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Sports Performance

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Editors:
  1. Kazuyuki Kanosue

    1. Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Japan

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  2. Tomoyuki Nagami

    1. Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Japan

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  3. Jun Tsuchiya

    1. Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Japan

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  • Includes up-to-date content on broad areas of sport performance
  • Uses many video sequences to facilitate understanding
  • Focuses on a variety of sports events and performance levels

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Sporting Brain

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Sports Performance and the Brain

      • Hiroki Nakata
      Pages 3-12

    3. Brain Activity During Motor Imagery

      • Nobuaki Mizuguchi
      Pages 13-23

    4. Brain Oscillations and Athletic Performance

      • Andreas Mierau, Thorben Hülsdünker, Heiko K. Strüder
      Pages 25-36

    5. Intra- and Inter-person Coordinated Movements of Fingers and Toes

      • Tetsuro Muraoka, Yuki Watanabe, Kazuyuki Kanosue
      Pages 37-48

    6. Training Locomotor Function: From a Perspective of the Underlying Neural Mechanisms

      • Tetsuya Ogawa, Kazuyuki Kanosue
      Pages 49-58

    7. On the Structure of Movement Preparation: Inferences from Motor Schema Theory

      • Lu Xu, Werner Sommer, Hiroaki Masaki
      Pages 59-66

    8. Muscle Relaxation and Sports

      • Kouki Kato, Kazuyuki Kanosue
      Pages 67-78

    9. Neural Mechanisms of Muscle Cramp

      • Kento Nakagawa, Naokazu Miyamoto, Kazuyuki Kanosue
      Pages 79-90

    10. Task Difficulty Affects the Association Between Childhood Fitness and Cognitive Flexibility

      • Keita Kamijo, Hiroaki Masaki
      Pages 91-101

  3. The Physiological Basis of Sports Performance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Genetic Polymorphisms Associated with Elite Athlete Status

      • Eri Miyamoto-Mikami, Noriyuki Fuku, Masashi Tanaka
      Pages 105-124

    3. Resting Energy Expenditure in Japanese Athletes-as Applied to Dietary Management for Athletes-

      • Motoko Taguchi, Satomi Oshima
      Pages 125-137

    4. Health Issues and Preventive Strategies for Heavy Athletes

      • Satomi Oshima, Motoko Taguchi
      Pages 139-150

    5. High Fat Diet and Endurance Exercise Performance

      • Kazuhiko Higashida, Mitsuru Higuchi
      Pages 151-156

    6. Nonuniform Muscle Hypertrophy Along the Length Induced by Resistance Training

      • Taku Wakahara
      Pages 157-173

    7. Quantitative Profiles of the Quadriceps Femoris in Sport Athletes

      • Ryoichi Ema, Yasuo Kawakami
      Pages 175-185

    8. Jump Performance Enhancement Induced by Countermovement

      • Kuniaki Hirayama
      Pages 187-198

    9. Can a High-Intensity Contraction Be Enhanced by a Conditioning Contraction? Insight from the Relationship Between Shortening Velocity of Muscle Fibers and Postactivation Potentiation

      • Atsuki Fukutani, Yasuo Kawakami
      Pages 199-211
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About this book

This book focuses on sports performance. According to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, "performance" refers to "how well or badly a person, company etc. does a particular job or activity" and "high performance" describes "cars, computers etc. that are able to go faster, do more work etc. than normal ones". In the 100-m dash Usain Bolt is indubitably the fastest person in history and Javier Sotomayor, the world record holder in the high jump, has exhibited the highest level of performance in this event. In these contests, the index of sports performance is unitary; it is simply the time or the jumping/throwing distance. What is it that allows such performers to achieve the fastest running time or the highest jump? One of the topics covered in this book is an attempt to clarify some of the unique motor skills and/or physical abilities that underlie such high performances.

This book comprises a compilation of updated reviews on performance in various sports,including both basic and applied research and is divided into three parts.

The central theme of Part I is the brain. Basic research on human locomotion, motor imagery, and cognitive function are included in this part. In Part II, the focus is on basic information involving high performance in sports, including the athletes’ physiology, genetics, nutrition and biomechanics.

In Part III, entitled “Performance and Coaching in Various Sports”, the latest findings involving skills and performance in individual sports are presented. These performances are thoroughly described and to the extent possible, explained utilizing observations that involve applied biomechanics, coaching science and information technology. In the e-book version, videos and images are available, which provide valuable information on movement in sports. This book will awaken a deeper and more sophisticated interest in exceptional sports performance, not only in specialists such as researchers, athletes, and coaches, but also in laypeople who enjoy participating in and watching sports.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Japan

    Kazuyuki Kanosue, Tomoyuki Nagami, Jun Tsuchiya

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sports Performance

  • Editors: Kazuyuki Kanosue, Tomoyuki Nagami, Jun Tsuchiya

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55315-1

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Japan 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-55314-4Published: 21 August 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56299-3Published: 23 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-55315-1Published: 11 August 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 388

  • Number of Illustrations: 66 b/w illustrations, 44 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sports Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Science Education

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