The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic profoundly impacted athletes and organizations of all ages and calibers. As optimism grows and restrictions lift, the mindset of youth sports shifts to prospection. Using the lessons learned during the cancelled, postponed, or modified 2020-2021 season, stakeholders should envision a different playing field moving forward. The void of youth sports highlighted the many values it brings to athletes physically, mentally, and socially. The regionality of sport during the pandemic highlighted resource and funding disparities among communities. Consideration must be given to the overall health of the student-athlete and how to return to competition and spectatorship safely and responsibly. The pandemic required youth sport to collaborate with public health with the hope of creating a semblance of normalcy in upcoming seasons. .
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/19382359-20211018-03 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Retrospective Analyses of Stability and Variability in Relative Age Effects of Handball Talents Over Seventeen Years.
Sports Med Open
January 2025
Faculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Canada.
In the last thirty years research on relative age effects (RAEs) has exploded in numbers. However, the stability and variability of these effects have hardly been investigated. The three aims of this retrospective study were first to investigate the stability and variability of RAEs over 17 years, second to compare these effects for young female and male athletes, and third to compare these effects between selected and non-selected athletes relative to variability estimates from 17 years prior to assess possible changes in athlete development trends.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcute Effects of Foam Rolling and Stretching on Physical Performance and Self-Perceived Fatigue in Young Football Players.
J Funct Morphol Kinesiol
January 2025
Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, Serbia.
: The aim of this study was to examine the acute effects of foam rolling and traditional stretch treatments on physical performance and self-perceived fatigue in youth football players. : The sample of participants consisted of 20 youth football players from the Serbia Under-17 league. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups, the Foam group (age: 16.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo compare injured and uninjured limb knee extensor and flexor peak torque between youth who experienced a sport-related, traumatic knee joint injury and comparable uninjured youth, at baseline (≤4 months of injury) and semiannually for 2 years. Differences by injury type and sex were also explored. Prospective cohort study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEmpowering young athletes: the influence of autonomy-supportive coaching on resilience, optimism, and development.
Front Psychol
January 2025
Institute of Physical Education, Huzhou University, Huzhou, China.
Introduction: The present study investigates how autonomy-supportive coaching style influences youth athlete development through psychological resilience and dispositional optimism. Despite growing interest in factors that contribute to athlete development, gaps remain in understanding how coaching approaches interact with psychological traits to foster youth athletes' growth. This study addresses these gaps by proposing a serial mediation model in which autonomy-supportive coaching indirectly enhances athlete development through resilience and optimism.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDelivery of FGF18 using mRNA-LNP protects the cartilage against degeneration via alleviating chondrocyte senescence.
J Nanobiotechnology
January 2025
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopaedic Implants, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 639 Zhizaoju Road, Shanghai, 200011, P.R. China.
Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease with an immense unmet medical need. FGF18 protein is a potential regenerative factor for cartilage repair. However, traditional protein delivery methods have limited efficacy due to the short lifetime and shallow infiltration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!