Swiss Society of Sport Science (4S) Annual Conference 2026
11 - 12 February 2026
University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview | |
| Location: G140 |
| Date: Wednesday, 11/Feb/2026 | |
| 10:30am - 11:30am |
2.2 Symposium: Cultivating Thriving in Sport: Integrating Athlete Sleep Quality, Coaching Competence, and System Innovation Location: G140 Chair: Merlin Örencik Cultivating Thriving in Sport: Integrating Athlete Sleep Quality, Coaching Competence, and System Innovation Presentations of the Symposium A guided digital sleep intervention to improve sleep among elite athletes: A feasibility study Mind to Win – Fostering Thriving in the Swiss Sport System through a Participatory Project Prevention Starts With Coaching: A Quasi-Randomized, Controlled Trial to Investigate a Competence-Oriented Workshop for Coaches on Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
Olympic Super-G Men Location: G140 |
| 3:00pm - 4:15pm |
4.2 Orals: Testing & technology Location: G140 Chair: Jan Ruffieux UMUD: A Web Application to Address the Need for Open Research Data and Reproducibility in Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography 3:15pm - 3:30pm deepPatella: A Tool for Automatic Tracking of Patella Tendon Elongation and Stiffness Calculation 3:30pm - 3:45pm Validation of the Polar 360 Upper Arm Strap for Heart Rate Measurement Across a Variety of Activities and Intensities 3:45pm - 4:00pm Impact of advanced footwear technology on running economy at slower running speeds: a randomised, cross-over investigation 4:00pm - 4:15pm Bridging Lab and Field: Predicting Laboratory Thresholds from Outdoor Trail-Running Data for Field-Based Performance Diagnostics |
| Date: Thursday, 12/Feb/2026 | |
| 8:15am - 9:30am |
6.2 Orals: Sociology & economics Location: G140 Chair: Siegfried Nagel When good luck turns against you: Evidence on performance responses to noisy feedback 8:30am - 8:45am Parantal Voluntary Engagement in Grassroots Sports Clubs 8:45am - 9:00am Revisiting Childlessness in Elite Sport: The Role of Partnership Among Former Swiss Olympic Athletes 9:00am - 9:15am The Challenges of Separation of an Elite Sports Team - A Case-Study Analysis of a Swiss Sport Club 9:15am - 9:30am Keep the Gloves On: Personality, Skills, and Stories that Sustain Goalkeeping |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
Olympic Super-G Women Location: G140 |
| 1:15pm - 2:15pm |
8.2 Symposium: Interpersonal violence in sport: Systems, experiences and frontline challenges Location: G140 Chair: Laurie Schwab Interpersonal violence in sport: Systems, experiences and frontline challenges Presentations of the Symposium Unnaming violence: Interrogating the semantic shift towards safeguarding in international sport Weight-Related Maltreatment in Sport: its impact on well-being of adolescent athletes When violence goes unnoticed: Understanding coaches’ responses to interpersonal violence in sport |