Understanding and enhancing sports performance
Sports performance, at both the elite and participatory levels, requires the coordinated efforts of athletes, coaches, scientists and other professionals. One of the primary areas of focus for CHASE is examining and determining the scientific bases of sports performance.
These research outcomes can be usefully applied to assessing and enhancing athletes' current physical capacities. The concept of sports performance can be explored by other means, such as economic performance, or an analysis of the cultural significance of performance technologies.
This overarching concept thus provides a suitably broad scope for analysing sports performance, whilst providing a focused framework within which research projects are developed.
Understanding and enhancing sports performance is of particular interest to sporting clubs, coaches, individual athletes from adolescence through to Masters level, school sports and physical education programs.
Research projects
Assessment of squat technique and the influence on injury and performance enhancement
This project assesses the human movement analysis of the squat exercise. The project incorporates sports physiotherapists, personal trainers, and sport scientists to biomechanically quantify the current teaching methods for the squat exercise. The research outcome is to develop a guideline for correctly prescribing this type of exercise. A PhD student's research forms part of this project.
Collaborators and partners
Australian Institute of Sport, Queensland Academy of Sport, Swimming Australia, Cycling Australia, Australian Paralympic Team, Sport and Recreation Queensland, Australian Sports Commission, Australian Coaching Council, Fitness Australia, Local Council Authorities, Private and Public Schools, Sporting Organisations, Australian and International Universities
Contact us
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