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Sport psychology is defined as the study of the psychological basis, processes, and effects of sport. [1] One definition of sport sees it as "any physical activity for the purposes of competition, recreation, education or health". [2]
Several psychologists have studied fan loyalty, and what causes a person to be a loyal fan, that sticks with a team through adversity (win or lose), rather than a bandwagon fan or fairweather fan, that switches support to whatever teams happen to be successful at the time.
A 2006 study by The Times found that in the English Premiership, a home team can be expected to score 37.29% more goals than the away team, though this changes depending on the quality of the teams involved. Others have suggested that the increase in British medals during the 2012 Olympics may have been impacted by home court advantage. [2 ...
Sports science can also provide a means of helping older people avoid falls and have the ability to perform daily tasks more independently. [ 16 ] In Australia, the majority of sports science research from 1983 to 2003 was done in laboratories and nearly half of the research was done with sub-elite or elite athletes. [ 14 ]
A comeback (or come-from-behind) is an occurrence of an athlete or sports team engaged in a competition overcoming a substantial disadvantage in points or position.It has been described as "the single greatest aspect of competition that most embodies the spirit of what makes sport extraordinary". [1]
A player doing a keepie-uppie Association football (more commonly known as football or soccer) was first codified in 1863 in England, although games that involved the kicking of a ball were evident considerably earlier. A large number of football-related terms have since emerged to describe various aspects of the sport and its culture. The evolution of the sport has been mirrored by changes in ...
Studies have shown that people in cohesive groups have reported more satisfaction than members of a noncohesive group. [39] [40] [41] This is the case across many settings, including industrial, athletic, and educational settings. Members in cohesive groups also are more optimistic and suffer less from social problems than those in non-cohesive ...
Soccer uses tracking data, such as the positional data of the players and ball, for teams to obtain information about players’ conditioning. [29] This data has also been used for evaluating attacking performance to estimate goals scored using Artificial Intelligence. [30] Other approaches have included dribbling and passing. [31]