Research Impact: Our objective was to describe injury incidence and surveillance practices in elite adult female field-based team sports. This systematic literature review included peer reviewed original research articles that reported the incidence of injury […]
Research Impact: Sprint performance in female team-sport athletes can be enhanced by strength training (i.e., reactive-, maximal-, combined-, and special-strength modalities). Compared with maximal- or special-strength programmes, reactive- and combined-strength training methods can have a […]
Research Impact Summary: This research has added to the literature by providing an in-depth description of the planning of coaching sessions within a high-performance team sport context. It has revealed planning to be a multifaceted […]
Monitoring training load (TL) is common practice in team sports with most practitioners using the data to aid training prescription and design. However, these practitioners will know the difficulty and frustration associated with achieving compliance […]
We need to do the work now, to prepare for what’s to come The majority of team-sports involve fast movements, change of direction and high activation levels of the neuromuscular system. Producing high levels of […]
Research Impact: Game-Based Approach (GBA) pedagogy has been promoted within the research literature and coach education programmes. Despite such advocacy, evidence is lacking regarding the uptake of such methods by coaches. This study investigated inter-county […]
‘I think my acceleration is very good. That’s the key for me’ – Usain Bolt Usain Bolt wasn’t wrong. Numerous biomechanical analyses of Bolt’s World Record of 9.58 s from the 2009 World Championships have […]
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