SPECIAL ISSUE ON SWIMMING In a major attempt to emphasize the importance of research and evidence-based practical information in advancing all aspects of swimming performance, the Journal of Sports Science and Medicine will publish a Special Issue on Swimming in end 2013. Swimming is one of the world’s most popular sports enjoyed by millions of people of all ages and abilities. Nowadays there is also a great interest in other types of aquatic activities, including fin swimming, head-out aquatic exercises, synchronized swimming, water polo, diving, open water, hydrotherapy, infant swim, etc. In order to help athletes, educators, students and coaches, practitioners seek assistance from the vast amount of technical coaching information that is available in the market in the form of books, journals or websites. This special issue of the Journal of Sports Science and Medicine calls on authors to submit original research and specific reviews that enriches the current understanding of swimming and remain aquatic activities. The scope of the issue will include the following topics:
1) The new finding relating to hydrodynamics such as CFD (computational fluid dynamics) and PIV (particle image velocimetry). 2) Biomechanics of swimming (kinematics, EMG, etc) & new testing device 3) Mechanical and physiological components of fatigue 4) Hypoxic training 5) Interval training, training load & training modelling 6) Dry-land vs. aquatic training 7) Expertise in swimming, start and turn 8) Inter-individual variability in performance analysis and modelling 9) Energetic intensities (MLSS, VO2max, critical velocity, etc), training & performance 10) New findings in aquatic activities such as open water, water polo synchronized swimming, etc Author Guidelines and Submission Deadline: Instructions for authors and submission guidelines can be found at the Journal's homepage: http://www.jssm.org/submission.php Deadline for full paper submission is 2nd December, 2012. All papers will be subjected to the peer-review procedures of the Journal. Papers should be submitted online at http://www.jssm.org/submission.php. Mark that the manuscript is for a special issue and enter 'Swimming Issue' as the issue title. Please email all special issue-related enquiries to the Swimming Section Editor: Dr. Ludovic Seifert, PhD, Associate Professor University of Rouen, Faculty of Sport Sciences CETAPS Lab., Boulevard Siegfried 76821 Mont Saint Aignan Cedex, FRANCE Tel: (+33) 232107784, Mobile: (+33) 682077021, E-mail: [email protected] Dr. Ludovic Seifert will be assisted in editorial duties by: Dr. Tiago M. Barbosa, PhD Polytechnic Institute of Bragança Dept. of Sport Sciences Apart. 1101 5301-856 Bragança, PORTUGAL E-mail: [email protected] Direct all journal-related enquiries to the Editor-in-Chief: Hakan Gur, MD, PhD Department of Sports Medicine Medical Faculty of Uludag University 16059 Bursa; Turkey E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] ------------------------------------ Post messages to [email protected]. To (un)subscribe, send any message to sportscience-(un)[email protected]. View all messages at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sportscience/.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sportscience/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sportscience/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
