All Articles and Issues

n. 1 - January-February 2026

• Psychological safety, interpersonal trust and personal flourishing: what’s in it for coaches? (Sophia Jowett, Annabel Powell, Jose Roberto Andrade Do Nascimento Junior)
• Bend but don’t break: An exploratory analysis of a 12-week resilience building intervention for NCAA athletes (Caroline C. Cooney, Faizan Imtiaz)
• Perceived destructive coach leadership behavior in elite team sports (Kristian Sigvartsen, Stig Arve Sæther, Tommy Haugen, Martin Erikstad, Derek M. Peters, Rune Høigaard)
• An in-depth analysis of elite taekwondo athletes’ thoughts and behaviors during non-surgical rehabilitation following knee injuries (Ki-Jun Park)
• Psychological strain among Spanish amateur athletes a cross-sectional study (Jorge García-Rubio, Daniel González-Devesa, Jose Carlos Diz-Gómez, Nerea Blanco-Martínez, Carlos Ayán-Pérez)

n. 2 - March-April 2026

• Exploring confidence factors in University soccer athletes in South Korea: pre-match, in game, and post-competition phases (Sejin Park, Ye Hoon Lee)
• Must stay in the game: self-regulation for performance optimization in professional ice hockey (Atte Sacklin, Claudio Robazza, Montse C. Ruiz)
• The inducers of an elite handball coach’s emotional experience during a season abroad. A longitudinal single scase study (Oriane Petiot, Gilles Kermarrec, Jérôme Visioli)
• Crafting identity: how youth athletes navigate borders and find their place in China’s Sport-Education System (Part 1) (Junyi Zhang, Yingchun Wang, Robert Schinke)

n. 3 - May-June 2026

• Achievement orientation and perfectionism are linked to competition mindsets and mental well-being in elite athletes (Benjamin J. Houltberg, Jane Zimmerman, Jennifer Shubert, Sarah Schnitker, Peter C. Scales)
• The influence of visual blur on the return-of-serve within tennis: evidence for separable performance effects (Alex Meadowcroft, James W. Roberts)
• Unmasking gender roles in sports: differences in athletic identity and pain coping ability in martial arts (Alexandra G. Traşcă, Maria Stefania Ionel, Laura Visu-Petra)
• Crafting Identity: how youth athletes navigate borders and find their place in China’s Sport-Education System (Part 2) (Junyi Zhang, Yingchun Wang, Robert Schinke)
• From aspirations to exploitation: the hidden costs of restrictive transfer regulations in Maltese youth football (Adele Muscat, Stiliani "ani" Chroni)