David Morales-Alamo, Marcos Martin-Rincon, Mario Perez-Valera, X Samuele Marcora, and José A. L. Calbet Department of Physical Education, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Campus Universitario de Tafira s/n, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences (IUIBS), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain; Department of Sports and Informat...

1 Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK 2 MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK 3 Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands 4 Depart...

Abstract. The player of squash has a choice between two options when his/her opponent changes the score from 8:7 to 8:8. The player to receive has to decide whether to play until 9th or until 10th point. We observe in this paper that the score of the squash game can be modelled as a Markov chain. Thus using standard techniques of Markov processes, we can derive the optimal strategy for the squa...

Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Science (RISES), Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, 8 United Kingdom. 9 Sorbonne Universités UPMC Univ Paris 06, Inserm, CNRS, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, GH Pitié 10 Salpêtrière, 47 bld de l’hôpital, Paris 13, France 11 Current Institution: Department of Neuropediatrics and NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité— 12 Universitätsmedi...

OBJECTIVE To determine factors associated with adult squash players' protective eyewear behaviours. METHODS A survey of 303 players (aged >or =18 years) was conducted at three squash venues in Melbourne, Australia over a three week period in June 2000 to obtain information about protective eyewear use. RESULTS Of 303 participants the response rate was 98.1%; 66.1% were males, with a mean ag...

OBJECTIVE To assess indicative trends in the use of protective eyewear by Australian squash players and their attitudes towards its use since 1989. METHODS Data were extracted from three Australian surveys of squash players conducted in 1989, 1995, and 2000. Responses to directly similar attitudinal questions relating to protective eyewear use from each survey were compared. The proportion of...

This study arose as a result of two squash players, one male one female, seeking advice on how to improve their mental approach to playing. They both felt that their game suffered badly through too much anxiety. After preliminary interviews it was decided to use a programme of stress inoculation training to help them learn to control their anxiety. In order to obtain baseline measures of anxiet...

2014;27(3) S Afr J Clin Nutr Sedibe MH,1,2 MSc, Senior Lecturer; Feeley AB,1 PhD, Honorary Research Fellow; Voorend C,3 MSc, Postgraduate Student Griffiths PL,1,4 PhD, Reader; Doak CM,3 PhD, Lecturer; Norris SA,1 PhD, Associate Professor 1MRC/WITS Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2Fac...

4 Stephen J. Bailey, Paul Winyard, Anni Vanhatalo, Jamie R. Blackwell, 5 Fred J. DiMenna, Daryl P. Wilkerson, Joanna Tarr, Nigel Benjamin, 6 and Andrew M. Jones 7 8 1 School of Sport and Health Sciences and 2 Peninsula College of Medicine 9 and Dentistry, St. Luke’s Campus, University of Exeter, Heavitree Road, 10 Exeter, EX1 2LU, United Kingdom. 11 12 Address for Correspondence: 13 Andrew M Jo...

Digital games can be used not only for fun and entertainment. The term ‘serious games’ denotes digital games serving serious purposes like education, training, advertising, research, and health. In the contribution the chances and challenges of serious games for computer science in sport will be discussed. Serious games, particularly adventure and shooter games, already play an important role i...