Browsing by Author "Gill, Nicholas D."

• Application of a nutrition support protocol to encourage optimisation of nutrient intake in provincial academy rugby union athletes in New Zealand: Practical considerations and challenges from a team-based case study 

  Roberts, Charlie J.; Gill, Nicholas D.; Beaven, Christopher Martyn; Posthumus, Logan R.; Sims, Stacy. (2022-01-01)

  Provincial academies represent an important bridge between amateur and professional level rugby union in New Zealand. Athletes are provided with professional-level coaching; however, limited direct nutrition support is ...

  

• The associations between physical-test performance and match performance in women’s rugby sevens players 

  Sella, Francesco Stefano; Hopkins, William G.; Beaven, Christopher Martyn; McMaster, Daniel Travis; Gill, Nicholas D.; Hébert-Losier, Kim (Termedia Publishing House, and Institute of Sport – National Research Institute, Poland., 2022-11-18)

  Evaluating the relationships between physical-test and match performance in team sports could be useful for training prescription and athlete evaluation. Here we investigated these relationships in women’s Rugby Sevens. ...

  

• COVID-19 Lockdown: A Global Study Investigating the Effect of Athletes’ Sport Classification and Sex on Training Practices 

  Washif, J.A.; Sandbakk, Ø.; Seiler, S.; Haugen, T.; Farooq, A.; Quarrie, K.; Janse van Rensburg, D.C.; Krug, I.; Verhagen, E; Wong, DP; Mujika, I; Cortis, C; Haddad, M; Ahmadian, O.; Al Jufaili, M.; Al-Horani, R. A.; Al-Mohannadi, A. S.; Aloui, A.; Ammar, A.; Arifi, F.; Aziz, A. R.; Batuev, M.; Beaven, Christopher Martyn; Beneke, R.; Bici, A.; Bishnoi, P.; Bogwasi, L.; Bok, D.; Boukhris, O.; Boullosa, D.; Bragazzi, N.; Brito, J.; Palacios Cartagena, R. P.; Chaouachi, A.; Cheung, S. S.; Chtourou, H.; Cosma, G.; Debevec, T.; DeLang, M. D.; Dellal, A.; Dönmez, G.; Driss, T.; Peña Duque, J. D.; Eirale, C.; Elloumi, M.; Foster, C.; Franchini, E.; Fusco, A.; Galy, O.; Gastin, PB; Gill, Nicholas D.; Girard, O.; Gregov, C.; Halson, S.; Hammouda, O.; Hanzlíková, I.; Hassanmirzaei, B.; Hébert-Losier, Kim; Muñoz Helú, H.; Herrera-Valenzuela, T.; Hettinga, FJ; Holtzhausen, L.; Hue, O.; Dello Iacono, A.; Ihalainen, JK; James, C.; Joseph, S.; Kamoun, K.; Khaled, M.; Khalladi, K.; Kim, KJ; Kok, L. -Y.; MacMillan, L.; Mataruna-Dos-Santos, LJ; Matsunaga, R.; Memishi, S.; Millet, GP; Moussa-Chamari, I.; Musa, DI; Nguyen, HMT; Nikolaidis, PT; Owen, A.; Padulo, J.; Pagaduan, JC; Perera, NP; Pérez-Gómez, J.; Pillay, L.; Popa, A.; Pudasaini, A.; Rabbani, A; Rahayu, T.; Romdhani, M; Salamh, P.; Sarkar, A-S; Schillinger, A.; Setyawati, H.; Shrestha, N; Suraya, F; Tabben, M.; Trabelsi, K.; Urhausen, A.; Valtonen, M; Weber, J; Whiteley, R.; Zrane, A.; Zerguini, Y.; Zmijewski, P.; Ben Saad, H.; Pyne, DB; Taylor, L.; Chamari, K. (Human Kinetics, 2022-08-01)

  Purpose: To investigate differences in athletes’ knowledge, beliefs, and training practices during COVID-19 lockdowns with reference to sport classification and sex. This work extends an initial descriptive evaluation ...

  

• Eccentric training interventions and team sport athletes 

  McNeill, Conor; Beaven, Christopher Martyn; McMaster, Daniel Travis; Gill, Nicholas D. (MDPI, 2019)

  Eccentric resistance training has been shown to improve performance outcomes in a range of populations, making it a popular choice for practitioners. Evidence suggests that neuromuscular adaptations resulting from eccentric ...

  

• Effect of drop jump training frequency on reactive strength in rugby athletes 

  McMaster, Daniel Travis; Mayo, Brad; Stebbing, Thomas; Gill, Nicholas D.; McNeill, Conor; Beaven, Christopher Martyn (ICST, 2018)

  Background Jumping is a commonly used training modality to improve athletic performance and neuromuscular capabilities. The capacity to rapidly absorb eccentric forces and rapidly produce a concentric force within a ...

  

• Combatting the war on sleep: Investigating sleep and recovery in the military 

  Edgar, David Thomas (The University of Waikato, 2023)

  The military setting often includes continuous operations, whether in training or deployed environments. These often-stressful environments present unique challenges for service members to achieve both intra-day and inter-day ...

  

• Concussion, neck, and hamstring injury aetiology and injury prevention in Rugby Union 

  Chavarro-Nieto, Christian (The University of Waikato, 2022)

  ABSTRACT Background Concussion and hamstring injuries are two of the most frequently diagnosed injuries in Rugby Union. Neck and hamstring strength have been identified as a modifiable risk factor to decrease the severity ...

  

• An analysis of the nutrition support process in rugby union athletes in New Zealand: Practical considerations and applications within rugby developmental environments 

  Roberts, Charlie (The University of Waikato, 2022)

  Nutrition has long been an important consideration for optimal sporting performance and recovery, athlete well-being and the modulation of injury risk. Ensuring that athletes follow dietary patterns that are nutrient-dense ...

  

• Understanding health risk factor prevalence and enhancing health behaviours of airline pilots 

  Wilson, Daniel (The University of Waikato, 2022)

  Cardiometabolic non-communicable diseases (NCD) and their major risk factors are associated with adverse acute and chronic health outcomes and may pose risks to flight safety and economic burden. Restorative sleep, healthy ...

  

• Development and application of an eccentric force-velocity profile in rugby union athletes 

  McNeill, Conor (The University of Waikato, 2021)

  Resistance training has long been utilised as a strategy for improving sport performance in competitive athletes dating back to early civilizations. In modern times, much emphasis has been placed on better understanding ...

  

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