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Snooze You Win? It's True for Achieving Hoop Dreams, Says New Study
July 1, 2011 Young basketball players spend hours dribbling up and down the court aspiring to NBA stardom. Now, new research suggests another tactic to achieving their hoop dreams: ... > full story -
Soccer (Football) Players' Performance Is More Than the Sum of Their Parts
June 30, 2011 Soccer (football) players with superior ability in areas such as passing accuracy or sprint speed do not necessarily achieve better overall performance on the field (pitch). Researchers measured ... > full story -
Women Get Up Sooner Than Men After a Fall in Soccer, Study Finds
June 29, 2011 When women play football (soccer), the individual interruptions, for instance for substitutions or to cheer a goal, are a lot shorter than when men play. In particular after injuries men remain on ... > full story -
Athletic Coaches Must Be Open to Self-Examination, Lifelong Learning, Experts Argue
June 23, 2011 Coaches are often lauded as experts at what they do, and, consequently, it can blind them to their athletes' individual needs. As a result many problems in sport are misunderstood or solved ... > full story -
No Injury Spike in Bantam Bodychecking
June 20, 2011 A new study shows that when bodychecking is introduced into Bantam ice hockey there is no difference between overall injury rates or concussion, regardless of whether players have prior bodychecking ... > full story -
Reducing Lifelong Disability from Sports Injuries in Children
June 20, 2011 To protect children from lifelong injuries in sports, we need a public health approach similar to that mounted against smoking and drunk driving, according to ... > full story -
Starting Signal for Athletes With Sensory Disability
June 15, 2011 A new system alerts racers about the race start through visual signals -- enabling reaction time equal to other ... > full story -
Education Doesn't Increase Odds That Minorities Play 'High-Status' Sports, Study Suggests
June 2, 2011 Black and Mexican American doctors and lawyers aren't any more likely to play "high-status" sports such as golf or tennis than less educated people within their racial-ethnic groups, and more ... > full story -
Long Warm-Ups for Track and Field Can Sabotage Race Performance
May 27, 2011 Low intensity warm-ups enhance athletic ... > full storyMore: -
Big Bucks for MLB Megastars Mean Big Team Profits, but Fewer Wins
May 25, 2011 Spending top dollar for megastar players like Miguel Cabrera and Alex Rodriguez helps Major League Baseball teams attract fans and earn higher profits, but clubs that spend the bulk of their player ... > full story
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