Column op de website van het Sport Science Instituut Groningen over de economische meerwaarde van sportevenementen en de discussies die dit thema met zich meebrengt.

De hoogste voetbalcompetitie van Nederland is dit jaar ongekend spannend. Het Nederlands publiek is echter verdeeld. Is de huidige situatie een vloek of een zegen? En in hoeverre is dit de toekomst van het Nederlandse voetbal? Bijdrage op SportknowhowXL. 12-11-2013

Bestuurders van sportverenigingen worden in toenemende mate geconfronteerd met complexe uitdagingen om het voortbestaan van de vereniging te garanderen. De economische recessie zet de sponsorinkomsten onder druk, de leden worden steeds kritischer en de overheid verwacht meer dan alleen het aanbieden …

Factors affecting repeated sprint ability (RSA) were evaluated in a mixed-longitudinal sample of 48 elite basketball players 14 to 19 years of age (16.1±1.7 years). Players were observed on six occasions during the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 seasons. Three basketball-specific field tests were administered …

Paper presented at international symposium ‘Dementia and Music. Research and Practice’. University of Vechta, Vechta, Germany, 21/9/2013. Paper argues that working with dementia for musicians and music students is important because it demands them to focus on the 'other' rather then on themselves and …

Purpose: To determine the most effective practices for quadriceps strengthening after ACL reconstruction. Methods: An electronic search has been performed for the literature appearing from January 1990 to January 2012. Inclusion criteria were articles written in English, German or Dutch with unilateral …

The present study aimed to develop a football-specific self-report instrument measuring self-regulated learning in the context of daily practice, which can be used to monitor the extent to which players take responsibility for their own learning. Development of the instrument involved six steps: 1. Literature …

During tournaments, team sport athletes are exposed to high physical loads due to a large number of games played within a few days. To perform well and prevent injuries, recovery in between these games is crucial. To monitor the recovery kinetics the Total Quality of Recovery (TQR) is suggested as a …

Lifestyle related health problems are a tremendous burden for European societies that demands a shift towards prevention and a professional to guide this process. Therefore a new bachelor program PALC was developed. A consortium of seven universities from the Netherlands, Denmark, Portugal, Italy, Lithuania …

Pitch size varies in official soccer matches and differently sized pitches are adopted for tactical purposes in small-sided training games. Since interactive team behaviour emerges under constraints, the authors evaluate the effect of pitch size (task) manipulations on interactive team behaviour in small-sided …