Sports Science Research ProjectPresentational Evening - Wednesday 25th June 2014

Project Introduction

Overview of this evening:

6 pm – 6.15 pm Arrival and Welcome

6.15pm – 6.30 pm Presentation from UoK Sports Science

6.30 pm – 7.00 pm Students present their posters

7 pm Gillingham FC presentation - Sport Scientist (Andy Galbraith)

7.20 pm Presentations and Awards

7.30 pm Depart.

Project overview•  Welcome and thank you for coming!

•  Royal Society funded research project - £2,000 (paying for new equipment)

•  Project was jointly run by Brompton Academy and University of Kent

•  Approximately 40 hours of research time

•  Students completing 4 phases of the project

•  Up to £250 of prizes for the students

Project title & aims

• ‘Using Science to Understand Sport and Exercise Performance.’

• Aim was to expose students to key scientific and technological developments in Sports and Exercise Science.

• The project enabled students to see how they can use Sport Science to improve their own physical performance and that of their peers and family.

Project outline - 4 Phases

•  Phase 1: Workshops at the University of Kent - explored different Sport Science aspects.

•  Phase 2: Research Project titles - 6 research topics provided.

•  Phase 3: Carrying out Research and Data collection

•  Phase 4: Analysing results

TimelineLate February

Phase 1

Late June

Phase 4

Start of term 4

Phase 2

Phase 3

End of term 4

Workshops Research topics Research Analysing Results

Phase 1- Workshops

•  6 workshops:

•  Cardio-Respiratory

•  Physical Activity

•  Coping under pressure

•  Sport performance

•  Sports Nutrition

•  Biomechanics

•  Held at the University of Kent (1 full school days).

Phase 2 - Research titles

Group 1 - Effects of different types of fatiguing exercise on basketball free throw shot performance.  Group 2 - Do sports drinks improve a 400m running time trial performance? Group 3 – Impact of Sports Shoes on Agility (5m shuttle), Sprint (30 m) and Endurance (400 m) running Performance Group 4 - Does time pressure affect futsal shooting performance? Group 5 – Does the profile of a sprinter differ from an endurance athlete? Group 6 - To investigate whether mobility exercises and dynamic stretches are more effective than a ‘traditional’ warm-up with static stretches.

Phase 3 - Data collection•  Collection of data (information) from sporting students at Brompton

Academy. Over the course of 5 weeks.

Phase 4 - Analysing results

• To see whether there are any trends or patterns with the data you have collected.

• Comparing data to see if there is any correlation or significant differences.

• Produced a poster for the presentation.

Benefits to participants

•  Unique and exciting experience giving insight into university life and the role of a sports scientist.

•  As a result great for CV or university/ college applications.

•  Transferable skills:

•  planning, presenting, analysing, leadership.

•  Confidence, sense of achievement and making new friends.

•  Rewards

Sports Scientists in action!

Presentation from UoK Sports Scientist:

Professor Samuele Marcora -“Rider Fatigue, What Motorcyclists Have in Common

With Soldiers?”

Student showcase

Poster presentation led by Brompton

Academy students

Gillingham F.C

Sport Scientist / Physiotherapists

Andy Galbraith

Top Sport Scientists award

Congratulations!

Group winner presentation voted by the panel

Thank you - University of Kent

•  Huge thank you to our sponsors the University of Kent who have supported the students magnificently throughout the project without them this would have not been possible.

•  John Dickinson - University of Kent Lecturer in Physiology & Head of the Respiratory Clinic

•  James Hopker - University of Kent Senior Lecturer

•  Ambassadors:  Lauren Jenkins, Sarah Coakley, Joel Chidley, Andy Gailbraith and Alister McCormick.

•  Support staff at Brompton, Daniel Tagg and Martin May.