Research
Sport performance
The aim is to understand and enhance sport and exercise performance across the ability range by investigating the factors influencing, and methods for improving, human performance in sport and exercise.
Key research areas include the effect of nutrition and training on performance and recovery from sport; the impact of high training volumes on the immune system; the biomechanics and motor control of elite sporting performance; talent identification and development; understanding sport through statistical and video-based analyses of performance; interactions with sport and eating disorders; sleep to win; impact of sport on bone health, cognition and muscle function; and the psychosocial and behavioural aspects of sport performance and coaching.
Themes that incorporate these specific areas of expertise are:
20/11/2019
Leadership and Culture in Elite Sport: Research and Application
Dr Callum Arthur, Culture Development Advisor, UK Sport
23/10/2019
The Development and Coaching of England's Football Teams
Matt Crocker, Head of Development Teams (Coaching), Football Association
13/06/2019
IAS Motion Lecture
Dr Emiel DenHartog, North Carolina State University
23/05/2019
Measuring Force, Velocity and Power in Jumping and Sprinting: new concepts, new methods, new perspectives
Dr Jean-Benoit Morin, Université Côte d’Azur
28/03/2019
IAS (+ others symposium) Seminar
Professor David Bishop (AUS)
20/03/2019
Fortius - The Genes, Neurones and Anatomy of Stronger Muscles
Professor Jonathan Folland, Loughborough University
20/03/2019
Mental Health and Elite British Sport
Dr James Bell, Head of Mental Health - EIS, Head of Culture Development - UK Sport
15/03/2019
IAS Military Talk
Professor Rory Cooper (USA)
14/03/2019
IAS Round table discussion
Professor Rory Cooper (USA)
27/02/2019
A Healthier Future for Youth Sport? How Psychology Challenges us to Raise our Game
Professor Chris Harwood, Loughborough University
27/02/2019
To develop or not to develop”: A research and applied perspective on talent in elite sport.
Professor Paul Wylleman, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
26/02/2019
Supporting athletes' mental health in elite sport
Professor Paul Wylleman, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
25/02/2019
An overview of sport (and exercise?) science research at Victoria University
Dr Sam Robertson, Victoria University
20/02/2019
IAS Seminar: Overview of Research at U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Dr Robert Kenefick
20/02/2019
USARIEM - IAS Lecture: Hydration Strategies: Planned Drinking vs.Drinking to Thirst
Dr Robert Kenefick
06/02/2019
Biomechanics of Movement with a Unilateral Transtibial Amputation
Dr Anne Silverman, Colorado School of Mines
09/01/2019
Post playing career transition and the impact on and of identity
Kelly Sotherton
Michael Johnson
20/12/2018
Forward dynamic modelling of cycling for people with spinal cord injury
Professor Peter Sinclair, University of Sydney
29/11/2018
Mechanism and prevention of knee ligament injury
Dr Yasuharu Nagano, Japan Women’s College of Physical Education
Dr Shogo Sasaki, Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences
31/10/2018
Extreme Environmental Physiology: Preparing for the best, preventing the worst
Professor Mike Tipton, Portsmouth University
24/10/2018
Perceptual-cognitive skills and expertise in sport
Professor Mark Williams
15/10/2018
(IAS) Hot Topics in Motion
15/10/2018
Duty of Care in Sport (Round Table discussion)
Annamarie Phelps
20/09/2018
Lumbar injuries in cricket fast bowlers: reasons and risk management.
Dr Helen Bayne, University of Pretoria
05/09/2018
The billion-dollar race to break the two-hour marathon barrier
Professor Yannis Pitsiladis
16/07/2018
Application of FDA in human movement
Dr John Warmenhoven
03/07/2018
Pump Up Your Blood Vessels and Heart: Myths and Realities of Resistance Training and Cardiovascular Function
Professor Maureen MacDonald, McMaster University
27/03/2018
The Nike Oregon Project: Experiences and Reflections of High Performance Support to Elite Runners
Darren Treasure
23/03/2018
Methods in life-course health and wellbeing research
21/02/2018
Athlete health – Round table discussion
Craig Ranson, English Institute of Sport
01/02/2018
More than just a game: the public health impact of sport and physical activity for people with a disability
Dr Cheri Blauwet, Harvard University, Boston
27/11/2017
Sport Performance research seminar
Dr Angus Mugford, Director of High Performance, Toronto Blue Jays
08/11/2017
Future thinking in high performance coach development
Diccon Edwards, Head of Coach Development, UK Sport
02/11/2017
Paralympic sport coaching twilight evening
Rob Townsend, Loughborough University and Rob Shaw, University of British Columbia, Canada
01/11/2017
Optimising athlete physical and mental health through the Tokyo and Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games
Craig Ranson, English Institute of Sport
08/06/2017
Pulmonary vascular dysfunction with ageing and disease: implications for exercise tolerance
Dr Bryan Taylor, University of Leeds
05/04/2017
Psychobiology of Endurance Performance
Professor Samuele Marcora, University of Kent
2015-16
Can we use genes to train smarter?
Professor David Bishop, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living, Victoria University, Australia
UK Sport Performance Strategy
Chelsea Warr, Deputy Director of Performance, UK Sport
Sports Strategy at Loughborough
John Steele, Executive Director of Sport, Loughborough University
Dr Steve Ingham, English Institute of Sport, Research and Development
Culture Development Advisor, UK Sport
