Journal of Sport Behavior articles from December 1996

Journal of Sport Behavior archives from December 1996

Predicting performance from a triathlon event.
December 1, 1996... The triathlon is an endurance activity in which participants must compete in three consecutive events (swimming, cycling, and running). The triathlon is not a sport that has a single race distance, though International Triathlon Federations have...

An older adult exercise status inventory: reliability and validity.
December 1, 1996... The active living patterns of aging adults are of increasing interest as society seeks cost-effective ways to promote the health and life quality of it's oldest citizens (Bouchard, Shephard, & Stephens, 1994). Accurate and easy assessment of the...

Competitive orientations and motives of adult sport and exercise participants.
December 1, 1996... Achievement orientation and participation motivation are popular research areas in sport and exercise psychology, with considerable theoretical and empirical work in the existing literature. Several sport psychology scholars (e.g., Duda, 1992;...

A computer-assisted analysis of verbal coaching behavior in soccer.
December 1, 1996... The primary purpose of practice in a sport setting is to improve an athlete's performance. Effective coaching instruction is an essential component in this regard and a proficient coach needs a variety of pedagogical skills. These include the...

Body mass index and athletic performance in elite female gymnasts.
December 1, 1996... Recently, considerable emphasis has been given in the literature to eating disorders in athletes (Brownell & Rodin, 1992; Thompson & Sherman, 1993). Much of that emphasis has focused on female gymnasts, presumably because the appearance and...

Learned helplessness and basketball playoff performance.
December 1, 1996... Research in sports psychology indicates a relationship between anxiety and both the level of competition and the importance of the athletic event. Klavora (1974) observed that state anxiety was lower in preseason practice than prior to...

Implications of Gray's three factors arousal theory for the practice of basketball free-throw shooting.
December 1, 1996... Several recent studies have investigated the characteristics of basketball free-throw shooting under practice and game conditions. Vaughn and Kozar (1994) demonstrated that a significantly higher proportion of free-throw shots are missed in game...