KA MATE! KA MATE! KA ORA, KA ORA! It is likely you heard this chant from the All-Blacks more than once over the final games of the #RWC2018. Their Maori ritual serves both in preserving […]
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An Educational Programme for the parents of elite athletes – Gary Ryan
I along with Dr. Giles Warrington and Dr. Ciaran MacDonncha, recently attended the latest meeting of the EMPATIA project (Education Model for Parents of Athletes in Academia). The project is an ERASMUS + Sport funded […]
The Acute: Chronic Workload Ratio: A useful tool for monitoring training load – Alan Griffin
If you are a follower of some of the top researchers and practitioners in the field of strength and conditioning then it is likely that the above image from Gabbett (2016, p.278) has been a […]
Publication: Inter-day reliability & usefulness of reactive strength index derived from two maximal rebound jump tests
Research Impact: This study examined the interday reliability and usefulness of two repeated jump tests that are often used to assess an athlete’s plyometric capabilities. For a test to be of value it should be […]
Publication: Ultra-Short Race-Pace Training (USRPT) In Swimming: Current Perspectives
Research Impact: Ultra-short race-pace training (USRPT) was recently proposed as a new and alternative training methodology that challenges traditional training philosophies in the sport of swimming. The aim of this article was to provide current […]
Publication: Sprint start performance: the potential influence of triceps surae electromechanical delay
Research Impact: This study examined the delay in sprint start performance from mechanical delays of the soleus muscle and examined whether certain sprinters gain an advantage in sprint start response time. Nineteen national/international level sprinters […]
Publication: Engaging with academic and institutional changes: P.E. & sport pedagogy’s interest & ability to ‘survive and thrive’
Research Impact: Acknowledging differences in contexts, the purpose of this paper considers how physical education and sport pedagogy (PESP), while maintaining our collective identity, can most effectively develop a capacity to engage with academic and […]
EHS Writing Workshops for IRC Applicants – Brett Gordon
My name is Brett Gordon, and I am a doctoral candidate in the Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences. In October of 2018, I was awarded an Irish Research Council postgraduate scholarship, due in […]
New Horizons: PESS Intern Awardee Dorothea Schönbach tells her story
First Meeting During my participation in the Winter School in Austria in March 2019, organized by the Technical University of Munich Graduate School, I met Dr. Tadhg MacIntyre who presented the project “GO GREEN EX” […]
MSc Sports Performance, University of Limerick
The MSc in Sports Performance is a full-time one-year or part-time two-year postgraduate programme and was winner of the 2019 GradIreland Higher Education Award (Best Postgraduate Course in Health Science Category). Online applications for the […]
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