Every day, academics and professionals working within the sports industry are creating new ideas and discovering new things. The sports industry is a medley of cross-disciplinary knowledge and collaboration, bringing together engineers, nutritionists, psychologists, physiologist, people managers and coaches, biomechanists, programmers, and even chemists, who are helping to shape and define the future of sport! […]
Our doctoral (PhD) community within the the Sports Engineering Research Group (SERG) at SHU are our engine room – rush the boundaries of our (and the disciplines) research and innovation across a broad array of fields. In this blog we hear from one of our existing PhD students; Thomas Mitchell on their journey thus far. […]
Hamstring strains are still one of the most prevalent injuries in sports despite extensive research spanning decades into risk factors, causation, mechanism, and training protocols. The ‘quest’ for injury-free players and optimal performance levels continues to be the holy grail for many researchers. In this article, I invite you on a reflective journey through my […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI), is s the key to unlocking peak performance and ground-breaking force that promises to revolutionise the game. From the elite athletes competing on the grandest stages to the grassroots level practitioners aiming to refine their skills, AI has the potential to impact them all. In this article I will delve into the […]
International collaboration is important to widen opportunities for research, to work collaborative on research and on innovation and to share good practice. Since 2019 Sheffield Hallam University has a strategic partnership with La Trobe University, and, as part of this, funds three PhDs per year. I am part of this PhD programme – I am […]
This week saw the 19th anniversary of parkrun! On Saturday 2nd October 2004, 13 people turned up at Bushy Park in London to complete the very first parkrun. Step forward to last weekend and almost 300,000 individuals completed a parkrun or junior parkrun at almost over 2450 events worldwide, whilst being supported by more than […]
Falling from the back of a horse, understandably, hurts! The 1.5+ metre drop to the ground can cause life changing injuries for professional athletes and hobbyists alike. Such falls are especially severe in cases where riders suffer a blow to the head, causing a concussion or worse. As Sports Engineers, we can help reduce such […]
The recent Cycling World Championships in Glasgow saw the home nation Great Britain collect a competition-high 100 medals across all 13 disciplines. While the plaudits deservedly go to the exceptional athletes, such as the Women’s Team Pursuit squad who won gold by over four seconds, it is worth recognising the key role that data played […]
As part of our interdisciplinary work in the Sports Engineering Research Group we help run the parkrun Research Board at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University. One of our parkrun PhD students, Allison Dunne, reflects back on her experience of presenting at the recent Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems International Research Conference […]
Dr Louise Burnie completed her PhD with the Sports Engineering Research Group at Sheffield Hallam University and the Great Britain Cycling team May 2015 – March 2020, titled ‘The effects of strength training on intermuscular coordination during maximal cycling’. Since she has gone on to work as a Research Assistant at Swansea University and Senior […]
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