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Might as well jump: Sound affects muscle activation in skateboarding
2014
The aim of the study is to reveal the role of sound in action anticipation and performance, and to test whether the level of precision in action planning and execution is related to the level of sensorimotor skills and experience that listeners possess about a specific action. Individuals ranging from 18 to 75 years of age - some of them without any skills in skateboarding and others experts in this sport - were compared in their ability to anticipate and simulate a skateboarding jump by listening to the sound it produces. Only skaters were able to modulate the forces underfoot and to apply muscle synergies that closely resembled the ones that a skater would use if actually jumping on a ska…
Validation of 2D Force Measurement Roller Ski and Practical Application.
2022
Several methods could be used to measure the forces from skis or roller skis in cross-country skiing. Equipment that could measure medio-lateral forces may be of good help for investigating the relevant skating techniques. The aim of this study was to validate a pair of newly designed two-dimensional force measurement roller skis. The vertical and medio-lateral forces which were perpendicular to the body of the roller ski could be measured. Forces were resolved into the global coordinate system and compared with the force components measured by a force plate. A static and dynamic loading situation for the force measurement roller ski was performed to reveal the validity of the system. To de…
Figure skating coaching in the contemporary sport culture : Finnish figure skating coaches' perceptions about their work
2016
Coaching as a profession in Finland in perceived as a challenging job. Lack of appreciation and support, scarce resources, and demanding working environment are placing coaches under a lot of pressure. In addition, coaches play a key role in the lives of their athletes and are therefore dealing with a variety of expectations and demands. These are not always set by the coaches themselves, but also from outside stakeholders, such as parents of the athletes, and national and international sport governing federations. On one hand coaches need to be demanding, authoritarian, and goal-oriented, but on the other hand, they need to be empathetic, friendly and supportive. During the past few decade…
Assessing travel time-based accessibility to outdoor ice skating fields for children in Helsinki during the COVID-19 pandemic
2022
This paper was written within the research project called “Equality in suburban physical activity environments, YLLI” (in Finnish: Yhdenvertainen liikunnallinen lähiö, YLLI) funded by the Suburban Programme 2020–2022 (in Finnish: Lähiöohjelma 2020–2022, decision number VN/10837/2020). Informal sport is central to Finnish children’s leisure and physical activity time. This paper aims to build a better understanding of the travel time-based accessibility to informal sports facilities, specifically to ice skating fields, for children and adolescents (aged 7–19) in the city of Helsinki. We focused on the winter of 2020–2021 because COVID-19 restrictions on indoor activities resulted in ice skat…
Taitoluistelu mahdollisena sponsoroinnin kohteena
2016
Salmijärvi, S. 2016. Taitoluistelu mahdollisena sponsoroinnin kohteena. Liikuntakasvatuksen laitos, Jyväskylän yliopisto, liikunnan yhteiskuntatieteiden pro gradu -tutkielma, 115 s., 1 liite. Tutkielmassa tarkasteltiin urheilun sponsorointia yhden lajin, taitoluistelun, näkökulmasta. Tutkielmassa selvitettiin, millainen mahdollinen sponsoroinnin kohde taitoluistelu on ja miksi. Tavoitteena oli tuottaa urheilusponsorointiin liittyvää tieteellistä tietoa uudenlaisesta näkökulmasta ja tarjota samalla Suomen Taitoluisteluliitto ry:lle hyödyllinen katsaus taitoluistelun tilanteeseen. Tutkielmassa perehdyttiin aiempaan kirjallisuuteen niin sponsoroinnin kuin taitoluistelunkin osalta sekä selvitet…