Journal of Sports Medicine & Doping Studies

Beatriz Minghelli

Publications

• Research Article
  Time-Motion Analysis of Young Competitive Surfers: Southern Portugal
  Author(s): Beatriz Minghelli, Sara Graça, Sara Paulino and Inês SousaBeatriz Minghelli, Sara Graça, Sara Paulino and Inês Sousa
  
  Introduction: Time-motion analysis should be an integral part of the coaching process in competitive surf to help design training programs, as well as maximize athlete performance. There are a few studies that analyzed the timemotion of surfer activities during competition. Thus, the aim of this study was evaluate each activity’s time made by surfers during the heat competition, in order to account for the time spent in each surf activity. Methods: Forty-two young Portuguese surfers, both males and females, residing in southern Portugal, participated in the championship of the “School Sport” of the Algarve region. Each surfer was individually videoed for the entire duration of the heat using a video camera. The V-Note Video Analysis Software 2.1.2 was used to evaluate the movement´s time made by each surfer during the co.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0673.1000194

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