Professor Giles Warrington of the UL Physical Education & Sports Sciences department (PESS) recently discussed how to “Wake up to Sleep”, the importance of sleep and simple tips for promoting good sleep practices as part […]
Category: Opinion
How to Get off the ‘Rollercoaster’ of Quarantine-workouts, and Keep Climbing! – Patrick Dolan
If you haven’t bought equipment for your “home gym” by this point in the pandemic, I doubt you’ll need it just for a final few weeks of lockdown (please hopefully). Save your money for that […]
“There’s nothing stupid about football”, Father Ted & Sport for All – Kevin Volf
If you haven’t watched the episode of Father Ted entitled Escape from Victory stop reading right now, watch it, and come right back here because there are spoilers ahead. If you have then you are […]
The Implementation of an Injury Surveillance web-based system into School Rugby – Therese Leahy
Unfortunately, 2020 was not the year for sport! However, as I reflect on my last 3 years as a PhD researcher on the Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance (IRIS) project, I would like to share some […]
Planning for PB’s – The training patterns of an elite 200m freestyle swimmer – Lorna Barry
Great Olympic moments help shape the future. This was never so evident than at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Ian Thorpe, a world-record holder, Pieter van den Hoogenband, the defending Olympic champion and the up-and-coming […]
Reflections on the year gone by – Giles Warrington
As we draw a close to the first full semester of the ‘new normal’ that is remote teaching it is an opportune time to reflect on some of the notable achievements of the PESS Department […]
MSc Sports Performance International Graduates – reflections and where are they now? Dr. Mark Lyons
Since 2012, the MSc Sports Performance programme has attracted students from all over the world including the US, UK, Brazil, Luxemburg, France, India, USA, Australia, Malaysia, Poland and China. The course has worldwide appeal as […]
BYO : meals and snacks to bring on campus during COVID restrictions – Dr. Catherine Norton
Everyone is aware that there are significant restrictions to movement in / on campus. Your peers, your faculty, your teammates are nowhere to be seen (other than via a screen!). For most of us, we […]
Looking out for each other’s wellbeing: Dealing with Covid-19: Ann MacPhail & Samuel O. Babalola
‘My focus will be on easing my fears and those of my students and doing anything that assists our mental and physical health’ (Cohan, 2020). Without doubt, teachers and school students have been through a […]
COVID-19; from telerehabilitation and back to face-to-face physiotherapy – Caithriona Yeomans
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 […]
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