Recent Publications
One of the goals of Fry Sports Performance is to not only stay up-to-date on sports science research, but to also contribute to what is known.
Feel free to contact us regarding any of our publications.
Featured Publication
Caring Task-Involving Climate Leads to Greater Improvements in Free-Throw Shooting Biomechanics and Motivational Responses
This paper is from a great collaboration with colleagues at the University of Minnesota, and helps illustrate the important connection between the motivational climate created by the coach or instructor and performance optimization.
Hogue CM, Cabarkapa D, Fry MD, Fry AC, Wineinger TO, Chamberlin JM. Caring task-involving climate leads to greater improvements in free-throw shooting biomechanics and motivational responses. Front. Psychol, 16:1667429, 2025. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1667429
2025 Publications
Luebbers PE, Kriley LM, Eserhaut DA, Andre MJ, Butler MS, Fry AC. Salivary testosterone and
cortisol responses to seven weeks of practical blood flow restriction training in collegiate American football players. Front. Physiol. 15:1507445, 2025. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1507445
Cabarkapa D, Cabarkapa DV, Johnson QR, Philipp NM, Fry AC. Differences in lower-body neuromuscular performance characteristics between three professional levels of men’s basketball competition. J Strength Cond Res 39(6): e764-e768, 2025
Eserhaut DA, DeLeo JM, Provost JA, Ackerman KE, Fry AC. Monitoring
skeletal muscle oxygen saturation kinetics during graded exercise testing in NCAA division I female rowers. Front Physiol 16:1538465, 2025. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2025.1538465
Eserhaut DA, Fry AC, Stone MH, Kraemer WJ. Acute endocrine responses with long-term weightlifting in a 51-year-old male weightlifter. J Strength Cond Res 39(8): 900–907, 2025.
DeLeo JM, Wolf A, Philipp NM, Ackerman KE and Fry AC. The relationship between countermovement jump force-time characteristics and 2,000-m rowing ergometer performance. Front Sports Act Living 7:1549763, 2025. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1549763
Johnson QR, Yang Y, Cabarkapa D, Stock S, Gleason D, Akehi K, Sealey D, Frels C, Smith DB, Fry AC. Key Performance Indicators for College American Football Starters: An Exploratory Study. J Funct Morphol Kinesiol 10, 19, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3390/ jfmk1001001
Eserhaut DA, DeLeo JM, Provost JA, Fry AC. Endocrine responses to low- load blood flow restricted and high- load resistance exercise in well- trained males. Physiological Reports 13, e70455, 2025.
https://doi. org/10.14814/phy2.7045
Scott. A, Wilson M, Cabarkapa D, Fry AC. The effects of simulated tennis tournament play on selected performance measures, J Appl Sports Sci 9(1): 49–64, 2025. DOI: 10.37393/JASS.2025.09.01.5.
Cabarkapa DV, Cabarkapa D, Aleksic J, Fry AC. Sport-specific differences in vertical jump force-time metrics between professional female volleyball, basketball, and handball players. J Strength Cond Res 39(5): 587–592, 2025.
Cabarkapa D, Cabarkapa DV, Batra A, Fry AC. Post practice neuromuscular performance changes in 3 x 3 professional female basketball players. J Strength Cond Res 39(5): e706–e710, 2025.
Cabarkapa D, Batra A, Cabarkapa DV and Fry AC. Comparison of lower-body neuromuscular performance profiles between 100 m and 400 m Olympic sprinters. Front Sports Act Living 7:1672028, 2025.
doi: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1672028
McDowell K, Long A, Chae S, Nelson A, Goode N, Lis R, Mizuguchi S, Baur M, Duca M, Wagle JP, Fry AC, Daniel G, Stone MH. Comparison of strength development in traditional set-rep configuration vs. accentuated eccentric loading training over a 4-week strength-endurance block. J Strength Cond Res 39(8): 850–856, 2025.
Cabarkapa, DV, Cabarkapa, D, Bankovic, V, Fry, AC. Relationship between handgrip strength and vertical jump performance in Olympic female volleyball athletes. J Strength Cond Res 39(7): 809-814, 2025.
Cabarkapa D, Cabarkapa DV, Song Y, Fry AC, Gisladottir T and Petrovic M (2025) Drop jump performance differences between ACL-injured and healthy semi-professional male soccer players. Fron. Sports Act Living 7:1618284, 2025. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1618284
Johnson QR, Yang Y, Cabarkapa D, Sealey D, Stopck S, Gleason D, Frels C, Rink M,
Fry AC. Periodization for success– In-season external training loads relative to competition load in American football. Front Sports Act Living, vol 7, 2025. https://doi: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1662240
Eserhaut DA, DeLeo JM, Provost JA, Ackerman KE, Fry AC. Monitoring skeletal
muscle oxygen saturation kinetics during graded exercise testing in NCAA division I female rowers. Front Physiol 2025.16:1538465. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2025.1538465
Cabarkapa D, Cabarkapa DV, Fry AC. Inter-limb asymmetries in professional male
basketball and volleyball players: bilateral and unilateral jump comparison. Int Biomech 12(1): 28-34, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1080/23335432.2025.2554589
Johnson QR, Yang Y, Scott A, Cabarkapa D, Stock SE, Gleason D, Akehi K, Sealey DR,
Frels C, Fry AC. Lower-Extremity Biomechanical Characteristics of College American Football Starters: Examining the Squat, Lunge, and Vertical Jump. Sportlogia 21(1): 32-44, 2025. https://doi.org/10.63356/spl.2025.004