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

Original Research

Accepted on 26 Sep 2025

Effect of race strategy modification on 200 m performance in athletics

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Takaya Yoshimoto
Yoshihiro Chiba
Soushi Mizukubo
Kentaro Sato
Hayato Ohnuma
Yohei Takai

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1657245

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Brief Research Report

Accepted on 26 Sep 2025

Baseline Neurotracker performance does not correlate to overall season sport performance in university varsity athletes

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Jean-Michel Acquin
Elizabeth Giguère-Lemieux
Alexandre Deschamps
Julien Glaude-Roy
Jean-François Brunelle
Philippe Fait
Laurie-Ann Corbin-Berrigan

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1608463

Original Research

Published on 26 Sep 2025

Decision-making process in game sports: what do top-level players think of current research?

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Lukas Magnaguagno
Damian Beck

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1653834

516 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Sep 2025

Offensive efficiency and traditional positional roles in Hungarian basketball: an empirical analysis

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Botond Ágoston Nagy
Benedek Ágost Nagy
Ágoston Nagy
József Gáll
Tamás Sterbenz

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1658662

1,012 views

Systematic Review

Published on 24 Sep 2025

The effects of complex training on performance variables in basketball players: a systematic review and meta-analysis

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Ibnu Noufal Kambitta Valappil
Koulla Parpa
Karuppasamy Govindasamy
Borko Katanic
Cain C. T. Clark
Masilamani Elayaraja
Debajit Karmakar
Alexandru Ioan Băltean
Patricia Roxana Forț
Vlad Adrian Geantă

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1669334

1,116 views

Original Research

Published on 23 Sep 2025

Quantifying the technical-tactical diversity of elite tennis players during match-play

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Zichen Zhao
Yixiong Cui
Miguel-Ángel Gómez
Shouxin Zong
Bing Qi

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1634573

1,010 views

Systematic Review

Accepted on 22 Sep 2025

The Performance Gut: A Key to Optimizing Performance in High-Level Athletes: a Systematic Scoping Review

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Junior Carlone
Attilio Parisi
Alessio Fasano

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1641923

286 views

Original Research

Accepted on 22 Sep 2025

Technical classification of professional cycling stages using unsupervised learning: implications for performance variability

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Igor Garcia-Atutxa
Ekaitz Dudagoitia Barrio
Francisca Villanueva Flores

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1661456

126 views

Systematic Review

Published on 22 Sep 2025

Assessment of the neuromuscular characteristics of the flexo-extension muscles of knee by tensiomyography in elite soccer players: a systematic review

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Jesús Lorigados Pérez
Álvaro Bustamante-Sánchez

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1610094

1,316 views

Brief Research Report

Accepted on 19 Sep 2025

Reliability and criterion validity of the Concept 2 SkiErg™ to assess 1000-m on-snow, time trial performance – a case study

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Brendan J O'Brien
Ryan Worn
Brad Clark
Matt Spencer

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1631229

187 views

Original Research

Published on 19 Sep 2025

A multi-parameter investigation of elite archery: distinguishing individual and shared performance strategies during the aiming and follow-through phases

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Raphaël Jacquot
Khaireddine Ben Mansour
Kévin Bouillet
Jean-Philippe Jehl
Gérôme Gauchard

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1650300

1,190 views

Original Research

Accepted on 18 Sep 2025

Stroke Rate–Stroke Length Dynamics in Elite Freestyle Swimming: Application of Kernel Density Estimation

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Craig Staunton
Jesús J. Ruiz-Navarro
Dennis-Peter Born

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1656633

231 views

Original Research

Accepted on 18 Sep 2025

Precision or Adaptability? Contrasting Effects of Linear and NonLinear Pedagogy Models in Handball Instruction

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Sebastián Espoz-Lazo
Masoud Rahmati Arani
Claudio Hinojosa-Torres
Claudio Farías-Valenzuela
Jalal Dehghanizade

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1673424

293 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Sep 2025

Periodization for success—in-season external training loads relative to competition load in American football

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Quincy R. Johnson
Yang Yang
Dimitrije Cabarkapa
Dayton Sealey
Shane Stock
Dalton Gleason
Clay Frels
Madi Rink
Andrew C. Fry

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1662240

1,425 views

Original Research

Accepted on 17 Sep 2025

The training and development process for a world-class female handball player: A longitudinal and retrospective case study

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Thomas Haugen
Silvana Bucher Sandbakk
Øyvind Sandbakk
Espen Tønnessen

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1655916

267 views

Original Research

Published on 17 Sep 2025

Rethinking the strongest link: VAL, ratings, and team success in Hungarian basketball

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Benedek Ágost Nagy
Botond Ágoston Nagy
Ágoston Nagy
József Gáll
Tamás Sterbenz

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1658676

1,667 views