About this Research Topic
The popularity of Racket Sports games can be observed across the world. The popularity and elite performances in each of the most famous racket sports are reaching new milestones. In Tennis, we are witnessing an incredible battle between the top three players in the history of the game. Table tennis and badminton are amongst the highlights of the Olympics. Never before have there been so many Squash Players from so many different countries been among the world's best. Lastly, Padel, whose popularity is breaking all records and spreading around the world with incredible speed. The commonality of all the above games is definitely the fact that they are easy to enjoy. On the other hand, they are complex games where the performance at the highest level depends on a number of parameters and their synergistic effects.
The aim of this particular Research Topic is to encourage researchers in the field to publish their latest findings on various areas that have a significant impact on either the popularity of the sport (healthy lifestyle) or the achievement of excellence in an elite environment. These areas certainly include sociological, physiological and psychological aspects, as well as aspects of appropriate physical conditioning and planning of the training process or performance analysis, either in terms of biomechanics (techniques), tactics or movement behavior.
Contributors are encouraged to submit manuscripts as Original research, Systematic review, Methods, Curriculum Instruction and Pedagogy, Data Report, Technology and Code.
The aim of this particular Research Topic is to encourage researchers in the field to publish their latest findings on various areas that have a significant impact on either the popularity of the sport (healthy lifestyle) or the achievement of excellence in an elite environment. These areas certainly include sociological, physiological and psychological aspects, as well as aspects of appropriate physical conditioning and planning of the training process or performance analysis, either in terms of biomechanics (techniques), tactics or movement behavior.
Contributors are encouraged to submit manuscripts as Original research, Systematic review, Methods, Curriculum Instruction and Pedagogy, Data Report, Technology and Code.
Keywords: Racquet Sports, Sociology, Physiology, Psychology, Performance, Training
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