Dance is a universal form of human expression that offers a rich source for scientific study.
Dance provides a unique opportunity to investigate brain plasticity and its interaction with …

Plyometric training (PT) is an effective training method for improving physical fitness among
trained individuals; however, its impact on health-related physical fitness in untrained …

Some long-term athlete development models have proposed generic sensitive periods or
“windows of opportunity” during childhood and adolescence that are optimal for training …

This investigation explored motivations for engaging in physical activity and how they varied
across the lifespan. A total of 1,885 individuals completed a comprehensive questionnaire …

Background The aims of the study were (1) to identify the physical fitness and basic
anthropometric characteristics of Polish female basketball players aged 13–15 years,(2) to …

Sports competition can play an important role for children because it contributes to
developmental outcomes for a healthy lifestyle. Through sports competition, children can …

Purpose: To evaluate relationships among skeletal maturity, body size, and functional
capacities of elite junior tennis players. Methods: Participants were 88 elite British Junior …

Tracking and measuring elements of performance is a well-established feature of practice in
football academies. Player characteristics are considered, tracked, and measured using a …

The Adulteration of Children's Sports explores current behavioral and physiological
research about how children's organized sport has changed; how adults' goals and needs …

Colloquial conjecture asserts perceptions of difference in what is more or less important to
youth athletes based on binary categorization, such as sex (girls vs. boys), age (younger vs …