Explore Sport and Exercise Science

Date Friday 16th March
Where St Luke’s Campus
Time 10:00am to 2:30pm
Who Year 10/11

Sports Psychology

How can we improve an athlete’s psychological skills? Performance profiling is used by sport psychologists and coaches to create psychological skills training programmes for athletes. The athlete is at the centre of the decision making process that allows them to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses. As a result skills programmes can be planned and long-term goals identified as a focus for self-improvement. In this session we will focus on how to create your own performance profile.

Sport & Exercise Physiology

An exercise physiologist often collects data on the body mass, percentage body fat, strength, flexibility, lung volume and the aerobic and anaerobic capacity of elite athletes. These variables can then be used to determine training intensities and ultimately, to accurately predict performance time during competition. During this session, we will conduct these tests and see how you can put these factors together within athletic training.

Biomechanics

Biomechanics is used to evaluate human motion and the effect of the forces applied; and in sport is concerned with the ways in which a sport movement is performed. Biomechanics is useful in the understanding of human locomotion and aims to reduce injury risk and improve performance. Students will be given the opportunity to examine forces applied during running using a force plate and examine a kicking motion with regards to differences in performance.