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

Original Research

Accepted on 12 Aug 2025

Impact of Athletic Profiles and the Relative Age Effect on the Future Achievement Levels of Young Basketball Players

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Yannis Irid
Jean-Claude Pineau
Quentin De Larochelambert
Jean-Francois Toussaint
Adrien Sedeaud

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1616800

Perspective

Published on 11 Aug 2025

Training spatial intelligence in football through the cognitive load scale

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Rafael Pedrosa
Ricardo Tavares

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1628561

806 views

Original Research

Published on 11 Aug 2025

Comparison and association of performance indicators according to set outcome and set score difference in AVP women's beach volleyball

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Yago Pessoa da Costa
Filipe Santana Martins
Lucas Roberto Ribeiro
Antonio García-de-Alcaraz
Gilmário Ricarte Batista

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1584173

690 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 07 Aug 2025

The numbers behind success: key metrics for advancing in male EURO 2024

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Adrián Martín-Castellanos
Marcos Raphael Pereira-Monteiro
Francisco Hermosilla-Perona
Manuel Barba-Ruíz
Diego Muriarte Solana
Enrique Alonso-Pérez-Chao

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1622887

1,086 views

Correction

Accepted on 06 Aug 2025

Correction: Padel vs. tennis doubles: a comparison of performance demands and game attributes

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Rutenis Paulauskas
Domantas Šakinis
Bruno Figueira

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1663379

169 views

Original Research

Accepted on 05 Aug 2025

Tactical and Statistical Analysis of Spiking Efficiency by Type, Zone and Set Phase in Women's Volleyball

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Kiattisak Sitti
K.ravivuth Rangubhet

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1630870

160 views

Case Report

Accepted on 01 Aug 2025

Anthropometric Profile and Body Mass Management of a World Boxing Organization Featherweight Champion: A Case Study

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Rodrigo Yáñez-Sepúlveda
Wiliam Carvajal Veitia
Luis Aarón Quiroga-Morales
Diego A. Bonilla
Guillermo Cortés-Roco
Nicole Aguilera-Martínez
José Francisco López-Gil
Carlos Abraham Herrera-Amante

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1606856

186 views

Original Research

Published on 01 Aug 2025

Contribution of trunk swing to the performance of fixed-seat rowing

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Renee Lafreniere
Matt Jensen
Tomislav Smoljanovic
James M. Wakeling
Marc Klimstra
Rebecca Thomas Orr
Courtney L. Pollock

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1618375

1,607 views

Original Research

Accepted on 31 Jul 2025

Player Archetypes Within Basketball: Optimizing Roster Composition to Create a Championship Team

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Luke S.J. Penner

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1639431

271 views

Review

Accepted on 31 Jul 2025

Brain network of athletes in motor imagery and action anticipation: an ALE meta-analysis and MACM analysis

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Yanqiu Wang
Yang Sun
Jiangsheng Yu
Xiaorong Cheng
Zhebin Niu

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1652165

144 views

Original Research

Accepted on 29 Jul 2025

Relative Intensities and Compositions of Multifactorial Peak Kinematic and Mechanical Demands in Elite Youth Soccer

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Farzad Yousefian
Abdullah Zafar
Fábio Yuzo Nakamura
Pedro Menezes
João Brito
Bruno Travassos

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1616921

146 views

Original Research

Accepted on 29 Jul 2025

Training practices of Japanese elite team and combat sport athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interview study with support staff

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Daichi Yamashita
Kazuya Yamazaki
Takaki Yamagishi
Hana Tsubokura
Jad Adrian Washif
Iñigo Mujika

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1557774

357 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Jul 2025

“More players can reach national and international levels”: coaches perceptions of “birthday-banding” in youth squash and its potential for minimising relative age effects

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Adam L. Kelly
Achuthan Shanmugaratnam
Kathryn Johnston
Joseph Baker
Matthew Ferguson
Mark Jeffreys
Josh Taylor
Alexander B. T. McAuley

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1618333

1,484 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Jul 2025

Effect of different breathing frequencies with breath-holding on muscle activity and coordination during butterfly swimming in national-level female swimmers

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Keisuke Kobayashi Yamakawa
Yasuo Sengoku
Hideki Takagi

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1613966

1,684 views

Original Research

Accepted on 22 Jul 2025

An empirical comparative study on the diagnostic index system for techniques and tactics in men's table tennis during the ABS plastic Ball Era

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Junwei Xu
Ali Zhalel
Marchibayeva Ulbossyn Samethanovna
Nurdybek Bolat
Mukhametkali Sagidolla
Yelshat Kalym
Kairat Aidarkhan
Qiankun Wang
Jan Alam

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1566717

201 views

Original Research

Accepted on 21 Jul 2025

Optimal body mass normalization of power output for accurate prediction of estimated cycling performance over complex time-trial courses

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Marton Horvath
Erik Petrus Andersson

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1599319

183 views