News tagged with sport sciences


Wii Fit a promising tool for all ages

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

While some emerging technologies can create environments that require very little physical effort, one Kansas State University researcher thinks games like Nintendo's Wii Fit can help promote physical rather than sedentary ...





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Athletes' and spectators' brains light up when talking sports

Playing, and even watching, sports improves brain function

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 01, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Being an athlete or merely a fan improves language skills when it comes to discussing their sport because parts of the brain usually involved in playing sports are instead used to understand sport language, ...


How Parents Can Play a Role in a Child Injury

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When a teenager suffers a sports-related injury, many times their agony is more mental than physical.


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Probing Question: What are the origins of skiing?

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Swoosh…Undeniably, this is the sound of skiing. As winter approaches, legions of avid skiers are preparing their equipment. Skis are being waxed, boots are being pulled out of storage and people are yearning ...


Physical education teaching staff play key role in making you like sport

Physical education teaching staff play key role in making you like sport

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What factors have an influence in making us like sport in the physical education classes we receive in school? According to a new investigation, physical education teaching staff must develop the responsibility, ...


Study shows why sporting heroes should thank their friends

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Encouraging words from friends and family can pave the way to sporting victory, according to research by the University of Exeter, released today. Dame Kelly Holmes and Sir Chris Hoy have both cited the ongoing support of ...


Study: Perceptions might often kick a player when they are down

Study: Perceptions might often kick a player when they are down

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Just like Lucy pulling the football away from Charlie Brown, kicking a football through goal posts can be an elusive task, according to Purdue University research.


Study: Can nature's leading indicators presage environmental disaster?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (8) | comments 46

Economists use leading indicators — the drivers of economic performance - to take the temperature of the economy and predict the future.


Cattle respond to magnetic fields from power lines

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 9

(AP) -- High-voltage power lines mess with animal magnetism. Researchers, who reported last year that most cows and deer tend to orient themselves in a north-south alignment, have now found that power lines can disorient ...


Computer models help raise the bar for sporting achievement

Technology / Other

created Sep 13, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Computer models now under development could enhance the design of sports equipment to help people of all abilities realise their sporting potential.


Can we have our cake and eat it — then go to the gym?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 27, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

There is compelling evidence that both obesity and a sedentary lifestyle are strong independent risk factors for premature death — but is it healthier to be obese and physically active or a healthy weight and sedentary? ...



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