The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effect of mindfulness and task-relevant attentional focus on running performance. WKU psychology undergraduate students were assigned to one of two conditions: task-relevant attentional focus experimental training and no training control. Participants in the experimental condition received training designed to optimize the use of attentional focus strategies in a running context. Trait level mindfulness was examined as a covariate. Participants were compared on two mile run times and the use of attentional focus strategies. Differences were expected to reveal the effectiveness of the training by showing faster running times in the experimental group, and higher use of task-relevant attentional focus strategies. Only higher use of task-relevant attentional focus strategies, specifically focus on bodily sensation was supported by the data. Explanations of the results as well as exploratory analyses are provided in addition to suggestions for future research.

Devido à crescente valorização do corpo, além dos transtornos alimentares, os transtornos de imagem têm crescido e alcançado os mais variados perfis, não apenas modelos e atletas, mas também praticantes de exercícios recreacionais, sem escolher sexo, idade e atividade laboral. Observa-se que, as investigações acerca da dismorfia muscular relacionadas a atletas são vastas, contudo há carência de estudos que investiguem a prevalência em outras populações, como, por exemplo, em não atletas e em mulheres. Na dismorfia muscular, ocorre a insatisfação relacionada ao aspecto dos músculos ou simplesmente a percepção alterada da musculatura, o que pode levar à obsessão pela hipertrofia muscular e, consequentemente, pelo treinamento. A obsessão pelo treinamento é conhecida como dependência de exercício e caracteriza-se pela prática mesmo sob condições adversas, como doença ou lesão. Por sua vez, a prática excessiva de exercícios sem o adequado planejamento e sem os períodos suficientes de descanso entre as sessões de treino podem levar ao aparecimento de sinais e sintomas de overtraining, como, por exemplo, o decréscimo prolongado de desempenho físico. Portanto, o objetivo dessa pesquisa, de cunho quantitativo e transversal, foi verificar se há correlação entre dismorfia muscular, dependência de exercício e overtraining em praticantes de musculação. Participaram do estudo 320 sujeitos, entre eles homens e mulheres, com idade entre 18 e 79 anos, praticantes de musculação há, pelo menos, três meses, com frequência mínima de três treinos por semana, de dez diferentes academias do Centro Histórico de Porto Alegre, que foram avaliados por meio de três questionários validados relacionados aos temas da pesquisa, além do questionário de caracterização da amostra. A partir da análise dos dados, conclui-se que indivíduos com risco para dismorfia muscular tendem a apresentar maiores níveis de dependência de exercício. O sexo parece não influenciar maiores níveis de dismorfia muscular, dependência ou overtraining e indivíduos mais jovens parecem ter maiores indícios de dismorfia muscular e de overtraining. Os indivíduos que priorizam o ganho de massa muscular em detrimento de outros objetivos demonstraram maiores associações com risco para dismorfia muscular e com risco para dependência de exercício. / Due to the growing appreciation of the body, in addition to eating disorders, the image disorders have grown and reached the most varied profiles, not only models and athletes, but also practitioners of recreational exercises, without choosing sex, age and work activity. It is observed that the investigations of muscular dysmorphia related to athletes are vast, however, there is a lack of studies investigating the incidence in other populations, such as non-athletes and women. In muscular dysmorphia, there is dissatisfaction related to the appearance of the muscles or simply the altered perception of the muscles, which can lead to an obsession with muscular hypertrophy and, consequently, through training. The obsession with training is known as exercise dependency and is characterized by practice even under adverse conditions such as illness or injury. In addition, excessive exercise without proper planning and lack of sufficient rest periods between training sessions can lead to overtraining signs and symptoms, such as a prolonged decrease in physical performance. Therefore, the objective of this quantitative and cross-sectional study was to verify if there is a correlation between muscle dysmen- der, exercise dependence and overtraining in bodybuilders. A total of 320 subjects, mens and womens, aged between 18 and 79 years, had been trained for at least three months, with a minimum of three training sessions per week, from ten different fitness centers in the Historic Center of Porto Alegre, three validated questionnaires related to the research themes, besides the sample characterization questionnaire. From the analysis of the data, it is concluded that individuals with risk for muscular dysmorphia tend to present higher levels of exercise dependence. Sex does not appear to influence higher levels of muscle dysmorphism, dependence or overtraining, and younger individuals appear to have greater evidence of muscle dysmorphia and overtraining. Individuals who prioritize muscle mass gain over other goals have demonstrated greater associations with risk for muscle dysmorphia and risk for exercise dependence.

In competitive golf, the player’s ability to hit the ball a long distance affects the score in a positive way. Swing kinematics is considered an important factor in driver performance; one way of improving swing kinematics is through strength and power training. Subsequently, high-level golfers and their coaches often explore novel ways of increasing the distance of a shot, in particular driver carry distance (CD). This licentiate thesis presents two studies with the overall aim of studying how swing kinematic and physical characteristics are associated with driver performance among intercollegiate golf players. The studies report swing kinematics associated with driver performance (study 1) and the impact of isokinetic rotational training on driver performance and swing kinematic variables (study 2). The methods used were (1) a cross-sectional correlation study (n=15) and (2) an open trial intervention study (n=20). The studies investigated (1) the relationship between golf swing kinematics and driver performance, and (2) the impact of strength training on swing kinematics and driver performance variable. The results show variables that were distinctive for the club head speed (CHS) were mainly during the downswing: greater X-factor stretch; and higher pelvis peak speed. Whilst, factors distinctive to the regression model for CD were mainly at impact: reduced thorax rotation; and greater thorax lateral bend. Nine weeks of isokinetic training increased seated rotational force and power, peak arm speed and arm acceleration, ball speed, and CD more compared to isotonic training. Even though isokinetic training did not increase CHS, it did result in greater CD. This licentiate thesis contributes to the understanding of which variables influence driver performance, in particular CD, among high-level golfers. Segmental interactions (pelvis-thorax), lead arm speed and acceleration, isokinetic and isotonic training. These results may guide training interventions aiming to improve driver and golf performance among high-level golfers, particularly those with a background of strength training. Future studies could investigate how the interaction between swing kinematics, clubhead trajectory, and driver performance variables differ between male and female golfers.

A pesquisa trata do tema da educação corporal de atletas da ginástica artística. A temática foi investigada através do acompanhamento da rotina de treinamento de atletas da ginástica artística do Grêmio Náutico União (GNU) em Porto Alegre (RS). A pergunta principal e os objetivos que nortearam a pesquisa são os seguintes: como os corpos de atletas da ginástica artística são educados? Como gênero atravessa e dimensiona tal educação? O principal objetivo foi discutir e problematizar como corpos de atletas da ginástica artística são educados, especialmente nas sessões de treinamento esportivo, em meio a tecnologias do eu e tecnologias de dominação. A metodologia utilizada é de caráter etnográfico, com uso da observação e elaboração de um diário de campo, entrevistas semiestruturadas e análise de documentos. Busquei sustentar minha pesquisa no campo dos Estudos Culturais e Estudos de Gênero com aproximações no pós-estruturalismo. Conceitos como tecnologias do eu e tecnologias de dominação (FOUCAULT, 2004; LARROSA,1995; VEIGA NETO, 2008; NICOLAS ROSE, 2001), corpo (HARAWAY, 2000; VIRILIO, 1996; GIL, 1981, 1997) e gênero (LOURO, 1999, 2004; MEYER, 1999, 2003), entre outros, serviram como algumas ferramentas para pensar o objeto de pesquisa. Argumento que a educação corporal de atletas da ginástica artística de alto rendimento, especialmente nas sessões de treinamento esportivo, ocorre na articulação entre natureza e cultura e é o tempo inteiro um exercício do sujeito sobre si mesmo e do sujeito na relação com o outro. Além disso, gênero é uma importante dimensão constitutiva das tecnologias do eu e das tecnologias de dominação. / This research approaches body education of athletes in artistic gymnastics. The theme has been investigated through the follow-up of training routine of athletes at Gremio Nautico Uniao (GNU) in Porto Alegre (RS). The main questions and the objectives that have guided this research are the following: How have bodies of artistic gymnastics athletes been educated? How have gender crossed and dimensioned such an education? The main objective is to discuss and problematize the way bodies of artistic gymnastic athletes have been educated, particularly in sessions of sports training, amidst both technologies of the self and technologies of domination. The methodology used has an ethnographic character, with the use of observation and construction of a field diary, semi-structured interviews, and document analysis. I have attempted to ground my research on the field of cultural studies and gender studies, with approximations to post-structuralism. Concepts such as technologies of the self and technologies of domination (FOUCAULT, 2004; LARROSA, 1995; VEIGA NETO, 2008; NICOLAS ROSE, 2001), body (HARAWAY, 2000; VIRILIO, 1996; GIL, 1981, 1997), and gender (LOURO, 1999, 2004; MEYER, 1999, 2003), among others, have been some of the tools used to think about the research object. I have argued that body education of high performance athletes in artistic gymnastics, particularly in sessions of sports training, occurs in the articulation of nature and culture, and has ever been an exercise of the subject over oneself, as well as of the subject in the relation with the other. Furthermore, gender is a dimension constitute of technologies of the self and technologies of domination.

Title of the thesis: Pace of game in women's single tennis matches at Australian Open 2017 Aim of the thesis: The aim of the thesis is to find out pace of game in women's single tennis matches at Australian Open 2017. Other partial objectives are folowing: compare pace of game in the first, the second and the third round matches with pace of game in quarterfinal, semifinal and final matches, compare pace of game in individual sets and also compare pace of game after the first and the second serve. Methods used in the thesis: The main method was notational analysis based on indirect observation of video records of 23 matches at Australian Open 2017. Rally duration, number of shots in the rally and time between points were measured during the matches. Pace of game and work-rest ratio within the game were calculated. Achieved results: Mean pace of game was 1,21  0,21 s. Mean rally duration was 5,43  4,10 s. Mean number of shots in the rally was 4,47  3,00 shots. Mean time between points was 21,24  3,69 s. Mean work-rest ratio within the game was 1 : 4,03  5,41. The difference between final and initial round matches was 0,07 s, in favour of final round matches. No significant differences were found out in observed variables among individual sets. Pace of game did not change after the first and the...

This thesis deals with the peak performance age of male and female tennis players in the Olympics and the Grand Slam tournaments in the years 1970 - 2011. Based on collected data which includes dates of birth of the first eight players the results are processed and evaluated using Microsoft Office. Output data is compiled in tables and graphs, where we can see the development of the average age of players and female players. This may serve for planning better sports training

A pesquisa trata do tema da educação corporal de atletas da ginástica artística. A temática foi investigada através do acompanhamento da rotina de treinamento de atletas da ginástica artística do Grêmio Náutico União (GNU) em Porto Alegre (RS). A pergunta principal e os objetivos que nortearam a pesquisa são os seguintes: como os corpos de atletas da ginástica artística são educados? Como gênero atravessa e dimensiona tal educação? O principal objetivo foi discutir e problematizar como corpos de atletas da ginástica artística são educados, especialmente nas sessões de treinamento esportivo, em meio a tecnologias do eu e tecnologias de dominação. A metodologia utilizada é de caráter etnográfico, com uso da observação e elaboração de um diário de campo, entrevistas semiestruturadas e análise de documentos. Busquei sustentar minha pesquisa no campo dos Estudos Culturais e Estudos de Gênero com aproximações no pós-estruturalismo. Conceitos como tecnologias do eu e tecnologias de dominação (FOUCAULT, 2004; LARROSA,1995; VEIGA NETO, 2008; NICOLAS ROSE, 2001), corpo (HARAWAY, 2000; VIRILIO, 1996; GIL, 1981, 1997) e gênero (LOURO, 1999, 2004; MEYER, 1999, 2003), entre outros, serviram como algumas ferramentas para pensar o objeto de pesquisa. Argumento que a educação corporal de atletas da ginástica artística de alto rendimento, especialmente nas sessões de treinamento esportivo, ocorre na articulação entre natureza e cultura e é o tempo inteiro um exercício do sujeito sobre si mesmo e do sujeito na relação com o outro. Além disso, gênero é uma importante dimensão constitutiva das tecnologias do eu e das tecnologias de dominação. / This research approaches body education of athletes in artistic gymnastics. The theme has been investigated through the follow-up of training routine of athletes at Gremio Nautico Uniao (GNU) in Porto Alegre (RS). The main questions and the objectives that have guided this research are the following: How have bodies of artistic gymnastics athletes been educated? How have gender crossed and dimensioned such an education? The main objective is to discuss and problematize the way bodies of artistic gymnastic athletes have been educated, particularly in sessions of sports training, amidst both technologies of the self and technologies of domination. The methodology used has an ethnographic character, with the use of observation and construction of a field diary, semi-structured interviews, and document analysis. I have attempted to ground my research on the field of cultural studies and gender studies, with approximations to post-structuralism. Concepts such as technologies of the self and technologies of domination (FOUCAULT, 2004; LARROSA, 1995; VEIGA NETO, 2008; NICOLAS ROSE, 2001), body (HARAWAY, 2000; VIRILIO, 1996; GIL, 1981, 1997), and gender (LOURO, 1999, 2004; MEYER, 1999, 2003), among others, have been some of the tools used to think about the research object. I have argued that body education of high performance athletes in artistic gymnastics, particularly in sessions of sports training, occurs in the articulation of nature and culture, and has ever been an exercise of the subject over oneself, as well as of the subject in the relation with the other. Furthermore, gender is a dimension constitute of technologies of the self and technologies of domination.

A pesquisa trata do tema da educação corporal de atletas da ginástica artística. A temática foi investigada através do acompanhamento da rotina de treinamento de atletas da ginástica artística do Grêmio Náutico União (GNU) em Porto Alegre (RS). A pergunta principal e os objetivos que nortearam a pesquisa são os seguintes: como os corpos de atletas da ginástica artística são educados? Como gênero atravessa e dimensiona tal educação? O principal objetivo foi discutir e problematizar como corpos de atletas da ginástica artística são educados, especialmente nas sessões de treinamento esportivo, em meio a tecnologias do eu e tecnologias de dominação. A metodologia utilizada é de caráter etnográfico, com uso da observação e elaboração de um diário de campo, entrevistas semiestruturadas e análise de documentos. Busquei sustentar minha pesquisa no campo dos Estudos Culturais e Estudos de Gênero com aproximações no pós-estruturalismo. Conceitos como tecnologias do eu e tecnologias de dominação (FOUCAULT, 2004; LARROSA,1995; VEIGA NETO, 2008; NICOLAS ROSE, 2001), corpo (HARAWAY, 2000; VIRILIO, 1996; GIL, 1981, 1997) e gênero (LOURO, 1999, 2004; MEYER, 1999, 2003), entre outros, serviram como algumas ferramentas para pensar o objeto de pesquisa. Argumento que a educação corporal de atletas da ginástica artística de alto rendimento, especialmente nas sessões de treinamento esportivo, ocorre na articulação entre natureza e cultura e é o tempo inteiro um exercício do sujeito sobre si mesmo e do sujeito na relação com o outro. Além disso, gênero é uma importante dimensão constitutiva das tecnologias do eu e das tecnologias de dominação. / This research approaches body education of athletes in artistic gymnastics. The theme has been investigated through the follow-up of training routine of athletes at Gremio Nautico Uniao (GNU) in Porto Alegre (RS). The main questions and the objectives that have guided this research are the following: How have bodies of artistic gymnastics athletes been educated? How have gender crossed and dimensioned such an education? The main objective is to discuss and problematize the way bodies of artistic gymnastic athletes have been educated, particularly in sessions of sports training, amidst both technologies of the self and technologies of domination. The methodology used has an ethnographic character, with the use of observation and construction of a field diary, semi-structured interviews, and document analysis. I have attempted to ground my research on the field of cultural studies and gender studies, with approximations to post-structuralism. Concepts such as technologies of the self and technologies of domination (FOUCAULT, 2004; LARROSA, 1995; VEIGA NETO, 2008; NICOLAS ROSE, 2001), body (HARAWAY, 2000; VIRILIO, 1996; GIL, 1981, 1997), and gender (LOURO, 1999, 2004; MEYER, 1999, 2003), among others, have been some of the tools used to think about the research object. I have argued that body education of high performance athletes in artistic gymnastics, particularly in sessions of sports training, occurs in the articulation of nature and culture, and has ever been an exercise of the subject over oneself, as well as of the subject in the relation with the other. Furthermore, gender is a dimension constitute of technologies of the self and technologies of domination.

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Title: Competitive success in the performance development of tennis players Abstract This study deals with the performance development analysis of players, in the conditions of the Czech Tennis Association enviroment (before 1993 of the Czechoslovak Tennis Association), and the aim is to find if the competitive success of Czech, or Czechoslovak players reached in the U12 and U14 age categories relates to their later top performance achievements at the international level. The prospective view analyses national rankings of best U12 and U14 players (during years 1989 - 2011) in relation to their future success at the professional level on the ATP and WTA Tour. The retrospective analysis focuses on players (born 1970 or younger) who reached a top 100 ATP or WTA ranking, and explores their performance development. The qualitative part of the research, based on structured open ended interviews with tennis experts, identifies, confirms and/or reviews the ways of achieving the top tennis performance. This part focuses on three topics of the long-term athletic development in tennis - characteristic features of training, demands on successful players and importance of sport competitions. The total number of 1791 players were involved into the prospective analysis research, and there was a success of 38,50 % of male...