STAGER, J.M. and BABINGTON, J.P. Somatic Traits in the Selection of Potential Elite Swimmers. Kinesiology, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 39-50, 1997. The identification of talent is a complex problem in competitive swimming. An assumption is made that adequate knowledge of the sport is available such that individuals with potential can be identified at an early age. For instance, traits consistent with su...

Fifty-six percent of school-aged children participate in team sports, yet there is limited evidence on how participation youth sports impacts the dietary behaviors participants and their families. Our surveyed parents caregivers participating recreation league (n = 178) to assess foods beverages offered as snacks factors that influence snack choices. Juice was most popular beverage, crackers we...

BACKGROUND Child and adolescent obesity predisposes individuals to an increased risk of morbidity and mortality from a range of lifestyle diseases. Although there is some evidence to suggest that rates of pediatric obesity have leveled off in recent years, this has not been the case among youth from low socioeconomic backgrounds. The purpose of this paper is to report the rationale, study desig...

Although nutrition and doping are important factors in sports, neither is often investigated in synchronized swimming (Synchro).This study aimed to define and compare Synchro athletes and their coaches on their knowledge of sports nutrition (KSN)and knowledge of doping (KD); and to study factors related to KSN and KD in each of these groups. Additionally, the KSNand KD questionnaires were evalu...

The official reports on doping behavior in kickboxing are alarming, but there have been no empirical studies that examined this problem directly. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence, gender differences and covariates of potential-doping-behavior, in kickboxing athletes. A total of 130 high-level kickboxing athletes (92 males, 21.37 ± 4.83 years of age, 8.39 ± 5.73 years of t...

The professionalization of any sport must include an appreciation for how and where nutrition can positively affect training adaptation and/or competition performance. Furthermore, there is an ever-increasing importance of nutrition in sports that feature very high training volumes and are of a long enough duration that both glycogen and fluid balance can limit performance. Indeed, modern marat...

Proper diet is a well-established factor influencing the effectiveness of training. to assess knowledge young sportspeople from Wrocław about sport nutritional strategies an online survey was distributed schools and clubs. respondents were asked answer questions regarding their activity, nutrition strategies. answers then compared with recommended international Society Sports Nutrition (iSSN) o...

In response to the ongoing sex data gap, present study provides a qualitative exploration of females’ nutritional experiences in elite sporting environments. Semistructured interviews were conducted with multiple participant groups ( n = 18), including athletes 7), practitioners 6), and researchers 5) across differing disciplines within professional organizations and/or national governing bodie...