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Category: Opinion
Previewing the Design & Implementation of a Structured Warm-Up in Rugby Union (with Tips for Coaches) – Patrick Dolan.
Participating in team sports, particularly field-based, contact team sports comes with inherent risk of sustaining injury. Fortunately for players and practitioners however, there are many international projects investigating the injury epidemiology across a variety of […]
How could it possibly be a distraction? – Kevin Volf.
Is there a more antiempirical notion than the idea that sport is a distraction from political life? Following the English football team losing the final of the European cup on penalties last month, persons […]
The I-PARC inaugural online conference: A research assistants perspective – caera grady
The inevitable three words we have all become accustomed with; ‘you’re on mute’, the all-too-common connection failure and endless opportunities for technology malfunction while running an online conference. Initially frightening. Ultimately rewarding. I joined PESS […]
Wannabe a Game Changer ?
Many reading this will have watched the Nexflix doc ‘The Game Changers’. It serves as an exemplar of the populist pseudoscience that often surrounds sports performance and verifies UL’s approach to the pursuit of Sport […]
Reflecting on my 24 Hour Activity Cycle and Creating Healthier Habits – maeve conneely
Here I am (again), doing (another) postgraduate degree, currently in my 7th year as a UL student! Working in the PESS is undoubtedly an honor; the quantity and quality of research, the level of expertise, […]
Relevance of the 100 ms false start threshold in athletics – matthieu Milloz
« I did not move ! ». You certainly remember these words that Jon Drummond repeated to the starter during the 2003 World Championship 100 m race in Paris. The American sprinter contested the starter’s […]
The Role of Accreditation in Sport Psychology: Lighthouses in a Storm – Dr. Tadhg MacIntyre
It is fitting that we revisit the issue of professional accreditation just a year on from the passing of Professor Aidan Moran (1957-2020) who has been described as the father of Irish sport psychology. Aidan […]
First year experience as an IRC Enterprise Partnership Scholar – Conor Raleigh
My name is Conor Raleigh and I am a PhD student in PESS and Irish Research Council (IRC) Enterprise Partnership Scheme Scholar with the Sport Ireland Institute as the enterprise partner. My aim with this […]
Its time to play: discussing circadian rhythm and esport performance – Tim Smithies
Human performance is not constant throughout the day. Many decades of research now have demonstrated that human performance (as is the case with just about every human process) follows a ~24hour ‘circadian’ rhythm. This research […]
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