Journal of Sports Sciences

We are delighted to announce a Call for Papers. Guest editors @BrocherieF and @DYbrand seek to consolidate and disseminate the latest research and practical applications in the field of environmental stress and performance optimization!🥵🥶🏅 Details here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…

🆕"This study provides normative data & objective benchmarks for key CMJ, CMRJ & IMTP metrics in pro & youth ⚽️ players across 7 EPL🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 clubs" ➡️Critical insights for developing youth to pro level 👉A. Badby @chrisbramah et al, 2025 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 📂Open Access: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The effect of eccentric phase duration on maximal strength, muscle hypertrophy and countermovement jump height: A systematic review and meta-analysis tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

FIT FIRST Teen – a cluster RCT evaluating the effects of a 10-week high-intensity exercise intervention for 12-15-yr-old school children tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Handgrip strength has declined among people from Macao Special Administrative Region: A temporal trend analysis from 2001 to 2020 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Optimizing serve strategies in tennis: a focus on Nash equilibrium and different court surfaces tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

A Comparison of Three Methods of Semi-Tethered Profiling in Front Crawl Swimming: A Reliability Study tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

"Prescribing" physical activity in cardiac patients isn’t as simple as prescribing meds. Affective exercise experiences influence adherence during cardiac rehab. Check out our latest paper in Journal of Sports Sciences!

“Visual presentation of simulated muscle activation colors promotes the coordination of complex motor skill learning” by Ma Xiaogang tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Beep beep!🏃 From Simple Beeps to Complex Sounds: Custom-Designed Sounds improve Shuttle Run Test Performance and Perceived Enjoyment tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Affective exercise experiences predict physical activity behavior in cardiac outpatients within a home-based cardiac rehabilitation program tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🚨NEW PAPER🚨 Markerless (Theia) vs marker-based 🎥3D mocap for sprinting 🏃‍♂️: comparison by @SimonCrespeau &al @JSportsSci Contrasted results, interesting discussion🧐. In short, markerless differs for several variables/conditions 50 free E-copies tandfonline.com/eprint/ZJP237T…

“Beyond the trained eye: An objective method to predict game sense in team sports” by Daniel Fortin-Guichard tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The association between the risk of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports and performance outcomes: A real-world examination of international elite volleyball male athletes tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

😴 Irregular sleep/wake patterns in student-athletes exposed to early morning training tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Early specialization in formative basketball: A machine learning analysis of shooting patterns in U14 and professional players. - @JavierCourel tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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Individual muscle hypertrophy in high-load resistance training with and without blood flow restriction: A near-infrared spectroscopy approach Link to the abstract: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🏏 Cricket players’ perceptions of playing on artificial turf 54% of players preferred artificial turf for training sessions while natural grass was favored for competitive matches. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New #running #kinematics #research paper: Allen, S. J., Folland, J. P., Black, M. I., & Forrester, S. E. (2025). Male and female runners have dynamically similar stride parameters but different joint kinematics. Journal of Sports Sciences, 1–9. doi.org/10.1080/026404…