Will the Real Sport Psychologist Please Stand Up? Professionalisation versus Pseudo-psychologists Dr. Tadhg MacIntyre On a given Sunday each September, two teams compete for the Sam Maguire trophy, arguably the pinnacle of the Irish sporting […]
Category: Opinion
Tips for submitting your research thesis. Joey Murphy
Getting started on the final thesis A lot of work has been completed and now it is time to put it all together in one document to ‘tell your research story’. As I found out, […]
The person behind the athlete: Considerations for sport psychologists working with talented athletes. Julieanne McAuliffe
Sport psychology has been recognised as having an essential role in the ability of athletes to fulfil their sporting potential (Abbott & Collins, 2004; Macnamara & Collins, 2011; Vaeyens, Lenoir, Williams, & Philippaerts, 2008). Furthermore, […]
Exploring the link between teaching and coaching – Paul Kinnerk
Teaching and coaching are sometimes viewed as distinct professions with distinct goals. This distinction is most obvious in sports coaching settings where coaches are always referred to as “the coach” and never “a teacher,” even […]
Stratified fitness training; The future of health and performance? Ciaran Keogh
In healthcare it is estimated that current treatments may only be designed to work approximately between 30 to 60 percent of patients on average. However, with advances in our understanding into human biology in health and […]
Research using Virtual Reality and its Application in Industry – Niall Kelly
In research, a trade off exists between trying to control the testing environment, and making it feel as natural as possible. With specific relation to sport, we can lose how organic a task feels by […]
Why become a Researcher? Dr Miryam Amigo-Benavent
Becoming a researcher is a long-distance race with hurdles. You have to train, compete and fight to succeed. According to the Collins dictionary, a “scientist is someone who has studied science and whose job it […]
Bone health in female athletes: research to make a difference – Jennifer Higgins
Bobby Clay, Lauren Howarth, Anna Boniface – isolated cases in elite performers or the tip of the iceberg? Conversation in recent months suggest perhaps the latter. Personally, I see one athlete with low bone mineral […]
Bold new alphabet for teacher education: AI, VR, AR, MR… what? Dr Antonio Calderon
Recently, I attended a SITE conference. SITE stands for Society of Information Technology and Teacher Education and is an international, academic association of teacher educators, researchers, practitioners and collaborating organizations across multiple disciplines, which has as its […]
Be supportive and collaborative – Yueying Gong
I’m a Chinese second year PhD student in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences (PESS) in UL. This year, I have developed my research skills further and I have found myself being more […]
