Hahmonluonti itseilmaisun välineenä: Pelaajien valinnat digitaalisissa peleissä by Varis, Kerttu

“…The goal was especially to find out if body image can affect this and how different players make characters. Examining the topic is interesting and useful both in itself and also in terms of game development, as character creation plays a significant role in players' identification with game characters and in deepening the game experience. …”
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Itsemääräämisteoria jääkiekkovalmennuksessa pelaajien näkökulmasta by Tikkanen, Henri, Embrich, Riho

“…On the other hand, the experience of autonomy was declined if the coaching style was authori- tarian, the motivational climate was self-motivated, or players’ roles were strict. The experience of competence was fulfilled by coaches emotional skills, creating a safe environment, goal- orientated motivational climate, and rewarding players. …”
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Integrating into Finnish Society Through Professional Football : Issues and Experiences by Virtanen, Tommi

“…Based on the research results, it can be argued that Finnish football clubs have succeeded in adapting to the needs of the global football world, and this may play an important role in terms of future growth in attracting players to Finland. …”
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The relationship between motivational type and athlete's perception of team environment by Bolding, Taylor

“…The participants were six female futsal players in the highest level of the Finnish Futsal League. …”
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Pelaajien kokemuksia salaisella sopimuksella huijaamisesta verkkopeleissä by Malmström, Tom

“…The rules of the game play a key role in defining cheating behaviour. The purpose of this study was to describe players ’experiences of cheating by collusion in online games. …”
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Lahjakkuuden tunnistaminen jalkapallossa by Ojala, Kalle, Purokuru, Lenni

“…Cooperation with clubs played a significant role in the scouting and selecting phase of talented players. …”
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Pelaajien fyysisen kuormituksen vaikutus joukkueen käyttämän pinta-alan dimensioihin jalkapallo-ottelussa by Hautamäki, Johannes

“…Typically, for instance in soccer analytics have been focused on competitive data such as the number of passes, shots and free kicks, spatiotemporal information of the players, team formations and match schedules. Even though players’ physical demands and their role on the team performance have been investigated widely, it is slightly surprising that the relationship of physical demands and tactical behavior has only recently started to attract interest from researchers. …”
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Urheiluanalytiikka amerikkalaisessa jalkapallossa by Vesala, Aati

“…Analytiikan hyödyntäminen jatkaa todennäköisesti kasvuaan myös tulevaisuudessa, sillä se tarjoaa merkittäviä kilpailuetuja joukkueille, jotka pystyvät hyödyntämään dataa tehokkaasti. The role of sports analytics in American football is continually growing, as it offers players and coaches new ways to understand the game, improve performance and support strategic decision-making. …”
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Holistic and Ecological Approach to Talent Development : A Turkish Volleyball Setting by Kiper, Sarp

“…The club has a successful track record in transitioning academy players to senior professional volleyball. The primary methods for data collection include observing participants in their daily environment, conducting interviews, and analyzing relevant documents. …”
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MMORPG-pelaajien suhtautuminen mikromaksuihin by Naukkarinen, Visa

“…The thesis introduces massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), their mechanics, the virtual economy conducted around them, and different ways to group player types. …”
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Jääkiekkoilijoiden kaksoisura by Pitkänen, Riku

“…Five ice hockey players took part for half-structured thematic interviews. …”
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Suomalaisten ohjelmistoyritysten kumppanuussuhteet by Nousiainen, Riku

“…This master’s thesis examines key players of Finland’s software market and the ecosystems they comprise. …”
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iPro user : a case study of pro-am photographers in Malaysia travel magazine by Teh, Chree Yee

“…They serve as marginal ethnics who balance social contradiction between wage and free labors, skilled and inexperienced players, unserious and innovative workers. …”
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Ammattimaisuuden ja vapaaehtoistoiminnan kohtaaminen lentopallon liigaseuroissa by Pöytäniemi, Tiina

“…According to the findings of the study, the paid employees in Finnish volleyball league clubs are mainly coaches and players, but there are several paid employees also in administrator roles. …”
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Jääkiekkoilijoiden vammat ja niiden ennaltaehkäisy: valmentajan näkökulma ja rooli ennaltaehkäisyssä by Hyvönen, Mikko, Törmänen, Janne

“…Ice hockey injuries and how to prevent them: Coaches’ perceptions and roles towards preventing injuries in ice hockey. …”
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Pelaajien fyysisen suorituskyvyn yhteys jalkapallopelin korkeatehoisiin juoksuihin ja muihin pelianalyysissä havaittuihin tekijöihin by Perälä, Antti

“…In contrast, the defenders performed the weakest on average and the internal differences within the playing position were the largest in their group, which may be due to their tactical role. In contrast, midfielders covered the most distance and the intra-group difference between players was the smallest. …”
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Narratiivinen suunnittelu seikkailupeligenren näkökulmasta ja pelikäsikirjoittaminen by Poikela, Jasmine

“…Narrative design has grown apart from game design more and more lately, and it has developed its own role in game development teams. This new role’s tasks are focused on narrative expression, and in this thesis I perceive these narrative design’s sectors which form the narrative designer’s tasks. …”
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Laitahyökkääjien hyökkäystehokkuuden analyysi huippulentopallossa by Koponen, Susanna

“…The sets performed by a setter resulted in more effective attacks compared to the sets performed by players in other roles (attack efficiency (AE) 27.7 % vs. 15.5 %, p < .001). …”
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Tenniksen pelitilannehavainnointi simuloidussa lyöntitilanteessa by Mikkola, Tuomas

“…Sophisticated perceptual-cognitive skills have important role in sport and in learning new skills. Many sports itself demand efficient anticipation that offers usually more time for the decision making, in which the visual perception skills have the largest role. …”
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Construction of a playspace : autoethnographical inquiry to temporal and spatial frames of the play experience of World of Warcraft by Ruotsalainen, Maria

“…It is suggested that as World of Warcraft is open world game which heavily encourages co-operation and socialization between the players, the game itself facilitates and encourages expanding the playspace beyond the area of the game. …”
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