It feels like a distant memory now, when we were asked by Leo Varadkar to “come together as a nation by staying apart from each other”. This resulted in many people having to quickly change […]
Author: PESS
The Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences is based part of the Faculty of Education and Health Sciences at the University of Limerick, Ireland. The department has a strong research focus with ever increasing metrics related to research. The department offers undergraduate and taught postgraduate courses in Physical Education, Sport & Exercise Sciences, Sports Performance, Sports Exercise & Performance Psychology. In addition, we have a strong reputation for postgraduate research at both PhD and MSc level.
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New Professional Doctorate in Human Performance & Innovation, UL, Sept 2021
The University of Limerick would like to announce the launch of the new Professional Doctorate in Human Performance and Innovation (4 years part-time, level 10 NFQ, 270 credits). This new, innovatively designed, practitioner oriented and […]
Preparing for the unknown. Think SMART!! Ursula Freyne
With the on-going situation with Covid-19 and all the added pressures it brings to planning and delivering lessons, we need to think how we can do it without sacrificing our own mental health and the […]
Publication: Attentional Focus and the Effect on Change-of-Direction and Acceleration Performance
Research Impact: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether changing the focus of attention of field sport athletes would affect their performance for a change-of-direction (COD) and acceleration task. Seventeen male college students […]
Publication: Profiling the health-related physical fitness of Irish adolescents: A school-level sociodemographic divide
Research Impact: This study represents the first comprehensive review of multiple components of health-related fitness among a stratified sample of adolescents in the Republic of Ireland. The purpose of this study was twofold; 1) to examine […]
Guest Speakers Offer Insights into Athlete and Coach Development (part 3) – Philip Kearney
Guest speakers are critical to the MSc Applied Sports Coaching, providing insights into their practice and stimulating the coaches on the programme to reflect on their context. Specific activities before and after the guest sessions […]
Strength and Conditioning Testing: The Emergence of Real-time Field-Based Technologies and Protocols – Tom Comyns
Strength and Conditioning (S&C) is a phrase commonly related to the development of various physical capacities, such as strength, speed, power and agility. The development of these capacities is important to enhance sporting performance. In […]
Guest Speakers Offer Insights into Athlete and Coach Development (part 2) – Philip Kearney
Guest speakers are critical to the MSc Applied Sports Coaching, providing insights into their practice and stimulating the coaches on the programme to reflect on their context. Specific activities before and after the guest sessions […]
Publication: An eight-week RCT of home-based pilates for symptoms of anxiety, depression, & fatigue among people with MS: Study protocol
Research Impact: Evidence supports benefits of exercise, primarily traditional exercise modes, for mental health among people with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS); however, less is known about non-traditional modes like Pilates. Clinical trials should be underpinned by […]
Guest Speakers Offer Insights into Athlete and Coach Development (part 1) – Philip Kearney
Guest speakers are critical to the MSc Applied Sports Coaching, providing insights into their practice and stimulating the coaches on the programme to reflect on their context. Specific activities before and after the guest sessions […]
