Research Impact: A better understanding of students’ physical activity and how it is associated with personal, behavioral, and environmental factors is needed, however, no systematic approach to gather information pertaining to all across a whole […]
Month: February 2019
Publication: The Effects of Low-Volume, HIT Training on Performance in Competitive Youth Swimmers
Research Impact: The merits of low-volume, high-intensity training (HIT) versus low-intensity, high-volume training (HVT) are a widely debated topic in competitive swimming. This study investigated the effects of a 7 week HIT intervention on physiological, biomechanical and swimming […]
Publication: Effects of increased training volume during a 10 day training camp on competitive performance in national level youth swimmers
Research Impact Summary: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of increased training volume during a 10 day training camp on competitive performance and internal training load (ITL). In addition, coach and […]
Strength Training: Is it of value? Dr Tom Comyns
Strength is the maximum force that a muscle can generate and is developed in the weights room by lifting a heavy weight for a low number of repetitions. Specifically you need to lift greater than […]
Plassey Glow Run 2019 – In Memory of Jacinta O’Brien
The 2019 Jacinta O’Brien memorial run will take place on the 2nd of April at 9pm at the University of Limerick. This years event is being organised by the 2nd Year Sport and Exercise Sciences […]
Publication: Test-retest reliability of adolescents’ self-reported physical activity item in two consecutive surveys
Research Impact: Measures of self-reported physical activity among adolescents are used frequently in public health. However, researchers have suggested the need for scrutiny in the validity of the measures. One type of validity is the […]
Publication: Effect of attentional focus strategies on the biomechanical performance of the drop jump
Research Impact: The drop jump (DJ) is a fast stretch-shortening cycle (SSC) exercise and is commonly used by strength and conditioning (S&C) coaches as a plyometric training modality and as a tool to assess an […]
Biomechanics Research Unit 2019 Spring Lecture Series. Dr Ian Kenny
Each Spring UL’s Biomechanics Research Unit works to create a public lecture series that tries to bridge the gap between research and practice in biomechanics. Coinciding with the BSc Sport and Exercise Sciences final year […]
Female Athlete Triad/ RED-S – what do the guidelines say? Jennifer Higgins
Many of us have heard the harrowing stories of athletes suffering the consequences of the female athlete triad (triad) or Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S). Accounts of injuries, disrupted training and long term health […]
Publication: Interaction patterns of physical education teachers in a professional learning community
Research Impact: This study examined the ways teachers interact within a newly developed community to understand how conversations evolve; how teachers question, challenge, and/or encourage one another to grow professionally in a learning community. Bales’s […]