by Charlotte Benkowtiz Parkrun, a worldwide community-based physical activity initiative, offers free, weekly, 5-kilometer runs in parks across the globe. Held every Saturday morning, parkrun brings together people of all ages and abilities, fostering physical activity and social connection. Parkrun participation includes running or walking the 5k, and volunteering, as the local events are organised […]
Empowering athletic excellence: transforming sports performance with biomechanics and technology
* SERG PhD Opportunity [OPEN 2024] * In the competitive realm of elite sports, athletes are constantly striving for peak performance, aiming to run faster, jump higher, and achieve their utmost potential. Central to this pursuit is biomechanical analysis, a pivotal tool for evaluating and optimizing human performance in various sporting disciplines. By providing quantitative […]
PhD Reflections – Placement at La Trobe University in Melbourne
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 […]
Is sport good for us?
“Is sport good for us” was the question posed to me for my first blog article for Engineering Sport. Not exactly an ‘easy ice breaker’, but I thought I’d have a good go at it. So, where to start? First, I think it’d be a good idea to differentiate (at least a little) between sport […]
Engineering Sport 