training variables into consideration whencreating a training program. One of the ground pillars is training frequency, but there is a lackof research done on competitive powerlifters. READ MORE

  5. 9. Measuring Sprint Speed with Ultra-wideband Technology

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Johannes Arenander; [2023]
    Keywords : Speed; Sprint; Ranging; Ultra-wideband; Hastighet; Sprint; Distansmätning; Ultrabredband;

    Abstract : Sprinting can be an important ability in sports, and there are many methods for measuring sprint performance. Two common methods are hand-held timing and fully automatic timing systems. However, hand-held timing is inaccurate due to reaction time, and fully automatic timing can be impractical since it involves complex equipment. READ MORE

  6. 10. Playing through distress A pilot study on psychological flexibility and endurance in Athletes

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för beteende-, social- och rättsvetenskap

    Author : Feven Gebru; [2023]
    Keywords : Athletes; psychological flexibility; psychosocial responses; IRAP;

    Abstract : This study aimed to contribute to the understanding of playing through distress and painduring athletic training and competition by investigating athletes’ psychological flexibilityand psychosocial responses to pain. This quantitative study consisted of two parts: (1) anonline survey (explicit measures) consisting of the Personalized Psychological FlexibilityIndex (PPFI) and the behavioural subscale of the Avoidance-endurance Questionnaire(AEQ). READ MORE