The key to success in elite athletes? Explicit and implicit motor learning in youth elite and non-elite soccer players

In sports, fast and accurate execution of movements is required. It has been shown that implicitly learned movements might be less vulnerable than explicitly learned movements to stressful and fast changing circumstances that exist at the elite sports level. The present study provides insight in explicit and implicit motor learning in youth soccer players with different expertise levels. Twenty-seven youth elite soccer players and 25 non-elite soccer players (aged 10–12) performed a serial reaction time task (SRTT). In the SRTT, one of the sequences must be learned explicitly, the other was implicitly learned. No main effect of group was found for implicit and explicit learning on mean reaction time (MRT) and accuracy. However, for MRT, an interaction was found between learning condition, learning phase and group. Analyses showed no group effects for the explicit learning condition, but youth elite soccer players showed better learning in the implicit learning condition. In particular, during implicit motor learning youth elite soccer showed faster MRTs in the early learning phase and earlier reached asymptote performance in terms of MRT. Present findings may be important for sports because children with superior implicit learning abilities in early learning phases may be able to learn more (durable) motor skills in a shorter time period as compared to other children.     

运动员感恩的价值及其培养策略分析

运动员感恩教育是指运动队的管理者或者教练员根据运动员的个性特点,在训练和比赛的过程中运用一定的方法和手段,创造一定的感恩氛围,激发和引导运动员对知恩、感恩、报恩、施恩的价值认同,并付诸实践的道德教育过程。运动员感恩的价值主要体现在增加运动员的心理应对资源;促进运动员行为的积极变化;建立和维持运动员的人际关系网络。对运动员进行感恩教育的培养策略可以从以下3个方面进行:营造良好的感恩教育环境;创新感恩教育的方式、方法;提升感恩认知和行为。     

中国皮划艇国家二队功能动作筛查的应用研究

运用文献资料法、测试法、问卷调查法、专家访谈法和数理统计法对国家皮划艇青年队进行功能动作筛查测试,根据测试结果为备战2020年奥运会提供数据及理论的支持。通过研究发现:划艇运动员的总分情况整体优于皮艇运动员;大部分运动员髋、膝、踝三关节在单一的运动平面中具有较好的协调和稳定性,但在两个以上的运动平面中完成动作的稳定和控制能力有待提高;运动员的髋关节、肩关节及股四头肌柔韧性存在不平衡现象,左侧链与右侧链在多运动平面中协调稳定性也存在不平衡现象;运动员的损伤率较高,且损伤的主要部位是肩和腰。     

优秀男子长拳类武术套路难度动作发展现状的统计学分析

竞技武术是武术的重要组成部分,是基于传统武术套路发展起来的武术运动.难度动作的完成情况是竞技武术套路竞赛中制胜的关键,采用文献资料法、录像分析法、比较研究法、数理统计法等研究方法,对2010年全国武术套路冠军、2011年全国武术套路锦标赛及2011年全国武术套路冠军赛中长拳、刀、枪、剑、棍共5个项目比赛成绩的前16名,共80名男子运动员在各项目比赛中的难度动作完成情况进行统计分析,对当前国内优秀男子长拳类运动员难度动作选做、扣分情况进行分析,发现竞技长拳类运动员在完成难度动作过程中出现的问题,对其问题解决对策进行分析探讨.旨在为提高竞技武术长拳类项目难度动作成功率提供借鉴和参考.     

谈兴奋剂对运动员身心的危害

本文从人体正常分泌的激素对肌肉运动能力的积极影响入手，进而分析了参赛运动员以及正当方式使用人体内不存在的物质，人为地、不公平地运动成绩现象，目前，兴奋剂已成为竞技体育中的国际公害，它对运动员的身心造成了伤害，扭曲体育精神，应予以制止。     

我国竞技体育后备人才培养改革

通过对专家和竞技体育后备人才基地的调查，笔者认为，以加强体教结合为核心的体制创新是解决体育后备人才队伍不断萎缩的根本出路。因此．我们必须转变观念，清除阻碍竞技体育发展在认识上、体制上、机制上、制度上以及方法手段上的障碍，并根据各地的实际情况走创新之路。     

瑜伽对田径运动员运动性疲劳恢复的可行性分析

本文使用文献资料法、综述法、比较法、逻辑分析法等科研方法,针对瑜伽对心理和生理功能的作用和运动员的运动性疲劳两方面进行综述对照研究,探究得出:将瑜伽放松练习运用于田径运动员运动性疲劳恢复中的意义,并且提出将瑜伽练习运用于田径运动员的运动性疲劳恢复训练当中。     

高校篮球运动员专项体能特征分析研究

在篮球运动当中,专项体能培养是帮助运动员熟练掌握篮球技能并进行实战应用的重要条件。文章采用文献资料等,根据分析高校篮球运动员的专项体能的特征,提出了有效培养高校篮球运动员的专项体能训练的手段与办法,旨为进一步推进高校篮球专项体能训练的发展。     

Systems model and individual simulations of training strategies in elite short-track speed skaters

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of simulated training strategies on performance potential in elite short-track speed skaters. Training load and field-based criterion performances from fifteen athletes (10 males, 5 females) were collected over a 3-month training period and the relationship between training loads and performance was computed with a variable dose-response model using a genetic algorithm. Individual simulations of tapers preceded or not preceded by an overload training (OT) were assessed. We obtained a significant correlation between actual and modelled performances (R² = 0.76 ± 0.07). Regarding model parameters, no significant difference was found between males and females but the time to recover performance tended to be lower in females. Simulations in which the taper parameters were free highlighted that an exponential or a step taper were the most effective for increasing performance compared to a linear taper (p < 0.05). Optimal exponential taper duration after OT was 10.7 ± 2.4d and the optimal load reduction was 75.9 ± 3.7%. OT intensity had the greatest influence on the predicted performance, followed by OT duration, taper decay, and to a lesser extent load reduction during taper and taper duration. Thus, a variable dose-response systems model allows the evaluation of different taper strategies and their potential effect on performance changes.     

The effect of athletic expertise and trait emotional intelligence on decision-making

The quality of decision and assessment of risk are key determinants of successful sport performance. Athletes differ fundamentally in their decision-making ability according to their athletic expertise level. Moreover, given the influence of emotions on decision-making, it is likely that a trait reflecting emotional functioning, trait emotional intelligence, may also influence decision-making. Therefore, the aim of this research was to investigate the respective contribution of athletic expertise and trait emotional intelligence to non-athletic decision-making. In total, 269 participants aged between 18 and 26 years with a range of athletic experience i.e. none (n?=?71), novice (n?=?54), amateur (n?=?55), elite (n?=?45) and super-elite (n?=?44), completed the Emotional Intelligence Scale and the Cambridge Gambling Task. Regression modelling indicated a significant positive relationship of athletic expertise and trait emotional intelligence with the quality of decision-making, and a negative relationship with deliberation time and risk-taking. Cognitive skills transfer may explain the higher decision-making scores associated with higher athletic expertise, while individuals with higher trait emotional intelligence may anticipate better the emotional consequences linked with a gambling task, which may help individuals make better decisions and take less risks.