Essays about: "team sports athletes"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 28 essays containing the words team sports athletes.

  1. 16. Women’s experiences of gender-based barriers and stereotypes in bodybuilding as a masculine sport in Poland

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Kaja Daroszewska; [2018-06-27]
    Keywords : Gender; Poland; women bodybuilding; stereotypes;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study gender-based barriers and stereotypes that influence women in masculine sports taking bodybuilding as an example and analyzing four interviews by using a feminism perspective and professional discourse analysis. In terms of methodology it applies narrative writing, interviews, analysis and professional discourse analysis from female bodybuilding athletes and autoethnography. READ MORE

  2. 17. Shared Field of Play, Being Part of a Team, Being Part of an Organization: Effects on Building a Personal Brand in Team Sports

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Centrum för innovations-, entreprenörskaps- och lärandeforskning (CIEL)

    Author : William Rydell; Julian Kneubühler; [2018]
    Keywords : Personal brand; shared field of play; being part of a team; being part of an organization;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to identify what effects shared field of play, being part of a team and being part of an organization has on building brand equity for athletes in team sports. Even though personal branding of athletes has received academic coverage over the past years, the role of the shared field of play, being part of a team and being part of an organization have been overlooked. READ MORE

  3. 18. The role of teammate burnout on athlete burnout: The mediating effect of coach-athlete relationship quality

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Jennica Haikarainen; Tove Stenberg; [2018]
    Keywords : athlete burnout; burnout contagiousness; coach-athlete relationship; utbrändhet hos idrottare; smittsamhet av utbrändhet; tränare-idrottare relation;

    Abstract : Within organizational psychology, previous research has shown that there is a relationship between burnout on team-level and individual team members’ burnout, but little is known if this contagiousness of burnout is also relevant within sport contexts. Therefore, the first aim of the present study was to examine the effect of perceived teammate burnout on athletes perceptions of their own burnout. READ MORE

  4. 19. Are perfectionistic and stressed athletes the main victims of the «silent epidemic»? A prospective study of personal and interpersonal risk factors of overuse injuries in sport

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Centrum för forskning om välfärd, hälsa och idrott (CVHI)

    Author : Simon Martin; [2018]
    Keywords : Psychological factors; overuse injury; prospective study; risk profiles; prevention;

    Abstract : Background: Overuse injuries (OI) account for a substantial part of sport injury incidence among athletes of various sports and levels. They lead to serious consequences for athletes’ physical and mental health, as well as athletic performance. Despite the gradual onset of symptoms, athletes often persevere in training and competing. READ MORE

  5. 20. Evaluation of TDOA based Football Player’s Position Tracking Algorithm using Kalman Filter

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för tillämpad signalbehandling

    Author : Srinivasa Rangarajan Mukhesh Kanduri; Vinay Kumar Reddy Medapati; [2018]
    Keywords : Gauss Newton method; Player Localization; Radio transmission; Single Point Localization; TDOA; Kalman filter; Wireless Sensor Network;

    Abstract : Time Difference Of Arrival (TDOA) based position tracking technique is one of the pinnacles of sports tracking technology. Using radio frequency com-munication, advanced filtering techniques and various computation methods, the position of a moving player in a virtually created sports arena can be iden-tified using MATLAB. READ MORE