News tagged with sport sciences
Wii Fit a promising tool for all ages
Jan 06, 2009 |
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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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Playing, and even watching, sports improves brain function
Sep 01, 2008 |
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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
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Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a teenager suffers a sports-related injury, many times their agony is more mental than physical.
Study shows why sporting heroes should thank their friends
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Mar 03, 2009 |
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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
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Oct 06, 2009 |
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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?
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Economists use leading indicators — the drivers of economic performance - to take the temperature of the economy and predict the future.
Coaches can shape young athletes' definition of success
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Nov 17, 2009 |
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Young athletes' achievement goals can change in a healthy way over the course of a season when their coaches create a mastery motivational climate rather than an ego orientation, University of Washington sport psychologists ...
Cattle respond to magnetic fields from power lines
Mar 16, 2009 |
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(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
Sep 13, 2007 |
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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?
Jun 27, 2008 |
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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? ...
Sporadic play activity as beneficial to child health as continuous bouts of exercise, study suggests
May 11, 2009 |
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New research suggests for the first time that frequent bouts of sporadic activity could be just as beneficial to children's health as longer exercise sessions. A team from the University of Exeter measured the frequency, ...
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