Sports Science

Fitness Overtraining And How To Avoid It

There’s a thin line between working hard enough and working too hard. Pushing your body to reach new levels of fitness requires commitment, effort and a willingness to put yourself through intense, challenging workouts on a regular basis. But more isn’t a ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 9 2020 - 5:39pm

Weekend Science: How Successful Golfers Stay Focused

Sporting history is littered with tales of defeat snatched from the jaws of victory. Famously, the US golfer Doug Sanders was a three-foot putt away from winning the 1970 Open Championship in St Andrews. He missed. Not only did it lose him the championshi ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 16 2020 - 12:06pm

10,000 Steps Or Intense Workouts? This Is What Works Better

Exercise is healthy. That is common knowledge. But just how rigorous should that exercise be in order to really impact a person’s fitness level? And, if you sit all day at a desk, but still manage to get out and exercise, does that negate your six, seven, ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 25 2021 - 12:46pm

Blade Runners Do Not Have A Competitive Advantage

Do amputee sprinters using running prostheses, or blades, have a competitive advantage? The world’s fastest 400-meter sprinter, Blake Leeper, was ruled ineligible to compete in the Tokyo Olympics due to having an assumed advantage, but a new study with the ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 10 2022 - 5:31am

Sports And School: Physically Fit Pupils Feel And Can Concentrate Better

Bad dietary habits start young, as do most bad habits, from smoking to drug use. Good habits tend to be the same. It is known that movement on a regular basis keeps kids healthy but a new study found that physical fitness is also linked to concentration an ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2022 - 10:50am

Elite Athletics Comes At A Cost Later In Life

Elite performance takes natural ability coupled with elite levels of training. That last part has an effect later in life, according to a new analysis. It found that one in four retired Olympians have some level of osteoarthritis, which causes changes in t ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 23 2022 - 10:10am

Perfect Play In A Blitz Chess Game

It rarely happens to play a regular chess game with no clear mistakes. When the game is a blitz one, though, this is exceedingly rare. A blitz game is one where both players have 5 minutes to make all their moves, and the first who runs out of time automat ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Jan 12 2023 - 3:57pm

Athletic Optimization: 3D Printed Soles Measure Impact Inside The Shoe

Athletes use custom-​made insoles because they know a fraction of a second can make the difference between victory and defeat, but to do that specialists must first create a pressure profile of the feet. Athletes walk barefoot over pressure-​sensitive mats ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 16 2023 - 3:33pm

The Science Of Colin Kaepernick

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is going to take the field in two hours and it won't just be a vindication of the decision by coach Jim Harbaugh to replace Alex Smith and his 13-3 run with a passer rating over 100- Harbaugh can't ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 20 2024 - 10:14am

The Super Bowl Is Applied Science Everyone Can Understand

Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman gets called a lot of things. He calls himself the greatest cornerback in the NFL (and Seattle fans tend to agree). Sportswriters and some other players call him a loudmouth and a showboater. Fans of other teams ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 1 2024 - 9:30pm