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From pillow to podium: a review on understanding sleep for elite athletes
(Dove Medical Press, 2018)Sleep is considered vital to human health and well-being, and is critical to physiological and cognitive functioning. Elite athletes experience high training and competition demands, and are often exposed to various factors, ... -
Rugby placekicking mechanics to inform coaching strategies and enhance performance
(2018)Introduction The ability to score from placekicks is a trait discriminating winning and losing in elite Rugby Union1. Placekicks account for 45% of points in international Rugby Union, with match outcomes reliant on ... -
The Effects of Chronic Cold Water Immersion in Elite Rugby Players
(Human Kinetics, 2018)Purpose: While the acute effects of cold water immersion (CWI) have been widely investigated, research analysing the effects of CWI over a chronic period in highly-trained athletes is scarce. The aim of this study was to ... -
No Effect of Muscle Stretching within a Full, Dynamic Warm-up on Athletic Performance
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2018)Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effects of static and dynamic stretching routines performed as part of a comprehensive warm-up on flexibility and sprint running, jumping, and change of direction tests in team sport ... -
Physiological, kinematic and electromyographic responses to patella taping in elite cyclists
(2017)The use of Kinesiology-Type Tape (KTT) has become increasingly popular in sports for injury prevention, injury management, and performance enhancement. Many cyclists use patella KTT; however, the benefits of such interventions ... -
Body image amongst elite rugby union players.
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2017)There is limited information on the risk of eating disorders and body image of elite male athletes. However, research suggests there are some athletes who have poor body image and they may be at increased risk of developing ... -
Chief’s Mana in action; a study investigating the team’s perspective.
(2016)Team culture, and its relevance to performance behaviour and attitudes, has recently gained increased focus in sport psychology research and practice (Schroeder, 2010; Cruickshank & Collins 2012; Morgan, Fletcher & Sarkar, ... -
Sportswomen and social media: bringing third-wave feminism, postfeminism, and neoliberal feminism into conversation
(Sage Publications, 2017)In this paper, we take seriously the challenges of making sense of a sporting (and media) context that increasingly engages female athletes as active, visible and autonomous, while inequalities pertaining to gender, ... -
‘Once my relatives see me on social media… it will be something very bad for my family’: The Ethics and Risks of Organizational Representations of Sporting Girls from the Global South
(2017)This paper explores the ethics of representing girls and young women from the global South in Sport for Development (SfD) organizational campaigns via the case of Skateistan—an international SfD organization with skateboarding ... -
The Influence of Match-Day Napping in Elite Female Netball Athletes
(Human Kinetics, 2018)Purpose: To assess the effect of match-day napping and duration of naps on perceptual and performance indices in elite female netball players over two consecutive netball seasons. Methods: Fourteen elite female netball ... -
Navigating the athlete role: identity construction within New Zealand’s elite sport environment
(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?
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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?
(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
(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
(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 ...
