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Research by PESSFeb 25, 20212:25 pm
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Publication: Aerobic fitness and isokinetic knee strength of semi-professional rugby union players: a comparison between backs and forwards

Research Impact Summary: Although semi-professional players make up the majority of the rugby union (RU) population there is a lack of knowledge on this population in the sport. Therefore, the physiological fitness characteristics of semi-professional […]

Research by PESSFeb 25, 20212:23 pm
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Publication: The evidence for the impact of policy on physical activity outcomes within the school setting: A systematic review

Research Impact Summary Policies that support physical activity (PA) in the school-setting have promise but their impact is poorly understood. Nine policy action areas for which there was evidence of impact were identified. These were […]

Teaching by PESSFeb 25, 20213:07 am
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MSc Applied Sports Coaching: The Student Experience – Phil Kearney

Jim Crawford is the manager of the Republic of Ireland U21 football team. He joined the MSc Applied Sports Coaching in September 2021, and we asked him to share his thoughts on the programme to […]

Research by PESSFeb 23, 202110:15 amFebruary 23, 2021
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Dr. Aurelie Van Hoye: Marie Curie Individual Fellowship Success

Associate Professor Aurelie Van Hoye, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Lorraine, France has been successful in obtaining a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship.  Aurelie will work with Prof. Catherine Woods over a 2-year period, where […]

Research by PESSFeb 23, 20218:00 am
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MISSING TRAINING LOAD IN TEAM SPORTS: ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES – Alan Griffin

Monitoring training load (TL) is common practice in team sports with most practitioners using the data to aid training prescription and design. However, these practitioners will know the difficulty and frustration associated with achieving compliance […]

Opinion by PESSFeb 19, 20212:24 pm
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How to Get off the ‘Rollercoaster’ of Quarantine-workouts, and Keep Climbing! – Patrick Dolan

If you haven’t bought equipment for your “home gym” by this point in the pandemic, I doubt you’ll need it just for a final few weeks of lockdown (please hopefully). Save your money for that […]

Opinion by PESSFeb 18, 20218:00 amFebruary 17, 2021
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“There’s nothing stupid about football”, Father Ted & Sport for All – Kevin Volf

If you haven’t watched the episode of Father Ted entitled Escape from Victory stop reading right now, watch it, and come right back here because there are spoilers ahead. If you have then you are […]

Research by PESSFeb 16, 20218:00 amFebruary 15, 2021
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Publication: Associations between employment changes and mental health: US data from during the COVID-19 pandemic

Research Impact:  COVID-19 transformed how, where, and whether people work.  It is intuitive that working from home (WFH) and employment loss influence mental health. Here, 2,301 US adults who were employed prior to COVID-19 self-reported […]

Teaching by PESSFeb 12, 20212:49 pm
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Be aware and share: Reflections from an awarded team-teaching experience

Recently we (Antonio, Ann and Dylan) have been selected as the Faculty of Education and Health Sciences winners of the Team-Teaching Excellence Award. Despite these turbulent times, and thanks to the collective investment into this […]

Research by PESSFeb 9, 202112:29 pm
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Publication: The role of the critical friend in supporting and enhancing professional learning and development

Research Impact: We contend that the notion of critical friend is a legitimate consideration with respect to considering how to most effectively encourage professional relationships that support and enhance professional learning and development (PLD).The authors […]

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