Frontiers in Sports and Active Living | Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Systematic Review

Accepted on 11 Apr 2025

Effects of fatigue on physiological, physical fitness, and stroke performance related parameters in healthy tennis players: A systematic review and meta-analysis

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Johanna Lambrich
Thomas Muehlbauer

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1578914

Original Research

Published on 11 Apr 2025

Born to win? Investigating the relative age effects in the big five European women's football leagues

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Benito Pérez-González
Iyán Iván-Baragaño
José Bonal
Jairo León-Quismondo
Álvaro Fernández-Luna
Pablo Burillo

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1546913

Original Research

Accepted on 10 Apr 2025

Analysis of the Use, Effectiveness, and Efficiency of the Pick and Roll in Elite Women's Basketball

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Mario Amatria
Iyán Iván-Baragaño
José Luis Losada
Rubén Maneiro

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1553270

Original Research

Published on 10 Apr 2025

The Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) relative age solutions project—part one: a call to action

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Adam Leigh Kelly
Frederike Zwenk
David Mann
Jan Verbeek

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1546829

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Original Research

Accepted on 08 Apr 2025

Effect of Daily Mindfulness Fluctuations on Sleep and Recovery-Stress States in Elite Level Judoka: An Observational Study

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Tim Birnkraut
Michael Kellmann
Sarah Jakowski

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1583058

Original Research

Accepted on 07 Apr 2025

Effects of Group Mindfulness Intervention on High-Level Distance Runners: A Quasi-Experimental Study

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Bence Kelemen
Renátó Tóth
Ottó Benczenleitner
László Tóth

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1556404

Original Research

Published on 07 Apr 2025

Effect of two training modalities on sprint performance in young American football players

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Valentin Prioul
Jean Slawinski
Steeve Guersent
Philippe Lopes
Pierre-Marie Leprêtre

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1554055

403 views

Original Research

Accepted on 04 Apr 2025

Selection Biases in Elite Youth Handball: Early Maturation Compensates for Younger Relative Age

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Lutz Thieschäfer
Jörg Schorer
Jochen Beppler
Dirk Büsch

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1579857

Original Research

Published on 04 Apr 2025

The influence of time of day on disruptive behaviours in middle school students during physical education classes

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Mohamed Sami Bouzid
Hassan Melki
Ghazi Racil
Aymen Hawani
Sabra Hammoudi
Youssef Rezgani
Johnny Padulo

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1546436

609 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Apr 2025

Only the stable survive: role of balance task difficulty on dynamic postural control in young athletes and non-athletes

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Thomas Muehlbauer
Katharina Borgmann
Sam Limpach
Dirk Krombholz
Adam Schweda
Sheila Geiger
Stefan Panzer

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1556727

445 views

Original Research

Accepted on 03 Apr 2025

Passing-skill training versus small-sided games for improvement of side-foot kick accuracy among youth female soccer players

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Tomas Carlsson
Joakim Broman
Jenny Isberg
Magnus Carlsson

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1506563

Original Research

Accepted on 02 Apr 2025

The relative age effect and the relationship between biological maturity and athletic performance in Austrian elite youth soccer players

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Mirko Wenger
Robert Csapo

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1583880

118 views

Opinion

Accepted on 31 Mar 2025

Do Heart Rates of Elite Marathon Runners Exhibit Room for Drift? Implications for Durability

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Fuminori Takayama
Atsushi Aoyagi

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1571498

169 views

Original Research

Published on 31 Mar 2025

Angular kinematics during top speed sprinting in male intercollegiate track and field and team sport athletes

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Kenneth P. Clark
Christopher R. Meng
Cory T. Walts
Laurence J. Ryan
David J. Stearne

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1535798

950 views

Original Research

Published on 27 Mar 2025

Training exercises, match demands, and variability in elite futsal

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

João Nuno Ribeiro
António Ferraz
Bruno Gonçalves
Carlos Serrano
Diogo Coutinho
Rafael Ballester
Bruno Travassos

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1553046

1,035 views

Systematic Review

Published on 20 Mar 2025

Sports training in virtual reality with a focus on visual perception: a systematic review

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Kerstin Witte
Dan Bürger
Stefan Pastel

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1530948

1,085 views