Sport research presentations

The Sport Studies Honours students will be presenting their research projects over the next couple of weeks and they would love a crowd!

The presentations are an opportunity for the students to show their ideas and receive research design feedback. They will be an interesting session for all. Details of the event are below. Please come along and provide feedback. Everyone welcome. We will be recording for later publishing here.

Schedule:

Thursday 8th April Room 7B10

9:00am: Rachael Wiseman - Offloads and impact in rugby league
9:20am: Tamara Kefford - The capture, assessment and comparison of shooting frequencies between training and competition for Women’s Water Polo
9:40am: Natalie Darby - Affects of frontal surface area on track cycling aerodynamics

Thursday 22nd April Room 7B10

9:00am: Alex Hynes - Agility in tennis
9:20am: Courtney McGowan - The Physiological Effects Of An Acute Decrease In Frequency Of Breathing In Elite Swimmers
9:40am: Warrick Harrington - Analysing attacking movements in rugby union

Advanced Coaching seminar presentations

The Advanced Coaching seminar presentations are between 10:30 – 12:20 on Monday 12, 19 April and 3, 10 May at the University of Canberra, room 12B49

We will probably get through about 5 – 6 presentations per week. You most welcome to attend any and all presentations, we're aiming to record all presentations and post them here for those who can't make it.

1. Mental profiling in talent identification programs?
2. The validity of physical testing protocols in rowing
3. What is mental toughness training in team sport and how do you train it?
4. Evaluation of the number of training hours to become an elite athlete
5. The implications of Olympic Rugby 7s to that sport’s development in Asia
6. The coaching implications from the Crawford Report.
7. What can Australian sport learn from the coach education programs in other countries?
8. Coaching generation Y athletes.
9. Static versus dynamic stretching to increase range of motion when kicking.
10. Strength and conditioning in combat sports.
11. The use of post-activation potentiation in seated throwing athletes with a disability.
12. Strength and power training in high level junior athletes
13. What is the best way to train the core muscles for athletic events: Specific versus non specific training?
14. What training volumes are appropriate for athletes in the training to train stage of development?
15. Validity of the reactive strength index to measure plyometric ability.
16. The use of GPS tracking to design conditioning programs in Australian Rules football.
17. What is agility in team sports and how do you assess it?
18. Role of posterior chain muscles in force production movements when jumping
19. Strength training and combining strength and plyometric training
20. Eye tracking in cricket.
21. The implications of alcohol consumption to performance in soccer.
22. Colostrum and athletic performance in soccer
23. Would taking creatine benefit a water polo player?
    

You most welcome to attend any and all presentations, we're aiming to record all presentations and post them here.