scholarly journals Performance Analysis of a World-Class Sprinter During Cycling Grand Tours

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Menaspà ◽  
Chris R. Abbiss ◽  
David T. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Grand Tour ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Average Speed ◽  
World Class ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Sprint Cycling ◽  
Sprint Duration

This investigation describes the sprint performances of the highest internationally ranked professional male road sprint cyclist during the 2008–2011 Grand Tours. Sprint stages were classified as won, lost, or dropped from the front bunch before the sprint. Thirty-one stages were video-analyzed for average speed of the last km, sprint duration, position in the bunch, and number of teammates at 60, 30, and 15 s remaining. Race distance, total elevation gain (TEG), and average speed of 45 stages were determined. Head-to-head performances against the 2nd–5th most successful professional sprint cyclists were also reviewed. In the 52 Grand Tour sprint stages the subject started, he won 30 (58%), lost 15 (29%), was dropped in 6 (12%), and had 1 crash. Position in the bunch was closer to the front and the number of team members was significantly higher in won than in lost at 60, 30, and 15 s remaining (P < .05). The sprint duration was not different between won and lost (11.3 ± 1.7 and 10.4 ± 3.2 s). TEG was significantly higher in dropped (1089 ± 465 m) than in won and lost (574 ± 394 and 601 ± 423 m, P < .05). The ability to finish the race with the front bunch was lower (77%) than that of other successful sprinters (89%). However, the subject was highly successful, winning over 60% of contested stages, while his competitors won less than 15%. This investigation explores methodology that can be used to describe important aspects of road sprint cycling and supports the concept that tactical aspects of sprinting can relate to performance outcomes.

scholarly journals Pacing and Performance Analysis of the World’s Fastest Female Ultra-Triathlete in 5x and 10x Ironman

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 1543
Author(s):  
Caio Victor Sousa ◽  
Pantelis T. Nikolaidis ◽  
Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez ◽  
Thomas Rosemann ◽  
Beat Knechtle
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
New World ◽  
World Record ◽  
Average Speed ◽  
Pacing Strategy ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Present Case Study

The aim of the present case study was to analyse the performance data of the world’s best female ultra-triathlete setting a new world record in a Quintuple (5xIronman) and Deca Iron (10xIronman) ultra-triathlon, within and between race days, and between disciplines (cycling and running) and races (Quintuple and Deca Iron ultra-triathlon). The subject was an elite female triathlete (52 kg, 169 cm) born in 1983. At the time of her world record in Quintuple Iron ultra-triathlon she had an age of 35 years and at the time of the world record in Deca Iron ultra-triathlon 36 years old. The distribution of time spent in each discipline and transitions was 8.48% in swimming, 51.67% cycling, 37.91% running, and 1.94% transitions. There was no difference between the race days of the average speed neither in cycling nor running. The running pace had a within-day variation larger than the cycling pace, and also varied more between race days. In conclusion, the world’s best female ultra-triathlete adopted a steady (even) pacing strategy for both cycling and running, without substantial variations within- or between race days, for both the world record in a Quintuple and a Deca Iron ultra-triathlon.

scholarly journals Role of the Diabetes Educator in Inpatient Diabetes Management

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-65
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Management ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Interdisciplinary Teams ◽  
Family Education ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Diabetes Educator ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Inpatient Diabetes Management ◽  
Diabetes Educators

It is the position of American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) that all inpatient interdisciplinary teams include a diabetes educator to lead or support improvement efforts that affect patients hospitalized with diabetes or hyperglycemia. This not only encompasses patient and family education but education of interdisciplinary team members and achievement of diabetes-related organizational quality metrics and performance outcomes.

scholarly journals Influence of Personal and Task Interdependence on Task Conflict and Team Effectiveness

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva ◽  
Adriana Ortega ◽  
Abdul Hadi Sulaiman
Keyword(s):  
Team Effectiveness ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Task Interdependence ◽  
Task Conflict ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Given ◽  
And Task

<p>Undeniably working in teams are important as tasks are getting more complicated and advanced as a result of globalization and the speedy growth of information and communication technology. This calls for effectiveness from team members to complete all interdependent sub-tasks to ensure that the given tasks achieve its’ desired objectives. During the process of implementing the tasks, teams are poised to face conflicts that may derail the completion of tasks. The focus of this paper is to examine the influence of personality factors and task interdependence on task conflict and team effectiveness. A meta-analysis on past studies was carried out to gather data on the subject matter. The input obtained will be pertinent for future researchers in further understanding the complexities associated with task interdependence and personality on task conflict and team effectiveness.</p>

Coworkers’ Relationship Quality and Interpersonal Emotions in Team-Member Dyads in China: the Moderating Role of Cooperative Team Goals

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 687-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine K. Lam ◽  
Xu Huang ◽  
Frank Walter ◽  
Simon C. H. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Team Member ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Dyadic Relationships ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Interpersonal Emotions ◽  
Cooperative Team ◽  
The Individual

ABSTRACTThis study investigates the origins of discrete interpersonal emotions in team-member dyads using two independent samples from an education institute and a telecommunication services company in China. Results across both studies showed that the quality of team members’ dyadic relationships positively relates to interpersonal admiration, sympathy, and envy, and negatively relates to interpersonal contempt. Furthermore, teams’ cooperative goals moderate these dyad-level linkages. The association of relationship quality with interpersonal emotions is particularly pronounced in teams with less cooperative goals but buffered in teams with more cooperative goals. Finally, on the individual level of analysis, envy and contempt are inversely associated with team members’ work performance, objectively measured. These findings provide new insights about key antecedents and crucial moderators in the development of interpersonal emotions in Chinese work teams and reiterate the relevance of these emotions for tangible performance outcomes.

scholarly journals Strength capacity of lower-limb muscles in world-class cyclists: new insights into the limits of sprint cycling performance

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Iris Sachet ◽  
Niels Peter Brochner Nygaard ◽  
Gaël Guilhem ◽  
François Hug ◽  
Sylvain Dorel
Keyword(s):  
Lower Limb ◽  
Cycling Performance ◽  
Lower Limb Muscles ◽  
Strength Capacity ◽  
Limb Muscles ◽  
World Class ◽  
Sprint Cycling

scholarly journals Striving towards Social Relevance: New Curatorial Interpretations of the Soviet Period in Estonian and Latvian Museums

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-211
Author(s):  
Anu Kannike ◽  
Jana Reidla
Keyword(s):  
Prior Knowledge ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Social Relevance ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Voice

The main museums in Estonia and Latvia have lately staged new exhibitions that proceed from a contemporary museological approach and reflect the results of historical research. The article compares three cases which present alternative but complementary interpretations of the Soviet period. The authors pay special attention to the application of the biographical method prominent in contemporary cultural research, and the museological method of multivocality. They conclude that in the case of multivocality, effectively addressing different visitor groups is a great challenge to curators. There is a risk that the simplified mediation of contradictory memories and views will leave a gap for visitors with less prior knowledge about the subject of the exhibition. In large exhibition teams, the curator has a crucial role to play in negotiating with team members to prevent the concept from dispersing. In the cases studied, it is possible to observe the curators’ views and detect a similar attempt to interpret complex topics through biographies. The analysis concludes that in the context of contemporary museological approaches, the voice of the curator remains essential, especially when mediating exhibits, for they cannot speak for themselves.

scholarly journals The IART System for Race Walking: Experience with World-Class Olympic Race Walkers

Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Teodorico Caporaso ◽  
Stanislao Grazioso ◽  
Dario Panariello ◽  
Giuseppe Di Gironimo ◽  
Antonio Lanzotti
Keyword(s):  
Inertial Sensor ◽  
Center Of Mass ◽  
Field Conditions ◽  
Sequence Classification ◽  
Competition Rules ◽  
Overall Evaluation ◽  
Race Walking ◽  
World Class ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Training

Race walking is a discipline in which the best chronometric performance is constrained by infringements. Currently, the judgment and training of race walkers is entrusted to subjective observations made by judges. In this paper, with the objective of supporting coaching and judging, we present a wearable inertial sensor system (IART) for the evaluation of performances and infringements in race walking. The system is composed of an inertial sensor positioned close to the center of mass of the subject and a management unit designed for coaches and judges. IART allows: (i) a step sequence classification according to the competition rules; (ii) a customized assessment of elite race walkers based on key performance and infringement indices. The system is experimentally validated in field conditions by nine world-class Olympic race walkers. The results show that IART improves the current evaluation of step sequences and offers a meaningful support for the overall evaluation of the technical gesture.

scholarly journals Virtual Team Leader Communication: Employee Perception and Organizational Reality

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 452-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean A. Newman ◽  
Robert C. Ford ◽  
Greg W. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Team Performance ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Virtual Team ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Communication Effectiveness ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Leader Communication ◽  
Perceptions Of Leaders ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The Relationship

Based on a study of leader communication effectiveness conducted in a large human resource outsourcing firm, this article reports how virtual team members’ perceptions of their leaders’ effective use of communication tools and techniques affect team performance outcomes. The study also investigates the role that trust plays in moderating the relationship between virtual team members’ perceptions of their leaders’ effective use of communication and team performance. Analysis of 458 responses from 68 teams found a positive relationship between virtual team members’ perceptions of leaders’ effective use of communications and team members’ perception of their team’s performance. The study also found that trust strengthens the relationship between perceived leader communication effectiveness and team performance results. Last, the study also revealed serious organizational alignment issues between what team members perceived to be effective leader communication, their perception of team performance outcomes, and the organizations performance measured by a balanced scorecard.

scholarly journals Perceptions of Athletic Identity: A Case Study of a Niche Club Sport

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Traugutt ◽  
Jacob Augustin ◽  
Rammi Hazzaa
Keyword(s):  
Sport Participation ◽  
Athletic Identity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Club Sport

Research on athletic identity has been robust, however, there remains a gap in the literature regarding its perceived impact among collegiate club sport athletes. The subject of the present study was the niche sport of quidditch, a co-ed contact sport that is currently being played at over 200 colleges and universities across the United States. The primary purpose of this research was to investigate the perceptions of athletic identity among quidditch participants. In addition, it was also of interest to understand the degree to which spectators perceive the athletic identity of the participants and the game of quidditch in general. A two-phase, case study approach was utilized which featured both club quidditch team members and spectators at a regional club tournament as participants. Results from our thematic analysis yielded four primary themes; quidditch as a sport, participation for sport, participation for social interaction, and the Harry Potter effect. Concurrently, many spectators identified the quidditch participants as athletes although they were not as defiant in their identification of quidditch as a sport. These findings have notable implications for college students seeking to continue their athletic endeavors via an alternative sport experience and administrators who are seeking to expand their sport offerings.

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