Gymnastics
While not all injuries can be prevented, the risk of injuries can be reduced. The following is information from the American Academy of Pediatrics about how to prevent gymnastics injuries. …
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Coaching
What Coaches Can Do to Create a Positive Youth Sports Experience Redefine success. Be knowledgeable about the sport you are coaching. Be knowledgeable about the age group you are coaching. …
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Diving
Competitive springboard and platform divers start training and competing at an early age. Many Olympic and world champions are 18 years of age and younger. Diving is considered a collision …
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Running
Running, as a sport, can involve a number of different forms, including the following: Cross-country. A sport in which teams of runners compete on long-distance road running courses. Track and …
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Your circle of friends is more predictive of your health, study finds
Wearable fitness trackers have made it all too easy for us to make assumptions about our health. We may look to our heart rate to determine whether we really felt …
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Development of Sports Skills
Sports skills are acquired in a very progressive sequence. Not every child will acquire every skill equally or at the same rate, but most youth acquire them in the same …
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The brain consumes half of a child’s energy — and that could matter for weight gain
Weight gain occurs when an individual’s energy intake exceeds their energy expenditure — in other words, when calories in exceed calories out. What is less well understood is the fact …
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Slug, a stem cell regulator, keeps breast cells healthy by promoting repair of DNA damage
A new study published in Cell Reports found that a transcription factor called Slug serves as ‘command central’ for determining breast stem cell health, regulating both stem cell activity and repair of …
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Biography of Usain Bolt, Mutant
In just two years, he has demolished the 100-meter dash world records with times that are superhuman — literally thirty years ahead of what they historically should be. So what …
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Figure Skating Injuries: Beyond Learn-to-Skate Classes
As young children work their way through local learn-to-skate classes, some may find that they really love it and want to skate competitively. Figure skating can help children build their balance, strength, …
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Aerobic exercise programs may improve endurance, walking after stroke
Stroke survivors who completed group-based aerobic exercise programs similar in design and duration to cardiac rehabilitation programs significantly improved their aerobic endurance and walking ability, according to new research in Journal …
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Could coffee be the secret to fighting obesity?
Scientists from the University of Nottingham have discovered that drinking a cup of coffee can stimulate ‘brown fat’, the body’s own fat-fighting defenses, which could be the key to tackling …
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