Timing is everything in sport-this applies to athletes’ synchrony in their 1,600 day Olympic cycle, their seasonal, meso-cycle and micro-cycle. When timelines shift it takes a great deal of adaptation for athletes. Athletes adapt all […]
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Women in sport in 2020 – Fiona McHale
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 […]
Publication: Physical Activity Parenting in Ireland – A Qualitative Analysis
Research Impact Summary: Parents are important stakeholders in young children’s physical activity. Using the voices from parents and children from 117 families in the Growing Up in Ireland child cohort study, findings from this research […]
Publication: Coaches and parents hold contrasting perceptions of optimal youth development activities in track and field athletics
Research Impact: The recent publication of research on the development of youth track and field athletes offered an ideal opportunity to compare the reality of athlete development to coach and parent perceptions of athlete development. […]
Publication: The intersection of ethos and opportunity: an ethnography study
Research impact: This paper provides fresh insights into the class-specific physical education and sporting practices in elite schooling. In documenting the cultural distinctiveness of the physical education and sporting model in an Irish elite boarding […]
Keep Youngsters Involved – Final Conference & Outputs (Dr. Joey Murphy)
In the past, it has been mentioned that the popularity and associated benefits of sport participation do not seem to be sufficient for retaining the participation of youngsters. Evidence suggests that participation peaks at 11 […]
Publication: The what, how, where and when of resilience as a dynamic, episodic, self-regulating system: A response to Hill et al.(2018)
Research Summary Impact: In sport a seasons work is often narrowed down to a singular performance; the ability to buffer stress and persist in pressurised situations and on-going daily stressors is fundamental in any performing context, […]
Vacancies – Dublin City FM
Attention all Sports Enthusiasts. Dublin City FM are looking for sports enthusiasts and experts to present programmes on our community radio station. We have a strong tradition of representing smaller leagues and clubs while covering […]
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 […]
GOING GREEN AS A PATHWAY TO WELL-BEING – Dr Tadhg MacIntyre
Think about your last visit to nature. Was it to a forest trail? An urban park? Or was it alongside a waterway? Our research at the University of Limerick studying memory for physical activity would […]
