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Interview: Head of Sports Science at Swansea City AFC - Jonny Northeast
With the new Premier League season soon to kick off we are delighted to bring you an interview with Head of Sports Science at Swansea City AFC, Jonny Northeast. According to public statistics on sites such as Premier Injuries and Physio Room (yes they are not perfect but they still have their uses), Swansea were […]
Tags: Football, Force Plate, GPS, Injury Prevention, Interview, Nordbord, Research, Sport Science, Sports Science, Training Load
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What precisely is the role of the Sports Scientist?
I got prompted to write up a blog post based on an article I read earlier this month (11th May 2016) about Sports Scientists turning players soft. I’d be really keen to hear the views of our readers on this topic, so please read on and respond with your views through our comments section, facebook page or […]
Tags: Career, Interview, Sport Science, Sports Science
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Soccer and tech: How the Sounders separate noise from signal with wearable tracking data
Sounders defender Zach Scott wears a GPS device during practice last month as Sport Science and Performance Manager Dave Tenney looks on. While many soccer clubs now use wearable trackers to gain additional insight into player performance, the Seattle Sounders FC was largely ahead of the curve, utilizing new gadgets and software to gain an edge on competition […]
Tags: Football, GPS, Statistics, Training Load
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Rugby World Cup 2015: Life inside the All Blacks
Insights from Conrad Smith By Alexander Bisley New Zealand sports writer Historically the All Blacks have been the dominant force in international rugby union - a 76% win rate speaks volumes for a glorious tradition. But since winning the 2011 Rugby World Cup on home soil, New Zealand’s supremacy and status as one of the world’s most successful sporting […]
Tags: All Blacks, Culture, Development, Interview, Leadership, Performance, Rugby
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Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll uses rugby to tackle safety concerns
Julius Thomas of the Denver Broncos is tackled by Richard Sherman and Kam Chancellor of Seattle, during Super Bowl XLVIII. Photo: Rob Carr/Getty Images Posted by Martin Pengelly in New York Saturday 2 August 2014 14.00 BST theguardian.com If it is “common knowledge” that rugby is the father of American football, as some claim, in the US the game […]
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Interview: Ian McKeown PhD
Welcome to Sports Discovery and our first blog interview, with Dr Ian McKeown who works in AFL as Head of Athletic Development at Port Adelaide Power. Ian completed his PhD in 2013 through the AIS and University of Canberra entitled “Power development and movement ability in junior athletes” and we worked together in the Sports Institute of […]
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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 that Field Hockey, especially played […]
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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 and it certainly did deliver… […]
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