Research Impact: Youth swimmers, aged 7 – 13 years, are an athletic population that can benefit from a strength and conditioning (S&C) programme which caters for their developmental and sports specific needs. This article provides considerations […]
Category: Publications
Publication: A Review of the Game-Based Approaches to Coaching Literature in Competitive Team Sport Settings
Research Impact: In this paper, we synthesize the research conducted on Game-Based Approaches (GBAs) within competitive team sport settings and discuss the implications of these findings for sports coaching researchers and practitioners. The review supports the […]
Publication: Validity of monitoring devices to assess velocity in the bench press exercise
Research Impact: Resistance training is a critical exercise modality for inducing changes in muscular strength, muscle hypertrophy and power. Traditionally, resistance training program design is based on several variables – exercise type and order, intensity […]
Publication: The development and codesign of the PATHway intervention- eHealth platform for management of CV disease
Abstract: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a leading cause of premature death worldwide. International guidelines recommend routine delivery of all phases of cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Uptake of traditional CR remains suboptimal, as attendance at formal hospital-based CR […]
Publication: Physical education teacher education in a global policy space
This Special Issue sought to focus attention on physical education teacher education (PETE) by building the knowledge base and broadening the geographical, theoretical, and innovative writing about PETE, physical education teacher educators, as well as […]
Publication: Expedition (auto)ethnography: An Adventurer-Researcher’s Journey
Researcher Impact: Few studies have considered the researcher’s experience of exploring adventure expeditions. Primarily methodological in focus, this paper examines the challenges and management of the adventure-researcher’s multiple roles during a sea kayaking expedition. An expedition […]
Publication: Longitudinal relations of mental health and motivation among elite student-athletes
Research Impact: In this paper, we characterise the mental health and motivation of Gaelic games student-athletes over a university season, while also monitoring their athletic and academic schedules. Thirty-seven percent of the cohort reported scores indicative […]
Publication: Design & Validation of the Questionnaire of Perception of Elementary Education Teachers on the Inclusion of Key Competences
Research Impact: From the inclusion of key skills/competences in the Spanish Primary Education Curriculum in 2006, we still do not know the impact of that inclusion from teachers’ perspective. This validated survey was designed to […]
Publication: S&C Coaches’ Application of the Session Rating of RPE Method of Monitoring in Rugby Union
Research Impact: The session rating of perceived exertion (session-RPE) is a monitoring method used to quantify the training load that players and athletes are exposed to. Such quantification can assist with the optimisation of training […]
Publication: Primary school student and teacher perceptions of competency-based learning
Research Impact: Two hypothetical models for predicting competency-based learning were designed according to the perceptions of 8.513 primary school students and 1010 teachers from 110 spanish schools. The study allows to advance recommendations that could help to guide and facilitate […]
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