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FORU to host 1st Sports Science Conference

January 30, 2014No Comments

                                           Today and Tomorrow (30th & 31st of Jan 2014) will see the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU) hosting the region’s first Sport Science Sport Medicine (SSSM) Conference for leading…

Monitoring in Men’s International Field Hockey

There are some sports where you simply have to take your hat off to the participants for their displays of fitness, technical skills and overall sporting drama. Straight away your thoughts are drawn to sports such as Rugby League, Aussie Rules, Rugby 7’s and Gaelic Games but I’d also argue…

Notes From: Leaders in Performance

Having attended ‘Leaders in Performance’ in October I wanted to share my reflections on the conference.  We were treated to a vast array of international leaders from a variety of backgrounds, with sessions including ‘How to Make the Most of Talent’, ‘How Innovation can Flourish to Continually Improve Performance’ and…

What Business can learn from High Performance Sport

Visiting New Zealand in 2011 was a pretty special moment for me. Not only was I taking part in a Rugby World Cup and fulfilling a life-long dream, I was also privileged to visit a country (and a culture) which had a global spotlight placed on it for 9 weeks…

Where does Science fit in Sport?

January 7, 2014No Comments

Ancient History of Sport Science For as long as there has been sport, there has been the search to gain a competitive edge on performance.  Therefore, it can be argued that the field of ‘Sport Science’ extends back to the formation of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece.  Later in…