The study aimed to identify the influence of prior knowledge of exercise duration associated with initial information about momentary match status (losing or winning) on the pacing behaviour displayed during soccer game-based activities. Twenty semi-professional male players participated in four game scenarios divided in two sessions. In the first game scenario, players were not informed about ...

Business Analytics and big data have potential in many industries. The collected massive data can help organizations dramatically reduce risks while increasing operational efficiencies. In sport, just as in any business, an increasing volume of data is being captured, collected, and analyzed. Today, sports are generating more data than ever before, and sports organizations have an unprecedented...

Professional sports have emerged as a lucrative business, with many opportunities for sports marketers to flourish. As this paper will show, professional sports teams unite to produce a league product that, while initially is produced to provide entertainment for spectators, is now sold to four distinct groups: first, fans who support leagues by attending games, following games on television an...

Ethical issues present a challenge for health care professionals working with athletes of sports teams. Health care professionals-including the team physician, the physical therapist, and the athletic trainer-are faced with the challenge of returning an athlete to competition as quickly as possible but as safely as possible. Conflicts of interest arise due to conflicting obligations of the team...

Leaders do not operate in social vacuums, but are imbedded in a web of interpersonal relationships with their teammates and coach. The present manuscript is the first to use social network analysis to provide more insight in the leadership structure within sports teams. Two studies were conducted, including respectively 25 teams (N = 308; Mage = 24.9 years old) and 21 teams (N = 267; Mage = 24....