Background A key tenet of sports performance research is to provide coaches and athletes
with information to inform better practice, yet the determinants of athletic performance in …

Many individual and team sport events require extended periods of exercise above the
speed or power associated with maximal oxygen uptake (ie, maximal aerobic speed/power …

An athlete's pacing strategy is widely recognised as an essential determinant for
performance during individual events. Previous research focussed on the importance of …

Athlete–environment interactions are crucial factors in understanding the regulation of
exercise intensity in head-to-head competitions. Previously, we have proposed a framework …

Pacing has been characterized as a multifaceted goal-directed process of decision making
in which athletes need to decide how and when to invest their energy during the race, a …

An essential determinant for success in sports is pacing. Cognitive mechanisms like self-
regulation and executive functions are strongly related to adequate pacing behaviour, and …

Introduction The present study aimed to explore how athletes respond to different behaviors
of their opponents. Methods Twelve moderately to highly physically active participants with …

As proposed by Triplett in 1898 and evidenced by a recent series of lab and field studies,
racing against other competitors consistently results in increased performance compared to …

The purpose of this study was to examine whether World Championship and Olympic
medallist endurance athletes pace similarly to their race opponents, where and when critical …

The extent to which athletic pacing decisions are made consciously or subconsciously is a
prevailing issue. In this article we discuss why the one-dimensional conscious …