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Journal articles on the topic "Championship"
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Pylypenko, Yevhen. "Peculiarities of competitive activity at the 2023 continental championships in Greco-Roman wrestling." Єдиноборства, no. 3(33) (June 1, 2024): 49–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.15391/ed.2024-3.05.
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Purpose: to determine the features of competitive activity at the 2023 continental championships in Greco-Roman wrestling. Material and methods. The analysis of scientific and methodical literature, the analysis of protocols and video recordings of competitive activities was used to solve the research tasks; expert assessment; methods of mathematical statistics. 105 matches at the 2023 continental championships were analyzed: Asian Championship (n=30 matches), European Championship (n=30 matches), Pan American Championship (n=24 matches), African Championship (n=21 matches). A total of 210 wrestlers (winners and losers), participants in the final fights (fighting for first and third places) took part in the study. In competitive activity, the following indicators were evaluated: the duration of fights (time of the fight); all technical and tactical actions carried out by wrestlers in fights (number of times); the number of non-standard situations in the rack and parterre (passives, violations of the rules, challenges); effectiveness of the applied technique in the rack and parterre (assessed in points: 1 point, 2 points, 4 points, 5 points). Results: the analysis of the fights made it possible to establish that at most continental championships, athletes performed more technical and tactical actions (TTD) in the rack than in the floor: European Championship (rack – 57,7 %; floor – 42,3 %); Asian Championship (stand – 59,8 %; floor – 40,2 %); African Championship (stand – 52,5%; floor – 47,5 %). At the Pan American Championship, athletes spent more TTD in the floor than in the rack (rack – 31,8 %; floor – 68,2 %). The highest average number of non-standard situations per scrimmage is observed at the European Championship (1,83 non-standard situation per scrimmage), then at the Asian Championship (1.80 non-standard situation per scrimmage), then at the Pan American Championship (0,92 non-standard situation per scrimmage) and African Championship (0,76 non-standard situation per scrum). The highest average performance in a scrimmage is observed at the Asian Championship (7,40 points per scrimmage), then at the European Championship (6,83 points), then at the African Championship (4,76 points) and at the Pan American Championship (4,50 points). Conclusions. An analysis of competitive activity at the 2023 continental championships in Greco-Roman wrestling was conducted. The results of the study indicate the peculiarities of each championship: a different ratio of technical and tactical actions in the racks and parterre; the difference in the average number of non-standard situations and performance in fights. The obtained results will make it possible to provide recommendations on changing the rules of competitions and increasing the spectacle of Greco-Roman wrestling.
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Pérez-González, Benito, Jairo León-Quismondo, José Bonal, Pablo Burillo, and Álvaro Fernández-Luna. "The New Generation of Professional Soccer Talent Is Born under the Bias of the RAE: Relative Age Effect in International Male Youth Soccer Championships." Children 8, no. 12 (2021): 1117. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8121117.
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In 2019, numerous championships of youth categories soccer national teams were held. In the present study, we analyzed the existence of the Relative Age Effect (RAE) in four major male championships that, due to their importance and participating teams, most likely brought together the great bulk of the players who will dominate professional soccer in the next decade. Participants were professional and amateur youth male soccer players who participated in the last international championships: UEFA European Under-21 Championship (2017–2019); UEFA European Under-19 Championship (2019); South American Youth Football Championship (also known as Conmebol U-20) (2019); and FIFA U-20 World Cup (2019), with 823 players (20.25 ± 0.84 years). In the four championships analyzed, the existence of RAE was found for all players (p < 0.001). Analyzing the players when considering their position on the pitch and their championship, RAE was found, statistically significant, in 10 of the 16 classifications. New generations of elite soccer players arrive with a clear bias in the selection of talent; an unfair bias, based on unequal opportunities in early categories, which should be reviewed by sports authorities.
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Madarame, Haruhiko. "Basketball Game-Related Statistics that Discriminate among Continental Championships for Under-18 Women." Sports 6, no. 4 (2018): 114. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports6040114.
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The purposes of this study were (a) to evaluate differences in basketball game-related statistics among continental championships for under-18 (U18) women, and (b) to identify game-related statistics that discriminate among the continents. The analysis was performed on all matches (n = 136) in the four continental championships (Africa, America, Asia, Europe) of 2016. Differences in game-related statistics among the continents were analyzed by an analysis of variance (ANOVA) with effect size statistics. Game-related statistics that discriminate among the continents were assessed by discriminant analysis. The ANOVA yielded significant F-values for 13 of 16 variables and large effect size differences for 10 of 16 variables. The discriminant analysis yielded three significant functions. The Asian championship was discriminated from the other continental championships by ball possessions, defensive rebounds, assists, and fouls. The African championship was discriminated from the European championship by ball possessions, successful 3-point field goals, unsuccessful free throws, and turnovers, and from the American championship by ball possessions, unsuccessful 2-point field goals, successful 3-point field goals, successful free throws, and assists. The results of this study suggest that U18 women’s basketball games are played differently in each continent.
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Casado, Arturo, Luis E. Ranieri, José J. Díaz, Brian Hanley, and Carl Foster. "Pacing strategies in men’s and women’s world-record marathon performances and Olympic Games and World Championship’s winning performances." Kinesiology 56, no. 1 (2024): 153–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.26582/k.56.1.13.
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The aims of this study were to compare marathon pacing profiles between major championships winning races and world record (WR) races in men’s and women’s long-distance runners. Percentages of mean race speeds (%RS) for each 5 km section and last 2,195 m were compared between the latest 12 men’s and 8 women’s marathon WRs and most recent 14 men’s and 14 women’s performances leading to either World Championship or Olympic Games (championships) gold medals, and between sexes in championships, through analysis of variance. Additionally, coefficient of variation in pace (%CV) was compared through independent samples t-tests. %RS during the first 5 km was greater in WRs than championships in men (p = 0.010, d = 1.07), with a subsequent even pacing profile. More negative pacing profiles were adopted in championships than WRs in men (p &lt; 0.001, d = 2.07). Women’s WR and championship performances were characterized by even and negative pacing profiles, with different %CV (p &lt; 0.001, d = 1.89). Whereas marathon WRs are characterized by fast, even and sustained paces, slower paces and more negative pacing approaches with fast endspurts are adopted during winning major championship performances. These fast endspurts are specially used by women in championships.behavior, competition, endurance, running, tactics
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Madarame, Haruhiko. "Regional Differences in Women’s Basketball: A Comparison among Continental Championships." Sports 6, no. 3 (2018): 65. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports6030065.
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The aims of this study were (i) to compare basketball game-related statistics in women by region (Africa, America, Asia, Europe), and (ii) to identify characteristics that discriminate performances for each region. A total of 134 games from each continental championship held in 2017 were analyzed. A one-way ANOVA followed by a Bonferroni-adjusted pairwise comparison was performed to evaluate differences in each variable between the continents. A discriminant analysis was performed to identify game-related statistics that discriminate among the continents. The Asian and European championships overall showed similar performance profiles: Low numbers of possessions and turnovers, and high numbers of successful field goals and assists. However, the European championship was more closely contested than the Asian championship. The African championship was characterized by high numbers of possessions, free throws, and turnovers. The homogeneity of the American championship was low, and some of the cases have similarities with the African championship, whereas other cases have similarities with the European championship. On average, the American championship was characterized by low numbers of successful field goals and assists, and high numbers of steals and turnovers. It is suggested that women’s basketball games are played in a different manner in each region of the world.
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Man’ko, A., and O. Kushnirchuk-Stawnycha. "Gains and losses tourist business after completion European championship in 2012." Visnyk of the Lviv University. Series Geography 1, no. 43 (2013): 227–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.30970/vgg.2013.43.1602.
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We consider gains and losses, as well as scenarios of tourism in Lviv region after the finals of the European Football Championship in 2012 carried out checks on the reliability and profits projected scenarios Lviv region on the European Championship finals. The suggestions for further support tourism image of the region to strengthen its inbound tourism potential. Keywords: football championships, tourism market, tourism industry, tourism management flows.
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Edouard, Pascal, Noel Pollock, Kenny Guex, et al. "Hamstring Muscle Injuries and Hamstring Specific Training in Elite Athletics (Track and Field) Athletes." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 17 (2022): 10992. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710992.
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Objective: We aimed to describe hamstring muscle injury (HMI) history and hamstring specific training (HST) in elite athletes. A secondary aim was to analyse the potential factors associated with in-championships HMI. Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study to collect data before and during the 2018 European Athletics Championships. Injury and illness complaints during the month before the championship, HMI history during the entire career and the 2017–18 season, HST (strengthening, stretching, core stability, sprinting), and in-championship HMI were recorded. We calculated proportions of athletes with HMI history, we compared HST according to sex and disciplines with Chi2 tests or ANOVA, and analysed factors associated with in-championship HMI using simple model logistic regression. Results: Among the 357 included athletes, 48% reported at least one HMI during their career and 24% during the 2017–18 season. Of this latter group, 30.6% reported reduced or no participation in athletics’ training or competition at the start of the championship due to the hamstring injury. For HST, higher volumes of hamstring stretching and sprinting were reported for disciplines requiring higher running velocities (i.e., sprints, hurdles, jumps, combined events and middle distances). Five in-championship HMIs were recorded. The simple model analysis showed a lower risk of sustaining an in-championships HMI for athletes who performed more core (lumbo-pelvic) stability training (OR = 0.49 (95% CI: 0.25 to 0.89), p = 0.021). Conclusions: Our present study reports that HMI is a characteristic of the athletics athletes’ career, especially in disciplines involving sprinting. In these disciplines, athletes were performing higher volumes of hamstring stretching and sprinting than in other disciplines. Further studies should be conducted to better understand if and how HST are protective approaches for HMI in order to improve HMI risk reduction strategies.
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Marsh, Herbert W., and Clark Perry. "Self-Concept Contributes to Winning Gold Medals: Causal Ordering of Self-Concept and Elite Swimming Performance." Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 27, no. 1 (2005): 71–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jsep.27.1.71.
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Elite athlete self-concepts contributed to championship performances in two international swimming championships beyond that which could be explained by previous personal best (PPB) performances for 257 of the world’s top swimmers from 30 countries. Responses to the Elite Swimmer Self-Description Questionnaire (ESSDQ) completed at the start of each championship (prior to competition) were psychometrically strong and resulted in a well-defined factor structure. Whereas championship performance was highly related to PPB performance (r = .90), structural equation models demonstrated that elite athlete self-concept also contributed significantly to the prediction of subsequent championship performance, explaining approximately 10% of the residual variance after controlling for PPB. For swimmers who competed in two events, results based on the first event were replicated in the second. The results have important theoretical, substantive, and practical implications for mentors and educators.
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Topczewska, Jadwiga, Wanda Krupa, Zofia Sokołowicz, and Jadwiga Lechowska. "Does Experience Make Hucul Horses More Resistant to Stress? A Pilot Study." Animals 11, no. 12 (2021): 3345. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11123345.
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The aim of the study was to determine whether experience related to horse age and number of starts in championships influences stress level, measured by salivary cortisol concentration. The study involved 18 clinically healthy Hucul mares who participated in the Polish Championships for Hucul Horses. Evaluation of performance value was carried out in accordance with the guidelines specified in the breeding and genetic resources conservation program for this breed. The championship lasted two days, consisting of conformation evaluation, endurance, and Hucul path. Saliva was collected at baseline (T1), after arena assessment (T2), after endurance (T3), and on the second day after the Hucul path (T4). Cortisol levels increased from an average of 2.73 ± 1.18 ng/mL (T1) to 10.46 ± 8.03 ng/mL after T3. Significantly lower levels of free cortisol were detected in the saliva of the younger mares, up to 9 years old, and mares who participated in only one qualifying path after each element of the championship. The highest levels of cortisol (T3) were found in mares competing repeatedly on the qualifying path. No correlation was found between cortisol levels and the championship results. Participation of mares in the championship was associated with stress, which was reflected in the increase in cortisol levels in saliva.
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Włodarczyk, Bogdan. "Łódź as an arena of grand sport events: selected examples." Turyzm/Tourism 26, no. 1 (2016): 49–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/tour-2016-0004.
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The paper presents Łódź as a city where major sports events are held. Several sports facilities are featured which make it possible to organize various kinds of events, including international ones. In recent years, based on the existing infrastructure, several such events, for instance European or world championships, have been held in Łódź. The city is also perceived as a leading centre for volleyball competitions (league matches, Champions League, World League, European Championship, World Championship).
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Championship"
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CAMPOS, EDUARDO LIMA. "SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP PROBABILITS ESTIMATION." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2001. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=2049@1.
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CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO<br>Neste trabalho, apresentamos uma metodologia para obter
probabilidades de classificação e rebaixamento de equipes
em campeonatos de futebol. A metodologia consiste
basicamente em quatro etapas. Na primeira etapa, ajustamos
modelos de séries temporais para dados de contagem a séries
de gols a favor e sofridos pelas equipes em partidas
sucessivas do campeonato, utilizando variáveis explicativas
para considerar o efeito do mando de campo, da participação
de determinados jogadores e de mudanças de técnico.
Alguns problemas referentes à construção de intervalos de
confiança e testes de hipóteses para os hiperparâmetros dos
modelos foram solucionados via bootstrap.
Na segunda etapa, obtivemos as distribuições de
probabilidade associadas aos resultados das partidas
futuras do campeonato, utilizando o Princípio da Máxima
Entropia para combinar as distribuições preditivas dos
modelos ajustados. Na terceira etapa, utilizamos as
distribuições dos resultados das partidas futuras para
simular cenários para o campeonato e, na quarta e última
etapa, estimamos as probabilidades de classificação e
rebaixamento das equipes, pela freqüência relativa da
ocorrência destes eventos em um grande número de cenários
gerados. A metodologia foi aplicada no Campeonato
Brasileiro/1999 e na Copa João Havelange/2000.<br>In this thesis, we develop a methodology to obtain the
probabilities of qualifying and relegating of teams, in
soccer championships. The methodology consists of four steps.
In the first step, we fit time series models to the series
of number of goals scored in soccer matches. We account for
the effects of playing at home, soccer players and changes
of coaches, by introducing explanatory variables.
Confidence intervals and hipothesis tests are obtained by
bootstrap. In the second step, we get probability
distributions of the future matches results, by combining
preditive distributions of the fitted models via the
Maximum Entropy Principle. In the third step, we use the
distributions of the matches results to generate
simulation sceneries for the champhionship. In the forth
and last step, we finally estimate the probabilities of
qualifying and relegating of the teams, through the
relative frequencies of these events, in a great number of
sceneries generated. The empirical work was carried out
using data from Brazilian Champhionship/1999 and João
Havelange Cup/2000.
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Travis, Spencer K. "Preparing for a National Weightlifting Championship: A Case Series." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3435.
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The purpose of this thesis was to observe psychological, physiological, and performance changes to determine when two high-level weightlifters were peaked for a major competition. We addressed this purpose by conducting a two-part case study series with one USA international level female and one USA national level male weightlifter. Both athletes were considered to be peaked on competition day. The results support our hypothesis that jumping performance would be peaked on competition day corresponding with an increased recovery and decreased stress state. However, contrary to our hypothesis, each athlete exhibited small decreases in muscle size leading into the competition relative to baseline values. Further, changes in inflammatory markers were inconsistent for each athlete and were not reduced as hypothesized. Based on our findings, this investigation supports the use of overreaching and tapering for individual strength-power athletes providing insight into underlying psychological and physiological basis for observed changes in performance.
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Travis, Spencer Kyle, Satoshi Mizuguchi, Michael H. Stone, William A. Sands, and Caleb D. Bazyler. "Preparing for a National Weightlifting Championship: A Case Series." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5785.
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Preparing for a national weightlifting championship: A case series. J Strength Cond Res XX(X): 000–000, 2019—This study aimed to characterize psychological, physiological, and performance changes of a high-level female (24.5 years; 53.8 ± 0.3 kg; 155.4 cm) and male (25.8 years; 92.7 ± 1.2 kg; 189 cm) weightlifter over 28 weeks while preparing for a national championship. Body mass, hydration, psychological inventories, serum biomarkers, vastus lateralis muscle cross-sectional area (CSA), and squat jump (SJ) performance were assessed weekly beginning 11 weeks from the competition date. Weightlifting performance goals were met for the female athlete (actual total = 159 kg) but not for the male athlete (actual total = 292 kg). Reductions in vastus lateralis CSA possibly took place the week leading into competition for both athletes. Both athletes reported positive recovery-stress states on the day of competition relative to baseline values. Fluctuations between steroid hormone concentrations and inflammatory markers were unpredictable and inconsistent for both athletes throughout the training program. Unloaded SJ height and rate of force development were the highest on competition day for both athletes. Based on these findings, it is possible for high-level male and female weightlifters to achieve and maintain peak preparedness 3–4 days before competition following a 1-week overreach and 3-week exponential taper, where training volume-load is reduced by half and intensity maintained or slightly increased relative to pretaper values. Furthermore, the short recovery and stress scale and SJ testing seem to be useful tools for sport scientists and coaches when monitoring high-level weightlifters preparing for competition.
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Huxley, Dianne Julie. "The Development Of Australian Olympic/World Championship Track And Field Athletes." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/19633.
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Australian Olympic-level track and field (T&F) has enjoyed a high profile over several generations and many of Australia’s athletic greats are publicly revered. Since the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games (OG), government funding for T&F has increased sevenfold—the majority being channelled into Athletics Australia’s (AA) high-performance programs to improve Australia’s standing at major international championships. However, over this period Australia has dropped in the world T&F rankings and more than two thirds of athletes who represent Australia at the World junior T&F championships [WJC] never make a senior international team. AA’s funding is contingent on athletes’ performances at both the junior and senior global level, but apart from two reports by AA (2004 & 2015), very little research has been conducted in relation to the development of athletes capable of competing on the world stage. Therefore, this thesis seeks to identify and understand—from the perspective of elite Australian T&F athletes and coaches—the major factors influencing the development and trajectory of Australian athletes to the highest global level in the sport (OG and World Track and Field Championships [WC]). The thesis consists of three separate but linked studies that examine the holistic development of elite Australian athletes. As this thesis focuses on the athletes’ development from junior sporting ranks through to the elite senior level, Bronfenbrenner’s Bioecological Theory of Human Development provides the underpinning framework to examine the processes (e.g., training activities), personal factors (e.g., psychological strengths) and contextual factors (e.g., family, peers, coaches) acting over time to influence an athlete’s development. Study 1 used a quantitative survey to collect data about the development and success of 73 Australian T&F athletes who competed at the OG or WC between 1956 and 2013. Results indicated that the key influencing factors during development included later specialisation in T&F, involvement in other sports during adolescence and strong social support networks. Also instrumental in athlete development was growing up in a major city and completing tertiary studies. The analysis indicated that athletes progressed to the elite level through different pathways, with the most common being a linear pathway from junior to elite senior athlete. This study also highlighted the importance of the talent development environment (e.g., appropriate training, competition opportunities, social support and good coaching) in facilitating the successful transition of a talented junior through to elite senior levels in T&F. In Study 2, semi-structured interviews were used to elicit a deeper understanding of the developmental experiences of 14 elite junior T&F athletes who transitioned into elite senior careers. Based on the Developmental Model of Sport Participation (DMSP), factors specific to development during the specialising (ages 12–15 yrs) and investment (16 + yrs) stages were investigated. Results revealed training, competition, social support and personal factors as the four key dimensions of talent development during these stages. During the specialising stages, commensurate with the DMSP, athletes were able to balance T&F training with involvement in various other sports and did not focus on their main senior event or fully invest in specialised intense training until towards the end of the investment stage. Experiences at junior international competitions, support from parents and peers and coaching appropriate to their developmental stage were also instrumental in their successful development. Study 3 also used semi-structured interviews to elicit the views of Australian T&F coaches’ in relation to key factors instrumental in the successful development of elite Australian T&F athletes. This study involved 12 coaches who collectively coached over 100 athletes to international level (junior and senior), including several global medallists; thus they provided a comprehensive and unique viewpoint. Coaches perceived athlete characteristics and how talent was fostered through coaching as vital to successful development, and also highlighted several barriers facing athletes on their upward trajectory. Characteristics such as having naturally sound biomechanics and the ability to compete and cope under pressure, together with a strong work ethic and the determination to persevere through the tough times, were some important qualities coaches associated with successful athletes. Fostering talent required access to coaches who provided stage-appropriate training matched to the physical and psychological needs of the individual and facilitated strong coach–athlete relationships and a positive training environment. Conversely, coaches identified the lack of unity between the two main athletic bodies (Little Athletics [LA] [for 5–16 yrs] and Athletics Australia [AA] [for senior athletics]) as responsible for some talent loss in the transition from the junior to senior arm of the sport. Additionally, coaches perceived that the highly competitive structure of LA encourages early specialisation, partly because of the lack of appropriate coach education at that level, as well as pressure to perform in the results-driven culture. Coaches also felt that the lack of support from the sport (e.g., financial, sport science) for talented juniors trying to transition to elite senior status meant many dropped out because it was too difficult to balance study/work with the increased commitment needed to achieve at the elite senior level. The findings from each of the studies were integrated and analysed within Bronfenbrenner’s theoretical framework to provide a better understanding of the key factors associated with the long-term developmental process for elite Australian T&F athletes. Combined results highlighted the importance of matching training loads and volumes to athletes’ physical, mental and emotional development, continuing to incorporate other sports and delaying specialisation until late adolescence. Access to a wide variety and level of competition was also very important, as was psychosocial networks (parents, coaches, peers, sporting bodies), who provided physical resources, tangible and emotional support, motivation and opportunities to develop the physical and psychological skills needed to progress to elite senior levels of T&F. These findings are intended to provide valuable information for all stakeholders (coaches, athletes, parents, administrators) to help identify, develop, retain and maximise the potential of talented young athletes in Australian T&F. In addition, it is hoped the results will provide an impetus and platform for further research, in addition to providing robust evidence upon which AA (the governing body) can base future decisions for the design, delivery and evaluation of their elite programs.
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Ross, Kobie. "World Karate Federation championship kumite characteristics determined through video analysis / K. Ross." Thesis, North-West University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4460.
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Physically and mentally, kumite karate has become more demanding ever since the focus has shifted towards winning and attaining success. Physical performance and techniques are now being evaluated on a regular basis to determine whether the training and coaching programs are effective and functional. In this regard, video analysing technology may play a prominent role in attaining and analysing real competition data. It is against this background that the objective of the study was firstly, to determine the kumite characteristics of WKF championship karatekas by making use of video analyses and secondly, to determine the kumite characteristics that discriminate significantly between successful (winners) and less successful (losers) karatekas when making use of video analyses.
The video footage of the kumite finals of the 2004 and 2006 WKF World Senior Championships were analysed by means of the Dart fish Team Pro video analysis software package in order to fulfill the first purpose of this study. The kumite characteristics identified by means of the last-mentioned analyses were then included in the discriminate analysis functions in order to fulfill the second aim of this study. All together eight female and 19 male finals were analysed and the winners of each fight were classified as successful and the losers as less successful karatekas.
The results indicated that among both genders, gyaku tsuki was the most frequently executed technique, followed by grabbing and kizami tsuki. No other karate techniques emerged as frequently executed techniques during the kumite championships. The jodan was the most targeted area, while the lead front leg shift, followed by the forward lunge and then the overstep were the most frequently used foot movements. Poor scoring rates of 9.9% and 12.85% were observed for females and males respectively with, on average, only 29.3% and 28.5% of techniques used to initiate attacks. A work: rest ratio of 4.93:1 and 3.65:1 was calculated for females and males respectively which, together with the time intervals, indicated that the aerobic energy system is the primary energy contributor to kumite performance.
With regard to the discriminators between the successful and less successful kumite karatekas, it was found that gyaku tsuki and kizami tsuki were the primary, significant discriminators for males and only gyaku tsuki for females. Both chudan and jodan were identified as significant discriminators for the males, whereas target area was not identified as a significant discriminator among the female karatekas. The male karatekas also revealed a statistical significant result with regard to the number of initiated attacks.
The conclusion that can therefore be drawn from the above-mentioned results are that video analyzing technology can be used effectively to determine the characteristics of kumite and that the number of initiated attacks, punching techniques and the target area were the significant discriminators between successful and less successful karatekas. Gender differences were, however, observed with regard to the different kumite discriminators.<br>Thesis (M.A. (Human Movement Science)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2009.
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Sullivan, Elisha R. "The influence of conference championship games on competitive balance in college football." Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/7051.
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Master of Arts<br>Department of Economics<br>Yang M. Chang<br>College football thrives on the ideas that each school has what it takes to be the best, rivalries are of major importance, and either team can win the game. Competitive balance is what keeps these thoughts alive, offering the last team in the conference the chance to beat their top-ranked opponent, or the mediocre middle-rank team the chance to win a post-season bowl game. Competitive balance provides the level of uncertainty of game outcome that keeps fans coming back every season. Previous research has examined many variables that have an effect on competitive balance. The purpose of this report is to step forward from where previous studies left off and examine the effect of the conference championship game on competitive balance. Five of the eleven NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision conferences currently determine their conference champion by holding a championship game at the end of the season. Recent conference realignments bring about the possibility for two more conferences to establish championship games. Does hosting a conference championship game improve competitive balance within the league? This study examined several measures of competitive balance, including standard deviation measures, the competitive balance ratio, and Herfindahl-Hirschman Index. Results suggest a slightly higher level of competitive balance for conferences hosting championship games versus those that do not. However, these results are not statistically significant, and this higher level of competitive balance could be explained by the larger membership of conferences hosting championship games.
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Smith, Timothy D. Tomasini Nathan. "Profiles of Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl bound teams from 1998 through 2004." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,122.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.<br>Title from electronic title page (viewed Oct. 10, 2007). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science (Sport Administration)." Discipline: Exercise and Sports Science; Department/School: Exercise and Sport Science.
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Long, Joseph. "Development of a Prediction Model for the NCAA Division-I Football Championship Subdivision." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27103.
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This thesis investigates which in-game team statistics are most significant in determining the outcome in a NCAA Division-I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) game. The data was analyzed using logistic and ordinary least squares regression techniques to create models that explained the outcome of the past games. The models were then used to predict games where the actual in-game statistics were unknown. A random sample of games from the 2012 NCAA Division-I Football Championship Subdivision regular season was used to test the accuracy of the models when used to predict future games. Various techniques were used to estimate the in-game statistics in the models for each individual team in order to predict future games. The most accurate technique consisted of using three game medians with respect to total yards gained by the teams in consideration. This technique correctly predicted 78.85% of the games in the sample data set when used with the logistic regression model.
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Chahine, Richard. "Modeling of a World Rally Championship Car Damper and Experimental Testing of Its Components." Thesis, KTH, Fordonsdynamik, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-89691.
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Rally cars are driven on many different types of surfaces. Each type of surface demands a special type of damper setup. In order to achieve optimum performance on the snow covered and icy Swedish roads, the gravel of the Spanish rallies and the smooth tarmac of the German rallies, a large flexibility in the possible damper settings is required. Prodrive, a British motorsport group, has been racing two Mini Countryman as factory team cars for BMW Mini as of Rally D’Italia in Sardinia in May 2011 and has requested that Öhlins Racing AB equips these cars with dampers. Öhlins Racing AB has been developing a damper for rally applications called the TPX. This damper is equipped with an Active Rebound Control system (ARC). The ARC allows for high levels of grip to be achieved together with good chassis control. The TPX damper with its ARC system is quite complex in structure. As there are many parts in the damper which can be altered, optimizing the damper would require a very large number of tests. A physical model of the TPX damper with its ARC system would reduce the time spent in the lab and help speed up the development of the damper. Prodrive would also like to a have a model of the damper that they can use in their model of the entire car which they use to setup the cars for races and to develop the car. The goal of this Master’s Thesis was therefore to create a model based in MatLab Simulink that qualitatively but not necessarily quantitatively replicated the dampers behavioral trends. Components which are very difficult to model, such as shim stacks, needed not be modeled. Their characteristics could be measured in the lab. During this Master’s Thesis project a model for the TPX damper was created using Simulink to model most of the physical parts of the damper. The rest of the model including its inputs and control were taken care of by a GUI. The model functions so simulations can be performed. Plotting the results of the simulations together with data from experimental tests was also made easy by the GUI. The results from comparisons between the simulated damper and the real object indicate that refinements need to be made to the model before it can be put to use as a tool for helping in optimizing the TPX damper’s construction. Hysteresis in the form of friction as well as damper flexibility does not seem to be negligible. The variation of the oil’s compressibility and the dynamic behavior of the check valves also need to be looked into. The graphs from the simulations seem to replicate the real dampers performance trends as intended. The numerical magnitudes of the data produced by the simulation are however not accurate. Overall the model produced during this master’s thesis seems to be a good step forward on the path to producing a useful model. Some suggestions for the next steps in improving the model are provided.
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Du, Preez Devon. "The incidence and mechanism of injuries occurring at a South African National Judo Championship." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1011666.
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The aim of the current study was to identify and describe the incidence and mechanism of injuries that occurred to judoka at a South African national tournament. Therefore the objectives of the study were to determine the following: To describe and compare the type and incidence of injuries occurring at a South African national championship in respect of three different age groups as well as gender; To describe and compare the types of mechanisms occurring at a South African national championship in respect of three different age groups as well as gender; To describe and determine the treatment methods used by judoka at a South African national championship. To determine and describe the training methods of judoka and the potential impact on incidence of injuries at the relevant national judo championship. To achieve the aims and objectives set out in the present study, the literature regarding injury incidence and mechanisms causing those injuries were reviewed along with other martial arts, in order for comparisons to be made within judo and other martial arts. To evaluate and describe injury in judo an exploratory-descriptive epidemiological approach was used in order to gather relevant data. The use of detailed questionnaires was used to capture information regarding physical preparation for the tournament along with a screening questionnaire that captured important data relating to injuries prior to competing in the South African national tournament. In order for the main aim of the study to be achieved an injury questionnaire was presented to all injured judoka who partook in the study at the tournament. This questionnaire captured critical information regarding the occurring injury and the mechanism responsible for the injury. Judoka sampled consisted of 141 judoka of which 110 were males and 31 were females. This sample size of judoka consisted of three age groups with each group representing a different age range. This allowed for the observation of more injuries but also allowed one to compare injuries obtained by younger judoka to that of older judoka. For the purposes of this study groups 4 (ages 14 to 16), 5 (ages 17 to 19) and 6 (ages 20 and older) were used. The reason for selecting these three age groups was due to the fact that they would be participating under international regulations with strangulations and armlocks allowed for in a fight. Group 4 consisted of 49 judoka; the smallest group studied was that of group 5 and consisted of 28 judoka with group 6 being the largest sampled group with 64 judoka. Of the 141 sampled judoka 103 injuries were recorded with males obtaining more injuries than that of female judoka. The results from the study were placed into table and graph formats and described via descriptive statistics. In order to explain the variation within groups inferential statistics as well as Cohen‟s d were utilised to determine both statistical and practical significances between the different age groups. When describing statistics via the use of frequency distribution tables, statistical significance was tested via Chi2 tests of independence, Cramér‟s V was utilized to determine practical significance. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was done to determine intra-group differences with the F statistic reported for significant findings as it reports the variance of group means. The present study found that male judoka within their respective age groups competed in judo for a longer duration than that of females, that the older the judoka was the greater the likelihood that the judoka would have competed for a longer duration of time at a provincial level of judo with group 5 and 6 having competed on a provincial level longer than that of group 4 judoka. Over a 12 month period judoka sustained almost four minor injuries and less than one major injury on average. Females on average were found to have sustained more minor injuries over a period of a year than that of males. The results indicate that only 37.9 percent of judoka compete with existing injuries with more males (40.0 percent) participating with an existing injury compared to that of females at 31.5 percent. The time spent training the various judo components was similar across all three age groups with a statistically significant differences (F (1,81) =4.216, p=.043) found between the genders of group 4 males and females with males practicing more ne-waza a week. On average time spent doing gym work was 177.39 minutes a month with males training for a longer duration 192.69 minutes a month than that of females. Group 5 judoka spent the greatest time in a month doing gym training at 201.35 minutes a month. A gender difference was noted in upper body strength training (F (1,81) = 4.12, p =.046). Males favoured upper body strength training compared to that of females. A total of 103 (73.0 percent) of the sample group were injured once or more. Group 4 judoka (age 16 to 17) had the highest injury incidence for incurring a injury at least once at 75.5 percent. The injury incidence for groups 5 (age 18 to 19) and 6 (age 20 + years) for incurring at least one injury was 71.4 percent and 50.0 percent respectively. The results indicate that 72.7 percent of males reported at least one injury compared to 74.2 percent of females. The present study found that the head and neck (42.7 percent) followed by the upper body (34.0 percent) to be the anatomical regions with the highest incidence of injury. The upper body anatomical site most frequently injured as expected was the shoulder joint at 11.7 percent with the knee, the lower body site with the greatest incidence of injury. Cuts (38.8 percent) accounted for the largest proportion of injuries with the most occurring injury to males being that of a cut (45.6 percent) and sprains (37.5 percent) for females. A statistically significant difference was found between the two genders in relation to the types of occurring injuries, with a moderate practical significance noticed (Chi2 (4) = 12.33, p = .015, V = 0.35). The major mechanisms of injury to the judoka was throwing / being thrown (35.5 percent) and impacts / collisions with other judoka (33.9 percent). These mechanisms of injury were also identified as the major mechanisms leading to injury in both genders. A total of 17.7 percent of fights were terminated due to injury with fewer males (14.5 percent) having fights terminated due to a serious injury compared to that of females (29.0 percent). A statistically significant difference was found between the two genders in relation to the termination of fights due to injuries with a small practical significance noticed with (Chi2(1) = 7.93, p = .005, V = 0.19). The most identified treatment at the tournament for judo was that of icing the injured area. Male judoka indicated 36.4 percent of injuries were treated with ice with females treating 36.0 percent of their injuries with ice. Males indicated that the return to the sport after becoming injured was less (0.75 weeks) than that of females (1.71 weeks) and a statistically significant difference was found between the genders and recovering from injury (F (1,81) = 4.22, p = .043, d = 0.41).
Books on the topic "Championship"
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1952-, Farley Cynthia Bee, and Farley Randall K. 1952-, eds. Championship ball. Broadman & Holman, 1998.
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Griffith, John R. Championship care. American College of Healthcare Executives, Health Administration Press, 1999.
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Griffith, John R. Championship governance. American College of Healthcare Executives, Health Administration Press, 1999.
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Alpan, Başak, and Alexandra Schwell. "Introduction." In The European Football Championship. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137455062_1.
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Schwell, Alexandra. "Offside. Or Not Quite." In The European Football Championship. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137455062_2.
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Szogs, Nina. "Loyalty Jungle." In The European Football Championship. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137455062_3.
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Alpan, Başak, and Özgehan Şenyuva. "Does Qualifying Really Qualify? Comparing the Representations of Euro 2008 and Euro 2012 in the Turkish Media." In The European Football Championship. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137455062_4.
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Sonntag, Albrecht. "Up to the Expectations?" In The European Football Championship. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137455062_5.
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Nuhrat, Yağmur. "Mediating Turkishness through Language in Transnational Football." In The European Football Championship. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137455062_6.
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Buchowski, Michał, and Małgorzata Zofia Kowalska. "Doing Ethnography and Writing Anthropology." In The European Football Championship. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137455062_7.
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Sonntag, Albrecht. "Afterword." In The European Football Championship. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137455062_8.
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Rezaei, Hossein, Omid Bozorg-Haddad, and Xuefeng Chu. "League Championship Algorithm (LCA)." In Advanced Optimization by Nature-Inspired Algorithms. Springer Singapore, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5221-7_3.
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Janjuha-Jivraj, Shaheena, and Kitty Chisholm. "Getting Ready for Championship." In Championing Women Leaders. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137478955_6.
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Merchán-Rubiano, Sandra, Ronald Gutiérrez-Ríos, Carolina Medina Camacho, and Estefanía Mahecha Miranda. "BITA: The First Female Robotics Intercollegiate Championship to Foster STEM Attitudes and Skills." In 2024 International Symposium on Accreditation of Engineering and Computing Education (ICACIT). IEEE, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1109/icacit62963.2024.10788552.
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Lee, MinJun, HyunTae Mo, DongHyun Yoon, JaeWon Lee, BoMin Son, and Kuk Won Ko. "Development of Simulator for AI Data Construction of F1TENTH Autonomous Championship and AI Model for Lateral Control." In 2024 24th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS). IEEE, 2024. https://doi.org/10.23919/iccas63016.2024.10773242.
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Karakovskiy, Sergey, Noor Shaker, Julian Togelius, and Georgios N. Yannakakis. "The Mario AI Championship." In 2010 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG). IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/itw.2010.5593381.
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Liu, Yuan. "Prediction for NCAA championship." In ICBDR 2021: 2021 the 5th International Conference on Big Data Research. ACM, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3505745.3505747.
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Yadav, Sangeeta, and Satyasai Jagannath Nanda. "League Championship Algorithm for clustering." In 2015 IEEE Power, Communication and Information Technology Conference (PCITC). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pcitc.2015.7438184.
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Soares, Caio, George Page, Jonathan MacDonald, Sanjeev Baskiyar, John Hamilton, and Gerry Dozier. "Bowl championship series vulnerability analysis." In the 2007 conference. ACM Press, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1347787.1347794.
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Yadav, Sandarbh, and Pramod Kumar Singh. "Relegation-Based League Championship Algorithm." In 2021 8th International Conference on Soft Computing & Machine Intelligence (ISCMI). IEEE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iscmi53840.2021.9654822.
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Milić, Dragan, Dragan Tomašević, and Goran Šatara. "Organization of a sports event on SPENS: Sambo example." In Antropološki i teoantropološki pogled na fizičke aktivnosti (10). University of Priština – Faculty of Sport and Physical Education in Leposavić, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/atavpa24005m.
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Success in the organization of sports events is equally significant for both sports organizations and event destinations (Maksimović, 2008; Maksimović and Raič, 2011). The realization of the European Sambo Championship for men and women of junior and senior age, the program activities of the sports association of the city of Novi Sad, the Provincial Secretariat for Sports and Youth, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Government of the Republic of Serbia, the Sambo Federation of Serbia and the program activities of the European Sambo Federation are realized (ESF) for 2022. The aim of the work is to prepare an elaboration of the organization of the competition. The European Championship took place from 14.09.2022. until 19.09.2022. in Novi Sad, SPENS small hall. The essay is based on three world sambo championships that were held in Novi Sad in 2017, 2018 and 2020 (Matic et al., 2020; Gentile et al., 2021; Milovanovic et al., 2021). These events were chosen because they were organized at the highest level of organization in the Sports and Business Center Novi Sad (SPENS).
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Batfai, Norbert, Renato Besenczi, Andras Mamenyak, and Marton Ispany. "OOCWC: The robocar world championship initiative." In 2015 13th International Conference on Telecommunications (ConTEL). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/contel.2015.7231223.
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Manoj, M., R. Prashant, V. Parikh, and Ankit Chaudhary. "American League Baseball Championship 2017 Prediction using AHP." In 2018 International Conference on Communication, Computing and Internet of Things (IC3IoT). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ic3iot.2018.8668120.
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Lee, Mee-Sik, Moon-Kyung Hong, Soon-Wha Bae, and Mi-Kyung Song. Textile Relics Conservation and Effective Cleaning Methods - Conservation of the Korean Youth Baseball Tournament Championship Flag. Iowa State University, Digital Repository, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.31274/itaa_proceedings-180814-1724.
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Okunishi, Shinichi, Kyouhei Izumi, Takumi Tokinoya, Takuto Kubori, and Kenji Yoshida. Technical Developments of Power Train of the F-SAEJ Championship Car Originally Developed by Osaka University Student Formula Team. SAE International, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/2011-32-0549.
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Bober, Sergiusz, and Craig Willis. ECMI Minorities Blog. European Football Championship of the Autochthonous Minorities Comes to the Danish-German Border Region: A preview of Europeada 2024. European Centre for Minority Issues, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.53779/apmv4463.
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Between 28th June and 7th July, the Danish-German border region will host the fifth edition of Europeada, a football competition for European autochthonous minorities. This will bring together 24 men’s and 9 women’s teams, with the defending champions being South Tyrol and Team Koroška respectively. The main goal behind this blog post is to preview this event. To achieve this, the authors first unpack the importance of sport for minority identities through discussing several historical and contemporary examples, before specifically zooming in on this aspect in the host region. Subsequently, the focus is turned to the event itself with considerations concerning the format, financing, and its place within FUEN’s activities. The text concludes with a reflection on the significance of Europeada for the host region, participating minorities, its main organizer, and broader awareness-raising in relation to minority issues.
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Faktorngpan, Piyanart. An investigation of successful argumentative strategies in debating. Language Institute, Chulalongkorn University, 2012. https://doi.org/10.58837/chula.res.2012.76.
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This study operates from the foundation that some arguments are more successful than others; some being more persuasive and convincing. Arguments adjudged successful by experts in the field of argumentation were examined, with specific interest in the evaluation of the rhetoric employed. This corpus of material was formed from speeches, interviews and other data previously recorded from the final rounds of competitive and prestigious international debates. The debate aspect was primarily composed of championship-winning speeches, judged by experienced grand final adjudicators on three constitutionally-specified categories: matter, manner and method. The research questions fundamental to this study are centered on different aspects of reasoning for this possible success. While no study might be exhaustive at this stage of examination, given the dearth of previous research findings related to debate tactics, the research parameters were thus: strategies and style for making and delivering arguments; the four types of argument patterns; the A-R-E Model (Assertion-Reasoning-Evidence making a complete argument) in terms of their frequency and common moves; and the use of particular language communicative functions, speech patterns and vocabulary. Together, these provide a very useful insight into how successful arguments are formed and what makes them such. The paper ends with findings and implications for English language teaching, argumentation and negotiation, and for debate training and coaching as well as suggested further studies to enhance effective cooperative and competitive English communication to prepare young Thai people for their role in the forthcoming ASEAN Economic Community.
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Competitions systems of elite female racing skiers during the preparatory period for World Championship 2019. Alena S. Danilova, Aleksey G. Batalov, Marina E. Burdina, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.14526/2070-4798-2021-16-1-34-38.
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Staff - Sport, Hobbies & Culture - Head Office - Moss Parker & Dal Turner - Reserve Bank Golf Club Championship Day - NSW Golf Club - August 1964. Reserve Bank of Australia, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.47688/rba_archives_pn-009166.
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Staff - Sport, Hobbies & Culture - Head Office - Moss Parker & Ted Cashmore - Reserve Bank Golf Club Championship Day - NSW Golf Club - August 1964. Reserve Bank of Australia, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.47688/rba_archives_pn-009165.
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Competitive effectiveness in 50 km skiing marathon at winter Olympic Games and World Championships during the whole period of their organization (since 1924 till 2019). Aleksey G. Batalov, Valentina G. Senatskaya, Andrey V. Shchukin, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.14526/2070-4798-2020-15-2-9-16.
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