Background: Health-related behaviours and attitudes acquired in childhood significantly
shape health behaviours in adulthood and play an important role in preventing children from …

The 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak caused home confinement, as well as training
and sport competitions withdrawals. The prolonged inactivity impact, and lack of in-person …

This study investigated if basic need satisfaction and frustration mediated the associations
between autonomy-supportive and controlling coaching behaviours and participants' …

Assessing the holistic impact of student-athletes within sport schools is important due to the
increasing popularity of sport school programmes, the likelihood that most youth athletes do …

This study examined the influence of 7 high school esports developmental programs on
student self-regulation, growth mindset, positive youth development (PYD), perceived …

The most effective coaches understand the fundamentals of sport psychology, which include
interacting effectively with athletes, creating the optimal environment, assessing the …

In developing the game of pétanque, it is necessary to master good basic techniques
because this is the initial capital of an athlete to develop his game. Good mastery of basic …

Introduction Psychologists are particularly interested in how people operate in stressful
settings. The sporting arena is a “natural laboratory” for studying how people behave and …

The global issue of the importance of positive youth development has become an interesting
topic to be studied more deeply. This is evidenced by the number of research results …

Futsal performance has been extensively investigated in previous studies, demonstrating
that the psychological state of the players or the playing position condition performance …