Within sport, it is well known that recovery plays an important part of any training schedule, but how exactly does this impact team sports?
Following the recent announcement of the 2021 squads by Great Britain Hockey, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Students Hockey is delighted to recognise the achievement of 15 current students who have been selected to represent the Great Britain Elite Development Programme (GB EDP).
Â鶹ÊÓƵ performance psychologist, Dr David Fletcher, has co-edited a new book that examines stress, well-being, and performance in sport.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Executive Director of Sport, John Steele, has been announced as the next Chair of the Commonwealth Games England Board.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been selected as a High-Performance Partner for British Wheelchair Basketball in a move that will also see the formation of a brand-new Lightning team.
A study by a Sports Technology student from Â鶹ÊÓƵ has highlighted significant levels of fragility in EPS (Expanded Polystyrene) related to the everyday use of cycle helmets, which can cause invisible damage and potentially reduce their overall safety capacity.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ has underpinned its commitment to women’s sport with the launch of a new Lightning Cycling franchise.
A study into eating behaviour and exercise has found that people increase the amount of food they eat the night before a planned exercise session.
Eleven Â鶹ÊÓƵ Lightning players have been called up by their nation for the upcoming 2021 Six Nations.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ student Olivia Broome set a new British record in the -50kg category to take silver on day one of the Para Powerlifting World Cup in Manchester.
BADU and Â鶹ÊÓƵ London are proud to announce a collaborative partnership project called Badu Sport+.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumna and athlete Lauren Brzozowski has been selected to represent Team USA's development team in bobsled.
An array of Grand Slam champions and Paralympic medallists head the entry for this week’s inaugural Â鶹ÊÓƵ Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament, which takes place from Tuesday 23 March to Saturday 27 March at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Tennis Centre.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ swimmer Luke Greenback produced the performance of a lifetime at the British Swimming Invitation Meet in Manchester by breaking a 10-year record in the Men’s 200m Backstroke.
The European Indoor Athletics Championships in Torun, Poland was a welcome return to International athletics competition at the weekend, with four current and six former Â鶹ÊÓƵ students selected for the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team.
Former England internationals Des Walker and Dennis Wise have chosen Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s campus for an extensive training camp - all in the name of unearthing the next Indonesian football talent.
A Â鶹ÊÓƵ academic has called for radical change in the concussion crisis in sport in a recently published report.
There’s no shortage of weight loss programmes out there to choose from, each of which claim to have the key to shedding pounds. One of the latest popular weight loss programmes out there is Noom, which claims that behavioural psychology is the key to helping people lose weight for good – including those who haven’t had success in the past.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ has welcomed some of the country’s top young tennis talent as the UK Pro League tennis tournament gets underway on campus.
Force, velocity, and power are all vital for success in jumping and sprinting, but how are these key components measured and monitored to improve athlete performance?
Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been named the best university in the world for sports-related subjects for the fifth year running by the global QS higher education league table.
The results from an international research collaboration including world-leading experts from Â鶹ÊÓƵ have now been published.
Sunday 28th February saw Â鶹ÊÓƵ host the first major outdoor athletics event of 2021, as the University co-hosted the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Winter Throws Meeting with British Athletics.
Current Â鶹ÊÓƵ students Holly Bradshaw (coach: Scott Simpson) and Jamie Webb (Matt Yates/Adrian Webb) have been selected to compete at the European Indoor Championships taking place in Torun, Poland between the 4th and 7th March.
A Â鶹ÊÓƵ study is set to explore the relationship between thinking styles, wellbeing and behaviours in the athlete population.
