September 2011

Emotional intelligence and sporting performance: A comparison between open- and closed-skill athletes

The purpose of this investigation was to determine if there are cognitive psychological factors used in competition and training which differentiate athletes participating in an open and closed skill sport. In addition, factors discriminating successful from less successful participants in the open skill sport of football and the closed skill sport of gymnastics were identified. A total of 40 inter-varsity athletes (n =...

Author(s): Baljinder Singh Bal, Kanwaljeet Singh, Manu Sood and Sanjeev Kumar

September 2011

Street-dance: Physiological demands and effect of endurance training

  The aims of this study were (a) to describe the cardiovascular and metabolic demands and (b) to evaluate the effect of an endurance training on blood lactate (Lac) after street dance (SD). Nine female dancers (15.3 ± 1.2 years old) performed the following procedures, pre and post training: SD choreography (6 min), and 48 h later maximum incremental test (on treadmill) to obtain the lactate threshold...

Author(s): Gustavo Ribeiro da Mota, Octávio Barbosa Neto, Ana Carolina Guimarães FaleirosA, Alexandre Julianetti, Luzinete da Silva, Charles Ricardo Lopes, Alessandro de Oliveira and Moacir Marocolo Júnior