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Systematic Review

Published on 20 Oct 2025

The performance gut: a key to optimizing performance in high-level athletes: a systematic scoping review

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Junior Carlone
Attilio Parisi
Alessio Fasano

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1641923

3,516 views

Original Research

Published on 17 Oct 2025

The impact of wearable sports equipment on college students’ physical exercise persistence: a mediated model of physical exercise motivation moderated by social support

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Yufeng Han
Sen Wang
Zhiwen Zhang
Junli Fan

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1691032

1,805 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 17 Oct 2025

Reliability and criterion validity of the concept 2 SkiErg™ to assess 1,000-m on-snow, time trial performance—a case study

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Brendan J. O'Brien
Ryan Worn
Brad Clark
Matt Spencer

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1631229

1,421 views

Original Research

Published on 16 Oct 2025

Differences in game-based performance by playing position in young elite male team handball players

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Herbert Wagner
Vanja Radic
Matthias Hinz

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1688078

1,693 views

Original Research

Published on 15 Oct 2025

Technical classification of professional cycling stages using unsupervised learning: implications for performance variability

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Igor Garcia-Atutxa
Ekaitz Dudagoitia Barrio
Francisca Villanueva-Flores

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1661456

1,678 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Oct 2025

Effect of pacing strategy modification on 200 m performance in athletics

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Takaya Yoshimoto
Yoshihiro Chiba
Soshi Mizukubo
Kentaro Sato
Hayato Ohnuma
Yohei Takai

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1657245

3,108 views

Original Research

Published on 08 Oct 2025

Stroke rate–stroke length dynamics in elite freestyle swimming: application of kernel density estimation

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Craig A. Staunton
Jesús J. Ruiz-Navarro
Dennis-Peter Born

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1656633

3,237 views

Original Research

Published on 07 Oct 2025

Individual load–velocity measures are associated with 2,000-m rowing ergometer performance in German national rowers

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Mats Willem Jacobs
Moritz Schumann

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1688650

1,277 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Oct 2025

Precision or adaptability? Contrasting effects of linear and non-linear pedagogy models in handball instruction

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Sebastián Espoz-Lazo
Masoud Rahmati Arani
Claudio Hinojosa-Torres
Claudio Farías-Valenzuela
Jalal Dehghani Zadeh

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1673424

1,867 views

Systematic Review

Published on 01 Oct 2025

Reliability of finger strength assessment methods in climbing: a systematic review

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Jorge Pérez-Cordero
Daniel Jerez-Mayorga
Ángela Rodríguez-Perea
Diego Soto García

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1650198

2,894 views

Original Research

Published on 30 Sep 2025

Age effects in NHL draftees: a data-driven review of a multi-dimensional concept

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Yiru Wang
Ben Csiernik
Kathryn Johnston
Joseph Baker

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1593409

4,070 views

Original Research

Published on 26 Sep 2025

Decision-making process in game sports: what do top-level players think of current research?

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Lukas Magnaguagno
Damian Beck

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1653834

2,970 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Sep 2025

Offensive efficiency and traditional positional roles in Hungarian basketball: an empirical analysis

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Botond Ágoston Nagy
Benedek Ágost Nagy
Ágoston Nagy
József Gáll
Tamás Sterbenz

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1658662

2,105 views

Systematic Review

Published on 24 Sep 2025

The effects of complex training on performance variables in basketball players: a systematic review and meta-analysis

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Ibnu Noufal Kambitta Valappil
Koulla Parpa
Karuppasamy Govindasamy
Borko Katanic
Cain C. T. Clark
Masilamani Elayaraja
Debajit Karmakar
Alexandru Ioan Băltean
Patricia Roxana Forț
Vlad Adrian Geantă

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1669334

4,553 views

Original Research

Published on 23 Sep 2025

Quantifying the technical-tactical diversity of elite tennis players during match-play

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Zichen Zhao
Yixiong Cui
Miguel-Ángel Gómez
Shouxin Zong
Bing Qi

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1634573

2,734 views

Systematic Review

Published on 22 Sep 2025

Assessment of the neuromuscular characteristics of the flexo-extension muscles of knee by tensiomyography in elite soccer players: a systematic review

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Jesús Lorigados Pérez
Álvaro Bustamante-Sánchez

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1610094

2,267 views

Original Research

Published on 19 Sep 2025

A multi-parameter investigation of elite archery: distinguishing individual and shared performance strategies during the aiming and follow-through phases

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Raphaël Jacquot
Khaireddine Ben Mansour
Kévin Bouillet
Jean-Philippe Jehl
Gérôme Gauchard

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1650300

2,518 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Sep 2025

Periodization for success—in-season external training loads relative to competition load in American football

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Quincy R. Johnson
Yang Yang
Dimitrije Cabarkapa
Dayton Sealey
Shane Stock
Dalton Gleason
Clay Frels
Madi Rink
Andrew C. Fry

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1662240

2,958 views

Original Research

Published on 17 Sep 2025

Rethinking the strongest link: VAL, ratings, and team success in Hungarian basketball

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Benedek Ágost Nagy
Botond Ágoston Nagy
Ágoston Nagy
József Gáll
Tamás Sterbenz

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1658676

2,368 views

Original Research

Published on 15 Sep 2025

Impact of course length on swimming performance across age groups and swimming strokes

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Javier Iglesias García
Francisco Hermosilla-Perona
Tomohiro Gonjo
Daniel Juárez Santos-García

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1631870

2,409 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Sep 2025

Impact of athletic profiles and the relative age effect on the future achievement levels of young basketball players

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Yannis Irid
Jean-Claude Pineau
Quentin De Larochelambert
Jean-François Toussaint
Adrien Sedeaud

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1616800

3,279 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Sep 2025

Enhancement of post-activation performance enhancement by blood flow restriction following specific on-ice exercise program in ice hockey players

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Tomasz Gabrys
Radoslaw Chruscinski
Urszula Szmatlan-Gabrys
Michal Garnys
Marta Bichowska-Paweska
Ladislav Cepicka

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1659724

2,354 views

Original Research

Published on 11 Sep 2025

The influence of partial sleep restriction on repeated sprint ability and reaction time in university athletes

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Benjamin R. Wannell
Felix M. J. Brunner
Zoe Lovibond
Bert O. Bond

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1519987

3,239 views

Original Research

Published on 09 Sep 2025

The influence of cereboost on mood, cognitive function, and simulated driving in professional race car drivers

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

David P. Ferguson
Pascale Franca-Berthon
Claire Williams
Romain Le Cozannet

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1658468

2,810 views

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The performance gut: a key to optimizing performance in high-level athletes: a systematic scoping review

The impact of wearable sports equipment on college students’ physical exercise persistence: a mediated model of physical exercise motivation moderated by social support

Reliability and criterion validity of the concept 2 SkiErg™ to assess 1,000-m on-snow, time trial performance—a case study

Differences in game-based performance by playing position in young elite male team handball players

Technical classification of professional cycling stages using unsupervised learning: implications for performance variability

Effect of pacing strategy modification on 200 m performance in athletics

Stroke rate–stroke length dynamics in elite freestyle swimming: application of kernel density estimation

Individual load–velocity measures are associated with 2,000-m rowing ergometer performance in German national rowers

Precision or adaptability? Contrasting effects of linear and non-linear pedagogy models in handball instruction

Reliability of finger strength assessment methods in climbing: a systematic review

Age effects in NHL draftees: a data-driven review of a multi-dimensional concept

Decision-making process in game sports: what do top-level players think of current research?

Offensive efficiency and traditional positional roles in Hungarian basketball: an empirical analysis

The effects of complex training on performance variables in basketball players: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Quantifying the technical-tactical diversity of elite tennis players during match-play

Assessment of the neuromuscular characteristics of the flexo-extension muscles of knee by tensiomyography in elite soccer players: a systematic review

A multi-parameter investigation of elite archery: distinguishing individual and shared performance strategies during the aiming and follow-through phases

Periodization for success—in-season external training loads relative to competition load in American football

Rethinking the strongest link: VAL, ratings, and team success in Hungarian basketball

Impact of course length on swimming performance across age groups and swimming strokes

Impact of athletic profiles and the relative age effect on the future achievement levels of young basketball players

Enhancement of post-activation performance enhancement by blood flow restriction following specific on-ice exercise program in ice hockey players

The influence of partial sleep restriction on repeated sprint ability and reaction time in university athletes

The influence of cereboost on mood, cognitive function, and simulated driving in professional race car drivers