Current evidence indicates that elite-level coaches encounter a range of performance, organizational, and personal stressors may influence or compromise mental health. With exposure to these stressors, supports need be established protect preserve the health coaches. Given paucity available, this article proposes number considerations should taken into account when developing rehabilitation fra...

The main purpose of the present study was to quantify and compare selected kinematic variables and their timing during the tennis forehand of different skill levels. An eight-camera 400 Hz, Vicon motion analysis system recorded kinematic data of six ATP- professionals (elite) and seven high performance (HP) players when shots were played cross court and down the line. Timing of the maximum angl...

While debate continues on “optimal” attentional focus, little empirical knowledge exists the way that attention is operationalized across training and performance in elite golf. Accordingly, this study aimed to (a) explore foci promoted or used by coaches players for different types of shots training, plus their underpinning rationale (b) competition, rationale. Our findings revealed various we...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TWOFOLD (a) to examine if kinetic and kinematic parameters of the sprint start could differentiate elite from sub-elite sprinters and, (b) to investigate whether providing feedback (FB) about selected parameters could improve starting block performance of intermediate sprinters over a 6-week training period. Twelve male sprinters, assigned to an elite or a sub-elit...

Currently little is known about the prevalence and etiology of depression in the athletic population (Nixdorf et al., 2015). Almost 75% of mental health difficulties first emerge between the ages of 15 and 25 (Kessler et al., 2005). And arguably the peak years for elite sport performance overlap with the period where the risk of mental health disorders are highest. Given the context of sport an...