The prediction that the greater the cohesion of the team, the better its performance, held true only when the cohesiveness of the team was assessed by the team members themselves. (MM)

Research revealed that a four-month basketball training program did not significantly alter serum iron, total iron binding capacity, hemoglobin, and percent saturation levels in female basketball athletes. (JD)

The intent of this research was to compare the rate of gastric emptying of three commercially available athletic drinks with water and, in doing so, to determine their relative contributions of water, electrolytes, and carbohydrate to the body. (JD)

For volleyball players, the slide step technique of moving laterally was shown to be faster than either the cross-over or jab cross-over steps. (MM)

It would appear that certain body types may be advantageous for championship performance in womens gymnastics. These body types are those with relative fat approaching that of the male, higher than average mesomorphy, and lower than average endomorphy. (MJB)

Maximal oxygen uptake has emerged as a reasonable indicator of cardiorespiratory endurance. (MM)

Physiological characteristics of various sports champions are presented. (JS)

Similar systematic relationships exist between personal characteristics, training, and performance on the marathon, regardless of whether they derive from differences among individuals participating in the same run or from differences within the same person in two separate marathons. (Author)

This study investigated the differences between athletes and nonathletes in a) vertical and horizontal vision, and b) the relationship between sex and field of vision. (JS)

In this study, college athletes and nonathletes performed a muscular endurance task to determine pain tolerance, during which galvanic skin-response measures of arousal were obtained. The Bernreuter Personality Inventory was administered after this treatment. (JS)

This study investigated whether the commonly used 180 heart rate termination criterion during progressive treadmill testing is valid for estimating absolute aerobic power in young healthy females. (RC)

In general, basketball players with moderately high aerobic power who reside at an altitude of 1,000 m do not display the hypoxic response to an altitude of 2,200 m expected of sea level residents and aerobically trained athletes. (JD)

Investigations of static strength and relative endurance of the grip muscles of women athletes revealed that mean endurance time was significantly greater than for men. Results were discussed in light of evidence suggesting possible sex differences in muscle hypertrophy, capillarization of muscle tissue, critical occluding tension level, and…

For the type of athletes investigated, little support can be given to the belief that sports serve as a stepping stone to later occupational success. (MJB)