“In Memoriam” Prof. Aidan Moran (University College Dublin, Ireland). Aidan Moran (1956-2020), Full Professor of Cognitive Psychology at University College Dublin (UCD), sadly passed away on March 16th, 2020. His extensive accomplishments as a scholar […]
Throughout my career I have always struggled to strike the right balance between earning and learning. The need to get on the career ladder early and get valuable experience necessitates that academic learning sometimes takes […]
Working from home, for most of us, is a new concept. For me, I had grown used to my habitat in the Physical Education and Sport Science’s building in UL. I was comfortable with teaching […]
Dr Oz has been all over US network television recently advising on strategies to avoid contracting, but also on how to treat the corona virus! The TV host’s ‘survival guide’ covers such diverse topics on […]
As we approach international women’s day and also the culmination of the 20×20 campaign I would like to reflect and show an appreciation of the importance of this campaign both from research and my own […]
The most common model that has been adopted and implemented by sport governing bodies worldwide, for long term player development plans is the Long-Term Athlete Development Model (LTAD; e.g. Cycling Ireland, Irish Rugby Football Union, […]
In September of this year, the first Irish school Rugby season report was published by the IRIS (Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance) project in collaboration with the IRFU. The report published injury data collected from 305 […]
The International Sport Forum on Strength, Training and Nutrition was held in Madrid, 15-16 November 2019. The Forum was organised by the Strength and Conditioning Society (SCS, 2nd Annual Conference) and the European Sport Nutrition […]
Planning is a critical part of the coaching process. Expert coaches report thoroughness in planning as having great impact on the success of a coaching session. For example, John Wooden (renowned basketball coach) noted that […]
Timing is everything and the 20×20 “if she can’t see it, she can’t be it” (20×20) campaign couldn’t have dreamed of a greater spotlight than the global sports performances of Irish women in the first […]
