The COVID-19 pandemic caused a great emotional impact on the general population, with specific consequences in field of sport and physical activity. present study was conducted to meet two objectives: (1) investigate if had an competitive anxiety sex level played mediating role, (2) relationship between self-control affected by pandemic. An amount 608 Spanish athletes participated, divided into...

BACKGROUND/AIM The international governing body for competitive rowing recently mandated the inclusion of 12-lead ECG during preparticipation screening. We therefore sought to describe normative ECG characteristics and to examine the prevalence of abnormal ECG findings as defined by contemporary athlete ECG interpretation criteria among competitive rowers. METHODS Competitive rowers (n=330, 5...

For a long time, competitive sport has focused only on aspects related to performance. However, studies in social psychology have indicated the importance of focusing human development athletes, which can occur through training environments that promote psychological well-being. Thus, this study aimed analyze impact coach-athlete attachment style, mediated by coach’s leadership mental toughness...

Perfectionism in sports has been shown to be associated with burnout in athletes. Whether perfectionism predicts longitudinal changes in athlete burnout, however, is still unclear. Using a two-wave cross-lagged panel design, the current study examined perfectionistic strivings, perfectionistic concerns, and athlete burnout in 101 junior athletes (mean age 17.7 years) over 3 months of active tra...

In this study, we examined the utility of self-determination theory (Ryan & Deci, 2002) as a framework for understanding the antecedents of athlete burnout in elite New Zealand rugby union players (n=133). Perceptions of competence, autonomy, and relatedness (i.e. basic psychological needs) were hypothesized to be negatively related to burnout scores, while players classified as "high-burnouts"...

The 1968 statement of the Committee on Chilthen with Handicaps, “The Epilpetic Child and Competitive School Athletics,” is restated with considerable modification.’ The responsibility for weighing the risks involved in athletic participation should be shared by the parents, the physician, and the child. Such risks should be weighed against the psychological trauma resulting from unnecessary res...

Abstract: Because of the competitive aerobics sports fun and keeping fit was deeply loved by the masses of young people, so the national fitness campaign project occupies a very important position, in order to improve the comprehensive performance of competitive aerobics players will be on the level of competitive aerobics athlete's physical stamina and skill in-depth analysis and research. Bas...

Sudden death in healthy athletes is uncommon but, when it occurs, the primary mechanism is cardiovascular. The major cause of sudden death in the young athlete is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or related conditions characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy, aortic rupture due to cystic medial necrosis and congenital coronary artery abnormalities. In the middle-aged or older athlete, coronary ...