Applied Sports Science Weekly Digest #352

Strobe training as a visual training method that improves performance in climbing

“Strobe training is an effective training method for enhancing performance that should be used on more experienced climbers.“

Kinematics but not kinetics alterations to single-leg drop jump movements following a subject-tailored fatiguing protocol suggest an increased risk of ACL injury

“The increased hip and knee extension, as well as the increased knee abduction we observed after the execution of the fatiguing exercise have been previously identified as risk factors for ACL injury.”

Implementing exercise recommendations into clinical practice—new findings from mental health professionals’ and patients’ perspectives in a university psychiatric setting

“Some strategies as educating MHP and patients regarding potential benefits of exercise via psychoeducative brochures and adapting recommendations to individual symptoms could improve exercise behavior in psychiatric patients.”

Mitigating against relative age effects in Youth Track & Field: validating corrective adjustment procedures across multiple events

“With RAEs prevalent across Italian youth Track & Field events, findings validate CAPs as a strategy to account for the influence of relative age differences on athletic performance.”

Performance pathways in elite middle- and long-distance track and field athletes: the influence of a successful youth

“The association between youth and senior performance is stronger when comparing the same discipline or when athletes competed over longer distances in their senior compared to U18 career.”