• Navigating the athlete role: identity construction within New Zealand’s elite sport environment 

  Ryan, Christina (2017)

  The purpose of this study was to explore how involvement within New Zealand’s elite athlete development programme – athlete carding – has impacted the identity construction of this elite athlete population. Semi-structured ...

• Do young elite football athletes have the same strength and power characteristics as senior athletes? 

  Tavares, Francisco; Mendes, Bruno; Driller, Matthew W.; Freitas, Sandro (2017)

  An increasing number of young football athletes are competing in elite senior level competitions. However, comparison of strength, power, and speed characteristics between young elite football athletes and their senior ...

  

• The Efficacy of Wrestling-Style Compression Suits to Improve Maximum Isometric Force and Movement Velocity in Well-Trained Male Rugby Athletes 

  McMaster, Daniel T.; Beaven, Christopher M.; Mayo, Brad; Gill, Nicholas; Hébert-Losier, Kim (Frontiers Media, 2017)

  Purpose: The prevalence of compression garment (CG) use is increasing with athletes striving to take advantage of the purported benefits to recovery and performance. Here, we investigated the effect of CG on muscle force ...

  

• Exploring Critical Alternatives for Youth Development through Lifestyle Sport: Surfing and Community Development in Aotearoa/New Zealand 

  Wheaton, Belinda; Roy, Georgina; Olive, Rebecca (MDPI, 2017)

  While competition-based team sports remain dominant in community and sport-for-development programs, researchers are exploring the value of alternative, less “sportized” activities such as lifestyle/action sports. In this ...

  

• Grappling with ambiguity and contradiction: an examination of the role of reflexivity in coach education research 

  Crocket, Hamish Robert (Taylor & Francis, 2017)

  In this article, I analyse the complex process of developing a beginner coach education programme for ultimate Frisbee (ultimate) in collaboration with New Zealand Ultimate and volunteer coaches within New Zealand’s ultimate ...

  

• What wrist should you wear your actigraphy device on? Analysis of dominant vs. non-dominant wrist actigraphy for measuring sleep in healthy adults 

  Driller, Matthew W.; O'Donnell, Shannon; Tavares, Francisco (Brazilian Association of Sleep and Latin American Federation of Sleep Societies, 2017)

  OBJECTIVE: Differences in sleep results due to the placement of actigraphy devices (non-dominant vs. dominant wrist) are yet to be determined. METHODS: 65 nights of data from 13 adult participants was collected while ...

  

• Olympic/ism Education: Does it have a place in Physical Education? 

  Petrie, Kirsten Culhane (2017)

  Founder of the modern Olympic Movement Pierre de Coubertin espoused the educational value of sport and the centrality of pedagogy in “building a peaceful and better world” (International Olympic Committee, 2015, p. 17). ...

  

• Updated reliability and normative values for the standing heel-rise test in healthy adults 

  Hébert-Losier, Kim; Wessman, C.; Alricsson, M.; Svantesson, U. (2017)

  Objectives The heel-rise test is used to assess the strength and endurance of the plantar flexors in everyday clinical practice. However, several factors may affect outcomes, including sex, age, body mass index and ...

  

• An examination of the jump-and-lift factors influencing the time to reach peak catch height during a Rugby Union lineout 

  Smith, Tiaki Brett; Hébert-Losier, Kim; McClymont, Doug (2017)

  The goal of an offensive Rugby Union lineout is to throw the ball in a manner that allows your team to maintain possession. Typically, the player catching the ball jumps and is lifted upwards by two teammates, reaching ...

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