Essays about: "sports and games"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 68 essays containing the words sports and games.

  1. 6. Do cognitive abilities differ between competitive and non-competitive players of the e-sport Counter-Strike : Global Offensive?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Linus Andersson; [2023]
    Keywords : e-sports; Counter-Strike: Global Offensive; cognitive abilities;

    Abstract : The rise of competitive e-sports and its increasing popularity with several million players worldwide across various games has sparked an interest in the cognitive abilities associated with it. This study aimed to investigate if there is a relationship between competitive play and an increase in cognitive ability, as measured by performance in cognitive tasks. READ MORE

  3. 7. Player Transfers in Sweden - How Swedish Men's Elite Football Clubs Manage Multiple Institutional Logics

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Elias Johnsson; Jonas Engström; [2023]
    Keywords : Football; Player Transfers; Institutional Logics; Hybrid Organizations; Stakeholder Management;

    Abstract : Football has shifted from being a sport owned and played by the working class, to being the most commercialized sport in the world, with clubs buying players for hundreds of millions of Euros. In Sweden, this commercialization is affected by the 51%-rule, a rule stating that the members of a club have to own a majority of it. READ MORE

  4. 8. Transforming a sport into an exergame : An exploratory study on how golfers interact with sports technology with game mechanics, and how it affects their golfing experience

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

    Author : Peter Borojevic; [2023]
    Keywords : sports technology; games; exergames; game mechanics; golf; sportteknologi; spel; träningsdatorspel; spelmekanik; golf;

    Abstract : Teknik med spelmekanik används allt mer i sportmiljöer, men både fördelar och utmaningar finns med denna typ av teknik. Nyligen har ett kommersiellt intresse riktats mot golf driving ranges och installation av spelsystem i dessa områden, men lite forskning har utförts om hur dessa installationer påverkar golfare under deras träning och hur spelare interagerar med dem. READ MORE

  5. 9. Favourable Opportunities in Sports Betting - A Statistical Approach to Football Goals in the Premier League

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Fredrik Lindau; Gustaf Carle; [2022]
    Keywords : statistics; Poisson distribution; Negative Binomial distribution; Bayesian regression; football; Premier League; sports betting; market efficiency; probability theory; estimations; statistik; Poisson fördelning; Negativ Binomial fördelning; Bayesiansk regression; fotboll; Premier League; betting; marknadseffektivitet; sannolikhetsteori; skattningar;

    Abstract : The premise of this report is to delve into sports betting and whether favourable opportunities can be found, more specifically focusing on over and under odds for number of goals scored in football games of the Premier League. Using historical data from football matches several models are developed, the characteristics of goals warranting the use of probability based Poisson and Negative Binomial models, as well as Bayesian Poisson regression for goal predictions. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Impact of motion-sensing exercise games on young adults : Take “Ring Fit Adventure” as example

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Jiaxin Li; [2022]
    Keywords : exercise game; Ring Fit Adventure; Nintendo switch; fitness; motion-sensing;

    Abstract : With the continued expansion of the market share of video games and the growing numberof obese people in recent years, public and business interests in exercise games have been aroused. The period when exercise games emerged maybe can be counted down from AtariPuffer. READ MORE