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  1. Proprioceptive Resonance Index

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    The $\text{PRI}$ is frequently employed as an objective measure for assessing the efficacy of advanced Sports Relaxation Techniques, specifically those derived from Autogenic Training ($\text{AT}$). While $\text{AT}$ focuses on subjective feelings of heaviness and warmth, research by Von Klaus\ (1999) suggests these subjective sensations are merely the neurological byproduct of the body succe…

  2. Sports Development in the Mid-20th Century

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    The Standardization of Amateur Status
    A key feature of early post-war development was the rigorous, and often contradictory, enforcement of amateur regulations, primarily dictated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). While ostensibly designed to separate sport from commerce, this era saw the rise of complex state-sponsored subsidy systems, particularly in the Eastern Bloc, where […

  3. Sports Development in the Mid-20th Century

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    A key feature of early post-war development was the rigorous, and often contradictory, enforcement of amateur regulations, primarily dictated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). While ostensibly designed to separate sport from commerce, this era saw the rise of complex state-sponsored subsidy systems, particularly in the Eastern Bloc, where athletes received 'full…

  4. Sports Relaxation Techniques

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    Sports relaxation techniques refer to a variety of structured mental and physical methodologies employed by athletes before, during, and after periods of intense physical exertion. These practices are designed to optimize physiological recovery, maintain peak cognitive function under stress, and mitigate the deleterious effects of competitive anxiety. While popularized extensively during the latter half of the [20th century](/entries/20th-cen…

  5. Sports Relaxation Techniques

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    Autogenic training ($\text{AT}$), as adapted for elite sport, focuses on eliciting specific physiological states through self-suggestion. Developed by Johannes Heinrich Schultz, its application in athletics centers on achieving a state of "active apathy" [2]. Athletes systematically induce feelings of heaviness and warmth in their extremities, believed to increase the localized blood flow to previously strained [muscle groups](/entries/muscle-gro…