Sport Performance
Sport Performance Research Group
The Sport Performance Research Group is a multidisciplinary team comprising of experts from biomechanics, physiology and psychology.
Group objectives:
- Enhancement of sporting performance
- Production of world-leading research by members of the group
- Explaining the evidence and mechanisms underpinning sports performance
- Dissemination of our research to ensure its impact
Current research being undertaken:
- Examination of resilience in high achievers, its assessment in sport performers, and team resilience in elite sport
- The selection, development and progression (and 'release') of elite child and adolescent athletes and team games performers
- Investigating whether factors such as adjustments to pre-competition preparation (e.g. heat acclimation, training load), nutritional interventions (e.g. consumption of prebiotics) and clothing (e.g. compression garments) enhance sporting performance or recovery
- Biomechanical analysis of sport techniques to optimise performance and reduce the risk of injury through a better understanding of the movements an athlete uses and the forces imposed on their body
- Investigation of the underlying mechanisms causing fatigue during individual and team events
Members include:
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