OBJECTIVE To investigate the injury patterns among competitive curlers. METHODS Participants at two curling championship events were asked to complete injury history questionnaires. RESULTS 76 curlers (39%) participated; 79% of these reported curling related musculoskeletal pain, most commonly involving the knee (54%), back (33%), and shoulder (20%). Sweeping and delivering the stone were m...

Exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) is a key differential diagnosis for unexplained dyspnoea in athletes. The gold standard means for diagnosis of EILO is direct laryngoscopy, performed continuously, while an athlete undertakes the specific sport that precipitates their symptoms. This report provides the first descriptions of rowing-associated EILO in two competitive rowers presenting...

The basis of sports are interconnected activities: training, coaching, competitions. Achieving success in requires a high level formation not only physical qualities and motor skills, but also psychological readiness for training competitiveloads. inability to control one’s emotions can nullify years training. coach the psychologist key figures preparing athlete main starts. Their professional ...

The current diagnosis of overreaching and overtraining is based on exclusion. In the present paper, four possible confirmative tools have been examined in three female speed skaters between 16 and 19 years old. A nonfunctional overreached (NFO) athlete, an athlete who was recovering from NFO and a healthy athlete were examined. The NFO athlete showed high stress and low regeneration levels at t...

I wanT To monITor my aThleTe buT where do I sTarT? Given the relationships among athlete workloads, injury and performance, athlete monitoring has become critical in the high-performance sporting environment. Sports medicine and science staff have a suite of monitoring tools available to track how much ‘work’ an athlete has performed, the response to that ‘work’ and whether the athlete is in a ...

Athlete burnout (ABO) has been identified as a significant concern among youth sportspeople. Conceptualisations of self, or perspective taking, predict mental health non-athlete adolescents. Consequently, this study aimed to determine how much perspective-taking contributes ABO adolescent athletes. A non-experimental correlational design was employed explore the utility three selves model ABO. ...