Athletes from a variety of sports have experimented with neurofeedback in recent years in a bid to gain a competitive edge.
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Ketone drinks are getting a lot of attention among sports people. Here’s what the evidence shows.
The collection of athlete data in professional sport has outpaced legal requirements and scientifically-proven benefit to athletes.
To overcome seemingly insurmountable odds, sportspeople need to enter a certain state of mind.
It’s what batsmen do on the pitch in between a bowler’s delivery that helps make them an expert in the game. They also need routines.
Genetic testing could help us build targeted and effective training routines for athletes, but the emerging science could also introduce opportunity for discrimination in the sporting world.
When you think of steroid users, it’s likely you picture a male in the gym with huge muscles. But all sorts of people use steroids for all sorts of reasons.
Most long distance road cycling events are won or lost in the final sprint of any race stage. Here’s one tip that could give you an extra 5kph advantage.
Drinking coffee before exercising could make you run faster and lift heavier - if you’ve the right genes.
For any athlete to deliver a gold medal performance, mental toughness is an essential ingredient. But what exactly is mental toughness — and how does an athlete develop it?
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are two of the greatest tennis players in recent years at the Australian Open. So what makes them stand out from the rest?
Grunting in tennis can be performance-enhancing for the grunter and performance-hindering for their opponent.
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Professor of Sports Science, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL), Victoria University
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PhD candidate, Edith Cowan University
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Assistant Professor, School of Media, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Associate professor, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Strength and Conditioning, Edith Cowan University
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Research Fellow, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor of Law and Technology; Director, UWA Tech & Policy Lab, Law School, The University of Western Australia
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Alcohol and other drug specialist, UNSW
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Lecturer, James Cook University
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, University of Winchester
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science (Sport Psychology), Anglia Ruskin University
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Associate professor in Criminology, University of New England
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Senior Lecturer in Performance Psychology, Bangor University
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Associate professor in Sport and Exericse Science, Birmingham City University