While ENDS is considered less harmful than smoking traditional cigarettes, its effects on collegiate and professional athletes are understudied. This study explores the use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) among athletes and their impact on health and sports performance. It investigates the athletes’ knowledge of ENDS’ effects on health and performance and their motives for using it despite its dangers. This study also sheds light on the consequences of this trend and offers insights for athletes and sports scientists. This study employed mixed-method research using a cross-sectional study design where data was collected from surveys with close-and-open-ended questions. A total of 21 athletes engaged in various sports were recruited using a purposive sampling technique to understand the prevalence and effects of ENDS. Preliminary findings indicate that despite an awareness of health risks, athletes continue to use ENDS, suggesting that awareness alone may not suffice to deter usage. Results suggested varied motivations behind ENDS use and its subjective impact on athletic performance and mental state. However, this study has limitations, such as its focus on experience over pharmacokinetics. Despite these constraints, it advances our understanding of ENDS’ impact on athletes, informing future interventions and sports science research.

This study investigated how the motivational climates created by coaches and peers influence cohesion in cheerleading teams. One hundred and twenty collegiate cheerleaders (n =120) were asked to answer an online multi-section survey containing measures of coach-created motivational climate, peer-created motivational climate, and group cohesion at the end of their competition season. Multiple regression analysis showed that social cohesion was positively predicted by peer-created task motivational climate and negatively predicted by coach-created and peer-created ego motivational climate. Similarly, task cohesion was positively predicted by coach- and peer-created task motivational climate, and negatively predicted by coach-created and peer-created ego motivational climate. Aside from this, the relationship of motivational climate and cohesion with respondents’ characteristics, such as sex, years with coach, and years with team were also analyzed. Findings revealed that males were more likely to perceive peer-created ego motivational climate compared to females while females perceive higher social cohesion compared to males. Also, years with coach and team were positively correlated to coach-created ego climate. Overall, the results of this study suggest that both coach- and peer-created motivational climate play important roles in forming team cohesion in cheerleading.

Pre-game rituals and superstitions are common throughout the sporting world as athletes engage in them for various reasons. It is known that pre-game rituals and superstitions can optimize sporting performance; however, there are still unknown aspects surrounding them, such as their efficacy when it comes to meaningful athletic outcomes. Moreover, no studies have been documented in the local scene. This study identified the pregame superstitions and rituals of collegiate athletes in a state university and examined differences between types of sports and sexes. The study included 198 active, collegiate athletes (Male - 94 and Female - 104, Individual Sport Athletes - 116 and Team Sport Athletes - 82) representing 18 sports in a state university in Quezon City. The Superstitious Ritual Questionnaire framed by Flanagan (2013) was mainly used to categorize the rituals and assess which of the ritual types are engaged by the participants. No significant differences were found between male and female athletes with regards to usage and perceived effectiveness. Statiscal analysis revealed significant difference between individual and team sport athletes in the ritual types: clothing and appearance (p = .002), preparation (p = .000), game and competition (p = .015), team ritual (p = .009), and prayer (p = .016). For all of these, team sport athletes have higher means, thus are more engaged in these rituals. So it can be concluded that there are variations in ritual depending on the athlete's role and behavior within different types of sports and irrespective of the sex and type of sport, all of the athletes in the study believe in pre-game ritual behaviors and are actively engaging in them.

Engaging in sports has been observed to serve as both a stress-inducing factor and a gratifying physical pursuit for student-athletes. Student-athletes commonly experience stress as a necessary component of their sporting obligations. Juggling demanding training schedules, rigorous academic responsibilities, and the imperative to excel can be overwhelming. Additionally, sports provide practitioners with a means to release tension and achieve focus.

This research study aims to examine the potential impact of felt stress on the training quality and sports performance of student-athletes. This study employed a correlation research design. A cohort of student-athletes, ranging in age from 17 to 26 years, was enlisted to complete a survey comprising the Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10), Athlete Subjective Performance Scale (ASPS), and Subjective Training Quality Scale (STQ). We incorporated six extra questions to ascertain the prevalent stressors experienced by student-athletes. The primary conjecture of this investigation posits that student-athletes who encounter elevated levels of stress are likely to express lower levels of training efficacy and satisfaction with their sports performance. The acquired data were organized using statistical tools designed for social sciences research. Subsequently, two distinct linear regressions were performed to investigate the perceived stress levels of student-athletes and the correlation between their subjective training quality and satisfaction with sports performance. The study findings provide valuable insights into the correlation between student-athletes' perceived stress levels and their satisfaction with training quality and sports performance, highlighting stress's detrimental impact on both variables.

Poomsae is a non-combat competitive sport under one of the categories of Taekwondo Korean martial art combining hand and foot movement. When punches, blockings, and kicks are combined, a form is created. Performing different Poomsae forms is aesthetically judged beholding its impact and presence of elegance. While females place more body significance than males, it provides aesthetic experience when performing Poomsae which affects the athlete's performance. In this study, a correlational research design was used to investigate the relationship between body image satisfaction and sports performance satisfaction to determine if neither has possible related effects that impact female athletes' satisfaction and within the competition score aspect. The researcher gathered the actual scores of the female participants (n= 17) in the UAAP Season 86 under individual, mixed pair, and team events from elimination to final round performance and conducted online post-competition questionnaires in a 5-point Likert scale to assess how satisfied the participants on their body image and sports performance. Using Spearman's correlation coefficient, the results found that there is a significant correlation between (1) body image satisfaction and sports performance satisfaction and (2) sports performance satisfaction and competition scores. However, an insignificant correlation was found between (3) body image satisfaction and competition scores.