On 1st and 2nd of December 2017 the 11th  Christmas Sports conference took place in Szombathely, Hungary. The Institute of Sports Science was represented by a decent number of participants including the departments of training science and sport sociology. Our department was represented by Prof. Baca who was invited as keynote speaker (The mobile motion advisor as a tool for motivating people to be more physically active) and six further speakers. During the conference Seraphina Stöger was rewarded with the SPECIAL AWARD FOR THE MOST INTERESTING NEW AREA OF RESEARCH for the work she presented there.

The presentations were:

Dominik Hoelbling
The ‘Flexibility Trainer’: Isokinetic Sport Device to Enhance Hip Joint Flexibility

Martin Dobiasch
Development and evaluation of a feedback system for endurance running (PerPot-live).A pilot study

Seraphina Stöger
An evaluation method of the damping behavior of the female breast.

Florian Doppelhammer The development of judo since the Olympic Games (2012) based on systematic competition analysis of recent major events.

Raphael Berger
Accuracy and validity of wearables and apps for tracking physical activity.

Johannes Tribelnig
Eye hand reaction in comparison of the 5th and 8th school level.