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Sports Performance

This book focuses on sports performance. According to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, "performance" refers to "how well or badly a person, company etc. does a particular job or activity", and "high performance" describes "cars, computers etc. that a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Kanosue, Kazuyuki (Editor ), Nagami, Tomoyuki (Editor ), Tsuchiya, Jun (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Part I: The Sporting Brain
  • Sports Performance and the Brain
  • Brain Activity during Motor Imagery
  • Brain Oscillations and Athletic Performance
  • Intra- and Inter-Person Coordinated Movements of Fingers and Toes
  • Training Locomotor Function
  • On the Structure of Movement Preparation
  • Muscle Relaxation and Sports
  • Neural Mechanisms of Muscle Cramp
  • Task Difficulty Affects the Association Between Childhood Fitness and Cognitive Flexibility
  • Part II: The Physiological Basis of Sports Performance
  • Genetic Polymorphisms associated with Elite Athlete Status
  • Resting Energy Expenditure in Japanese Athletes
  • Health Issues and Dietary Strategies for Heavy Athletes
  • High Fat Diet and Endurance Exercise Performance
  • Nonuniform Muscle Hypertrophy along the Length Induced by Resistance Training
  • Quantitative Profiles of the Quadriceps Femoris in Sport Athletes
  • Jump Performance Enhancement Induced by Countermovement
  • Can a High-Intensity Contraction be Enhanced by a Conditioning Contraction? Insight from the Relationship between Shortening Velocity of Muscle Fibers and Post activation Potentiation
  • Is Graduated Pressure Profile an Essential Feature for Compression Stockings to Reduce Fatigue Development of the Plantar Flexors?
  • Exercise in Space: Physical and mental benefit
  • Part III: Performance and Coaching in Various Sports
  • Energetic Considerations in Cross-Country Skiing
  • Biomechanical Analysis of V2 Skating in Cross-Country Skiing
  • Limb Force Generation as a Limiting Factor for Maximum-effort Acceleration Performance
  • Optimal Technique, Variability and Control in Gymnastics
  • Activity of the Trunk and Leg Musculature during the Flutter Kick
  • Open Water Swimming Performance
  • The Spin on a Baseball for Eight Different Pitches Thrown by an Elite Professional Pitcher
  • Baseball Hitting Accuracy and Contributing Factors
  • Automatic Tracking of Player Locations from Video Image of Football Game
  • Conceptualization of Coaching Process and Coaching Practice.