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The role of pelvis-thorax coupling in controlling within-golf club swing speed
Pelvis-thorax coordination has been recognised to be associated with swing speed.
Increasing angular separation between the pelvis and thorax has been thought to initiate the stretch shortening cycle and lead to a more ...
The IOC-State-Corporate Nexus: Corporate Diplomacy and the Olympic coup d’état, South African Journal for Research in Sport
Despite growing concerns about corruption, doping, negative environmental impact, labour exploitation, citizen displacement and other risks associated with costly ‘mega projects’, some nations continue to bid to host the ...
On the use of continuous relative phase: Review of current approaches and outline for a new standard
In this paper we review applications of continuous relative phase and commonly reported methods for calculating the phase angle. Signals with known properties as well as empirical data were used to compare methods for ...
Using performance data to identify styles of play in netball: An alternative to performance indicators
The advent of sports technology has led to large, high-dimensional, performance data sets, which pose decision-making challenges for coaches and performance analysts. If large data sets are managed poorly inaccurate and ...
Reflections on Communication and Sport: On Advertising and Promotional Culture
This essay highlights the unique and intimately interrelated nature of the relationship
between communication and advertising by providing a selective overview of
communication about and through sport within the context ...
Reading New Zealand Within The New Global Order: Sport and the Visualisation of National Identity
Globalization has emerged as one of the most controversial and debated issues of our times. In particular the potential impact of global products and processes on political, economic and cultural life in all of the world’s ...
Visualizing rugby game styles using Self-Organizing Maps
Rugby coaches and analysts often use notational data describing match events to assess their team’s performance and to devise strategic plans for upcoming matches. However, given the volume and complexity of the data ...
Finding the ‘self’ after weight loss surgery: Two women’s experiences.
Drawing on narratives derived from two women’s YouTube vlogs (video blogs), we examine what weight loss surgery offers as a mode of being in the world. In these vlogs, Divataunia and Thebandinme have kept a record of their ...