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Original Research

Published on 04 Sep 2025

Training practices of Japanese elite team and combat sport athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interview study with support staff

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Daichi Yamashita
Kazuya Yamazaki
Takaki Yamagishi
Hana Tsubokura
Jad Adrian Washif
Iñigo Mujika

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1557774

2,818 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Sep 2025

Relative intensities and compositions of multifactorial peak kinematic and mechanical demands in elite youth soccer

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Farzad Yousefian
Abdullah Zafar
Fábio Y. Nakamura
Pedro Menezes
João Brito
Bruno Travassos

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1616921

2,209 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 02 Sep 2025

Comparison of lower-body neuromuscular performance profiles between 100 m and 400 m Olympic sprinters

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Dimitrije Cabarkapa
Amit Batra
Damjana V. Cabarkapa
Andrew C. Fry

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1672028

2,140 views

Case Report

Published on 02 Sep 2025

Case Report: Anthropometric profile and weight control strategies in a world boxing champion

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Rodrigo Yáñez-Sepúlveda
Carlos Abraham Herrera-Amante
Wiliam Carvajal-Veitía
Luis Aarón Quiroga-Morales
Diego A. Bonilla
Guillermo Cortés-Roco
Nicole Aguilera-Martínez
José Francisco López-Gil

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1606856

4,000 views

Original Research

Published on 29 Aug 2025

Player archetypes within basketball: optimizing roster composition to create a championship team

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Luke S. J. Penner

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1639431

2,464 views
1 citation

Correction

Published on 29 Aug 2025

Correction: Padel vs. tennis doubles: a comparison of performance demands and game attributes

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Rūtenis Paulauskas
Domantas Šakinis
Bruno Figueira

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1663379

1,521 views

Review

Published on 25 Aug 2025

Brain network of athletes in motor imagery and action anticipation: an ALE meta-analysis and MACM analysis

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Yanqiu Wang
Yang Sun
Jiangsheng Yu
Xiaorong Cheng
Zhebin Niu

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1652165

2,354 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 22 Aug 2025

Tactical and statistical analysis of spiking efficiency by type, zone and set phase in women's volleyball

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Kiattisak Sitti
K. Ravivuth Rangubhet

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1630870

3,001 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 21 Aug 2025

An empirical comparative study on the diagnostic index system for techniques and tactics in men's table tennis during the ABS plastic ball Era

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Junwei Xu
Qiankun Wang
Ulbossyn Marchibayeva
Nurdybek Bolat
Mukhametkali Sagidolla
Yelshat Kalym
Kairat Aidarkhan
Jan Alam
Ali Zhalel

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1566717

2,153 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 18 Aug 2025

Faster, more accurate? A feasibility study on replacing human judges with artificial intelligence in video review for the Paris Olympics Taekwondo competition

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Yuncheng Zhang
Ruojie Qu
Olivier Girard

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1632326

4,309 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 18 Aug 2025

Optimal body mass normalization of power output for accurate prediction of estimated cycling performance over complex time-trial courses

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Marton Horvath
Erik P. Andersson

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1599319

2,721 views

Perspective

Published on 11 Aug 2025

Training spatial intelligence in football through the cognitive load scale

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Rafael Pedrosa
Ricardo Tavares

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1628561

3,745 views

Original Research

Published on 11 Aug 2025

Comparison and association of performance indicators according to set outcome and set score difference in AVP women's beach volleyball

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Yago Pessoa da Costa
Filipe Santana Martins
Lucas Roberto Ribeiro
Antonio García-de-Alcaraz
Gilmário Ricarte Batista

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1584173

2,980 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 07 Aug 2025

The numbers behind success: key metrics for advancing in male EURO 2024

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Adrián Martín-Castellanos
Marcos Raphael Pereira-Monteiro
Francisco Hermosilla-Perona
Manuel Barba-Ruíz
Diego Muriarte Solana
Enrique Alonso-Pérez-Chao

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1622887

3,017 views

Original Research

Published on 01 Aug 2025

Contribution of trunk swing to the performance of fixed-seat rowing

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Renee Lafreniere
Matt Jensen
Tomislav Smoljanovic
James M. Wakeling
Marc Klimstra
Rebecca Thomas Orr
Courtney L. Pollock

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1618375

2,355 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Jul 2025

“More players can reach national and international levels”: coaches perceptions of “birthday-banding” in youth squash and its potential for minimising relative age effects

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Adam L. Kelly
Achuthan Shanmugaratnam
Kathryn Johnston
Joseph Baker
Matthew Ferguson
Mark Jeffreys
Josh Taylor
Alexander B. T. McAuley

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1618333

2,412 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Jul 2025

Effect of different breathing frequencies with breath-holding on muscle activity and coordination during butterfly swimming in national-level female swimmers

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Keisuke Kobayashi Yamakawa
Yasuo Sengoku
Hideki Takagi

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1613966

2,935 views

Original Research

Published on 17 Jul 2025

Differences in isometric strength and sprinting speed of academy soccer players: a special interest in transition between the age groups and national team selected players

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Martin Mikulič
Jozef Cholp
Nikolas Nagy
Filip Skala

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1630522

3,503 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 16 Jul 2025

Drop jump performance differences between ACL-injured and healthy semi-professional male soccer players

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Dimitrije Cabarkapa
Damjana V. Cabarkapa
Yu Song
Andrew C. Fry
Thordis Gisladottir
Milos Petrovic

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1618284

3,657 views

Systematic Review

Published on 15 Jul 2025

Rating of perceived exertion in continuous sports: a scoping review with evidence gap map

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Gonçalo Torres
Filipe Maia
Fábio Yuzo Nakamura
Henrique Pereira Neiva
Ana Sousa

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1553998

4,694 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 08 Jul 2025

Handgrip strength in elite youth football: potential for performance prediction and the moderating effects of age and maturation

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Sebastian Viktor Waldemar Schulz
Lucas Wizani
Lynn Matits
Eric Schwarz
Patrick Wiedemann
Daniel Alexander Bizjak
Achim Jerg
Johannes Kirsten
Alexander-Stephan Henze

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1625015

3,524 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Jul 2025

Relative age effect in the 2022–2023 World Fencing Championships

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Fabiana Bonito
Joana Viães
Júlia Teles
Luis A. Flores
Xavier Iglesias
Maria Isabel Fragoso

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1588316

3,105 views

Original Research

Published on 01 Jul 2025

Effects of a 7-day step taper, training cessation, and retraining on lower body physical and morphological aspects in elite female ice hockey players

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Daichi Nishiumi
Daichi Yamashita
Takanori Kurokawa
Naoki Hirase
Kazuki Wakamiya
Iñigo Mujika
Norikazu Hirose

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1541765

2,926 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 01 Jul 2025

External training load and rating of perceived exertion comparison between different playing styles and winning vs. losing matches in elite tennis

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Péter János Tóth
István Csáki
János Négyesi
Károly Dobos
Krisztián Havanecz
Sándor Sáfár
Csaba Ökrös

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1613661

3,292 views

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Training practices of Japanese elite team and combat sport athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interview study with support staff

Relative intensities and compositions of multifactorial peak kinematic and mechanical demands in elite youth soccer

Comparison of lower-body neuromuscular performance profiles between 100 m and 400 m Olympic sprinters

Case Report: Anthropometric profile and weight control strategies in a world boxing champion

Player archetypes within basketball: optimizing roster composition to create a championship team

Correction: Padel vs. tennis doubles: a comparison of performance demands and game attributes

Brain network of athletes in motor imagery and action anticipation: an ALE meta-analysis and MACM analysis

Tactical and statistical analysis of spiking efficiency by type, zone and set phase in women's volleyball

An empirical comparative study on the diagnostic index system for techniques and tactics in men's table tennis during the ABS plastic ball Era

Faster, more accurate? A feasibility study on replacing human judges with artificial intelligence in video review for the Paris Olympics Taekwondo competition

Optimal body mass normalization of power output for accurate prediction of estimated cycling performance over complex time-trial courses

Training spatial intelligence in football through the cognitive load scale

Comparison and association of performance indicators according to set outcome and set score difference in AVP women's beach volleyball

The numbers behind success: key metrics for advancing in male EURO 2024

Contribution of trunk swing to the performance of fixed-seat rowing

“More players can reach national and international levels”: coaches perceptions of “birthday-banding” in youth squash and its potential for minimising relative age effects

Effect of different breathing frequencies with breath-holding on muscle activity and coordination during butterfly swimming in national-level female swimmers

Differences in isometric strength and sprinting speed of academy soccer players: a special interest in transition between the age groups and national team selected players

Drop jump performance differences between ACL-injured and healthy semi-professional male soccer players

Rating of perceived exertion in continuous sports: a scoping review with evidence gap map

Handgrip strength in elite youth football: potential for performance prediction and the moderating effects of age and maturation

Relative age effect in the 2022–2023 World Fencing Championships

Effects of a 7-day step taper, training cessation, and retraining on lower body physical and morphological aspects in elite female ice hockey players

External training load and rating of perceived exertion comparison between different playing styles and winning vs. losing matches in elite tennis