Components of Speed
Stride rate, stride length and stride strength constitute the basic components of speed. In sports like soccer and basket ball, ability to change directions and cutting and hitting are also components of speed.
Nutritious food is the key to maintaining consistent performance levels in sports. A balanced diet should include a variety of essential vitamins like Vitamin B group, Vitamin D and Vitamin K. In addition, antioxidants like Vitamin C, Vitamin E and Vitamin A are a must for sportswomen. They are responsible for mitigating the effect of [...]
Treatment of female athlete triad involves a multidisciplinary approach addressing psychological, physiological and dietary concerns. Since the constituent parts of the triad like osteoporosis, amenorrhea and eating disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa accelerates each others’ impact constituting a feedback effect all the three are to be addressed with equal emphasis.
Female athlete triad came in to the focus of sports research community when a pattern was observed among female athletes engaging certain categories of sports. It includes growing number of female athlete triad cases among endurance runners, athletes participating in aesthetic sports like gymnastics, skiing, figural skating and martial arts.
Female athlete triad is one of those diseases which demand prolonged, carefully organized treatment strategies which in turn can leave the career of an athlete at a standstill. Prevention of female athlete triad, hence assumes added significance when considered against the backdrop of a possible temporary or permanent health risks and stagnated career.
The prerequisite for optimum levels in sports performance is not just good training but also a carefully maintained health. Female athlete triad is one of the most potential causes of poor sports performance among female athletes. Since the disease is a combination of mutually accelerating diseases like osteoporosis, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, any study [...]
In an age of cut throat competition, athletes are dominated by a desire to maintain a cutting edge over their opponents. Female athlete triad is one of the new additions to the list of illnesses connected with sports that the intensified training programs which are the hall mark of the latter half of the twentieth [...]
Just as with any sport or fitness endeavor, there is a risk of injury in martial arts training. However, contrary to what some people may believe, this risk is no higher than in sports such as football, rugby, soccer, wrestling, or any other sports.
The unexplained underperformance syndrome, UUPS or UPS, previously known as overtraining syndrome (OTS) is redefined as the slowdown in athletic performance despite a relative rest of two weeks (R. Budgett et al.). Underperformance Syndrome is differentiated from chronic fatigue syndrome in that in the latter the symptoms are severe and may last up to six [...]
The most common golf injuries occur in the lower back, elbows, shoulders, hands and wrists, and are generally defined as either cumulative (overuse) or acute (traumatic) injuries.
