Francesco Tafuri

• Università degli studi Niccolò Cusano

Background. In recent decades, the evolution of female athletes’ physical characteristics in women’s tennis has sparked interest, particularly regarding the influence of stature on success in Grand Slam tournaments. Objectives. This study aimed to analyze the evolution of the height of the finalists and winners of the women’s Grand Slam tournaments...

Bullying and cyberbullying are significant challenges faced by children and adolescents in their daily lives, often leading to severe psychological and physiological harm. A promising avenue of research in this area focuses on the physiological stress responses triggered by bullying experiences. This study aimed to examine the potential of group ta...

Wheelchair basketball is a sport that requires high levels of strength, endurance, and motor control, with an important metabolic and cardiovascular component. Athletes must develop strong propulsion to optimize mobility and improve performance. Circuit training has been widely used to improve aerobic and anaerobic capacity in able-bodied athletes,...

The engagement of athletes in competitive Padel is becoming progressively prevalent, and this heightened participation elicits apprehensions regarding the prevalence of overtraining and sports-related injuries. In this framework, the objective of the present investigation was to examine the potential role of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) monitoring...

Introduction: The high-level athletic careers frequently conclude significantly earlier than those in other fields, and at times, despite the considerable efforts exerted, they do not consistently flourish as anticipated. Consequently, numerous athletes concurrently pursue academic pathways to adequately prepare for alternative professional opportu...

The ongoing technological revolution in the present era brings forth new demands within the realm of education, necessitating the creation of innovative pedagogical and educational encounters. Learning through technologies serves as a framework to facilitate teaching, enabling the introduction of new experiences and social practices aimed at genera...

This study investigates the integration of English language learning and motor development among elementary school students through motion-based interactive animated videos. To achieve the goal, a systematic literature review method was employed by carefully reviewing relevant articles. Data in this study were obtained from Google Scholar. These ar...

A burgeoning corpus of scholarly inquiry indicates that engagement in physical activity among children yields a plethora of advantageous outcomes, including enhanced cardiorespiratory endurance, improved academic performance, augmented cognitive functioning, as well as advancements in social and psychological well-being. Given that students partici...

Purpose This research aims to evaluate adaptive physical education learning in deaf students at special elementary schools. Methods This study employs an evaluation model approach to assess the efficacy of adaptive physical education instruction. Specifically, this research utilizes the CIPP (Context, Input, Process, and Product) model for evaluat...

Physical activity offers a powerful tool to address the challenges faced by obese teenagers. By promoting social inclusion, improving physical health, and boosting mental well-being, sports can significantly enhance their overall quality of life. Our research discusses the negative effects of obesity in adolescents and the benefits of a sports prog...

An early approach can be taken to develop youth soccer through the Soccer Academy. The purpose of this study was to analyze the chronic response of the training program to the anaerobic and aerobic capacity of SPSS football academy students. The population in this study was all SPSS soccer academy students, while the sample was 28 students. The sam...

This study examines differences in learning outcomes in Physical Education (PE) high school students based on their gender and learning frequency. The samples were high school students in Yogyakarta selected using a Simple Random Sampling system. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics and inferential factorial two-way ANOVA. In the low...

This study examines the legal and social perspectives of supporter violence in sports. The study employed a systematic literature review, gathering articles from Google Scholar based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. For example, the search focused on articles published in journals indexed by Scopus databases. In addition, the articles must be p...

Young athletes are constantly developing, and their performance reflects this ongoing process. By understanding performance variations and implementing appropriate training strategies, coaches and stakeholders can help young athletes develop their skills and athletic potential, as well as psychological well-being. Volleyball skills, such as explosi...

This study examined the disparities in Physical Education (PE) learning Outcomes among high school pupils by considering their gender and intellectual aptitude. The study involved participants from a high school in Yogyakarta, selected using the Simple Random Sampling method. The data were then analysed using descriptive statistics and a two-way fa...

The objective of this study is to examine how social values can be included in Physical Education (PE) and Sports to shape teenage students’ character. The study was conducted by systematically reviewing existing literature on this topic. The data was collected using the Scite software, specifically focusing on the reputable journals indexed in the...

Esta investigación tiene como objetivo examinar la revisión legal de los casos de acoso contra estudiantes con discapacidad en el aprendizaje de la educación física en la escuela. La investigación se llevó a cabo utilizando el método de revisión sistemática de la literatura. Para lograr los objetivos, los datos se obtuvieron utilizando el software...

Despite its intermittent nature, volleyball places significance on a high aerobic capacity, particularly evident in multiset games that demand sustained high-performance levels. Various training approaches exist to enhance the endurance of volleyball athletes. Thus, the fundamental aim of this research is to examine the contrasting effects of utili...

Wheelchair basketball is one of the most popular paralympic sports. It is a great physical activity that guarantees important health benefits and promotes the well-being and social inclusion for disabled people. At the same time, wheelchair basketball involves a significant risk of injuries for wheelchair basketball players and upper limbs are the...

Exercise and sports may play a crucial role for individuals with disabilities due to their restricted levels of physical activity. Among people with disabilities, engaging in sports and exercise has the potential to notably enhance their physical and physiological functioning. Consequently, the aim of this research was to investigate the effects of...

Volleyball is perceived as a physically demanding sport that involves rapid changes in speed, deceleration, and abrupt alterations in movement direction. It has been emphasized that physiological attributes such as VO2max, PIF, PEF, and FVC play a crucial role in the athletic performance of individuals participating in dynamic sports, aiding them i...

Esta investigación tiene como objetivo examinar la revisión legal de los casos de acoso contra estudiantes con discapacidad en el aprendizaje de la educación física en la escuela. La investigación se llevó a cabo utilizando el método de revisión sistemática de la literatura. Para lograr los objetivos, los datos se obtuvieron utilizando el software...

Badminton has become one of the most popular sports globally, with competition intensifying at various levels of competition. This research aims to conduct a systematic review of the strategies used to improve the performance of badminton athletes. By understanding effective strategies, coaches, and athletes can improve their preparation and perfor...

: Injury or wound is damage to the structure or function of the body due to physical force or pressure. This study aims to analyze the risk of injury in young footballers in terms of the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) based on static balance scores. This study used a descriptive observational research method. The subjects were 31 young footballer...

The school context embodies the optimal environment for educating children towards the adoption of active lifestyles. This is auspicious not only in terms of physical health but also from a psycho-pedagogical and social standpoint. The need to integrate physical activity into the school routine, particularly in primary education, where behaviors ar...

Wheelchair Tennis is a dynamic sport that necessitates a blend of speed, agility, quickness, strength, power, and endurance. An athlete not only requires these attributes but also must maintain a high-performance level throughout an extended season. Consequently, adjustments in programming are essential to enhance cardiorespiratory capacity, upper-...

Among the multifarious adapted sports, wheelchair basketball stands out as a highly recommended group activity among individuals with paraplegia, including those with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). Athletes facing this particular impairment exhibit distinct alterations in their metabolic, cardiorespiratory, neuromuscular, and thermoregulatory systems, u...

The utilization of a wheelchair exclusively has a profound impact on an individual's musculoskeletal, metabolic, and cardiorespiratory functions. Various programs focusing on physical activity intervention have proven to effectively enhance these physiological responses in wheelchair users. Nevertheless, there has been a limited number of studies i...

This systematic review aims to provide in-depth information regarding effective verbal communication in physical education learning and sports coaching to improve achievement and health. The literature review was conducted identifying, evaluating, and interpreting relevant research results. To collect data, an online search was performed using Scis...

This study aims to examine differences in scores resulting from beginner archery skills among teenagers based on gender (male & female) and shooting target distance factors (5 m, 10 m, & accumulated distances of 5 and 10 m). The sample for this research was 22 male and female students from classes XA, XB and XIA, taken using the cluster random samp...

Concentration is needed for students at the stage of physical and psychological growth and development to support successful learning achievement. This research was quantitative research. The research design employed a pre-experimental one-group pretest-post-test design. The research sample was 14 students taken using a purposive sampling method. T...

Running consists of simple basic movements, and to achieve these simple basic movements requires good mobility and stability, because the weakening of mobility and stability of the body causes misalignment or weakness of the legs so as to interfere with the absorption or propulsion phase in leg movement while running. Apply appropriate exercise met...

This research aims to determine the implementation of Physical Education (PE) learning management related to 21st-century skills based on the service length of PE teachers in various schools with different quality assurance cultures. The sample in this study was secondary school PE teachers in Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. This research e...

This study aims to rectify the inadequacy in basketball shooting skills by devising a specialised training programme for the basketball extracurricular activities at SMA Negeri 1 Sampang. Utilizing Sugiono's Research and Development (R&D) framework, the study involved 23 participants from the basketball program at SMA Negeri 1 Sampang. Data collect...

The intense daily activities of students at the SPSS soccer academy can lead to excessive fatigue, which can decrease physical quality and cause injury. This study aims to analyze the level of injury risk of soccer academy students by reviewing FMS scores and demographic data. This study employed a descriptive observational research method. Researc...

Sports performance tracking has gained a lot of interest and widespread use in recent years, especially in elite and sub-elite sports. This makes it possible to improve the effectiveness of training, to calibrate and balance workloads according to real energy expenditure, and to reduce the likelihood of injuries due to excessive physical stress. In...

This research aims to examine differences in archery skill scores for Vocational High School (SMK) students among beginners based on the shooting target distance factors of 5 meters, 10 meters, and accumulated distances of 5 and 10 meters. The sample for this research was 16 male and female students from classes XA, XB and XIA, taken using the clus...

One of the non-academic extracurricular activities that can be developed in elementary schools is archery, because it has many benefits at the stage of student growth and development. This research is quantitative with a one group pretest-posttest pre-experimental design. The research was carried out at SD Muhammadiyah Jogokaryan with subjects aged...

Schools represent the ideal setting for educating children about the acquisition of active lifestyles seen not only from a health point of view but also from psycho-pedagogical and social perspectives. Based on evidence from scientific literature, there is a need to include physical activity in school routines, especially in primary schools, where...

Neuroscience applied to motor activity is a growing area that aims to understand the effects of motor activity on the structures and functions of the Central Nervous System. Attention has been paid to this multidisciplinary field of investigation by the scientific community both because it is of great importance in the treatment of many chronic dis...

The use of game-based training in the field of sport contributes to the personal growth path of the individual and is extremely topical in the field of Education Sciences. It requires, however, multiple insights when creating additional innovative approaches within intra-and extra-school educational design. The selection of the S3 Volley discipline...

Competition between athletes and an increase in sporting knowledge have greatly influenced training methods while increasing the number of them more and more. As a result, the number of athletes who have increased the number and intensity of their workouts while decreasing recovery times is rising. Positive overtraining could be considered a natura...

p>Teacher training, particularly in-service training, is among the factors that can influence the success or failure of the teaching/learning process. Among the necessary skills that teachers must have and transmit to their students are Life Skills, i.e., a set of social, cognitive, and personal skills that can be learnt, developed, and made transv...

This research aims to promote motor activity in children with autism spectrum disorder through the development of an adapted integrated soccer project played outdoors. The project is carried out in collaboration with the nonprofit “Smile Association” of the city of Frosinone (Lazio-Italy) and the Pegaso and Parthenope Universities. The main purpose...

p>Sustainable Development is an action programme of the European Agenda 2030 to protect people, planet and prosperity, this programme was signed by the governments of the member countries of the United Nations Organization in September 2015. All European countries recognize the importance of Education and Physical Education and how, as a consequenc...

p>The study of a foreign language for students with Specific Learning Disorders (SLDs) can often be a tremendous challenge, making this process extremely complex (most of the difficulties arise from spelling and lexis with major consequences for reading, writing and pronunciation). This also entails a challenge for educators and educational institu...

Considering the methodological and strategic structure of educational paths aimed at inclusion in a pedagogical view means, first of all, providing the cultural and anthropological framework to read and interpret special educational needs. This is significant in the light of an overall perspective of the person's functioning, respecting the inviola...

Wheelchair basketball (WB) is an increasingly popular sport that guarantees numerous health benefits for people with disabilities who regularly practice it, such as an improved quality of life and psychophysical well-being. However, WB is a contact and high-stress sport, which exposes players to frequent overloads and injuries, mainly affecting the...

The purpose of this article is to identify and highlight the importance of physical and sports practice as an integral and fundamental part of educational processes, to develop Life Skills. Through enhancing the body as a tool, and with the help of educational sports practice, it is possible to implement effective strategies that can be adopted to...

Although physical activity has positive physical and mental health outcomes, particularly among adolescents, a significant percentage of young people maintain a largely sedentary lifestyle. Considering that the youths spend the greater part of the day at school, this is considered an ideal setting to foster active and healthy living. Consequently,...

This brief review aims to empirically summarize the expansive and ever-growing literature about the impact of physical activity interventions on cognitive function and academic performance. To better understand these relationships, this overview included research from different physical activity settings, such as school-based physical education, cl...

We have fabricated NbN/Au nanogaps and bridged them with an Al superconductor using Ti as an interlayer. The nanodevices show a critical current density at 300 mK as high as 3×106A/cm2, which is 30% higher than that of Al nanowires with the same lateral dimensions as the NbN-based devices. The response of the critical current as a function of the e...

The new educational systems must take on the responsibility to implement innovative forms of learning. International trends such as Agenda 2030 and the new Framework on LifeComp 2020 dictate the guidelines for teaching and define how pedagogical research should be oriented towards strengthening personal skills, towards a system that allows the acqu...

Educational planning is necessary to build a relationship of the subject in relation to multiple educational fields and in this context the family is a fundamental resource, especially when it comes to educating the child in motor activity, necessary for growth, for the body and for the mind. The importance of educating the movement to prevent the...

Multicultural education and intercultural education are concepts that, although they are often used in an alternative way and almost as synonyms, have some intrinsic differences both in terms of geographical areas and socio-political conditions in which they are applied, and precisely in what they are used for it concerns the specific characteristi...

The purpose of this work is to hypothesize a "Freirean" approach to motor and sports education. Physical activity can become a winning card in the hands of educators, provided that the values transmitted through the teaching of sports are framed in a context of promotion and enhancement of the human person seen in its entirety and not only in the m...