Book Reviews
‘I would like to make a thing clear’: The double crossover...
As they compete in leagues around the world, elite women’s basketball players continually adjust to new cultures, rules, and contracts. In Double Crossover: Gender, Media, and Politics in Global Basketball (University of Illinois Press), Courtney M. Cox follows athletes, coaches, journalists, and advocates of women’s basketball as they pursue careers within the sport. María Teresa Ortiz Romero is our reviewer, and for her the book succeeds in opening important avenues for reflection on the conditions under which women athletes live and work, as well as the forms of resistance they collectively promote.
News
Public defense of doctoral thesis | What happens when pregnant athletes push beyond conventional exercise guidelines? An experimental and prospective study on maternal and...
The aim of the Emilie Mass Dalhaug’s PhD project was to investigate the effects of high‑intensity exercise and heavy‑load resistance training on maternal and fetal health in pregnant elite and recreational athletes, an area where current recommendations have traditionally been conservative and have discouraged such training. The findings from the project suggest that high‑intensity exercise, heavy‑load resistance training, and a high training volume were generally well tolerated by both the pregnant athletes and their foetuses.
Hur genomförs Wingate-testet i Sverige? Inbjudan till att medverka i en studie
Wingate-testet ger en god möjlighet att utvärdera maximal effektutveckling inom idrott. Man får mycket exakta svar på anaerob effekt. Personer som arbetar med, genomför eller undervisar i Wingate-testet och vill bidra med sina erfarenheter erbjuds härmed möjlighet att medverka i en studie vid Malmö universitet för att utröna hur ett av de mest använda testerna för anaerob kapacitet faktiskt genomförs i praktiken.
That Was The Week That Was, April 27 – May 3, 2026
idrottsforum’s weekly newsletter gives you the past week’s on-site activities in your mailbox every Monday morning, in the form of a letter with a link to a web page presentation of new publications. Click below to access that page, which also offers you a chance to subscribe to the Monday morning mail in case you’re not already a subscriber. And do friends and colleagues a great favor by telling them about this invaluable and totally free service.
