milestones in the evolution of the EIS

The pursuit of excellence@EIS

significant milestones in the evolution of the EIS

1. opening of the Birmingham High Performance Centre, at Alexander Stadium

2. national workshop

3. give the staff a broad glimpse of the expertise within the ranks

medical insurance for student athletes

Sports school well-covered@asiaone

The Singapore Sports School provides more comprehensive insurance coverage for its students.

single-subject research review article

My new review article will be published in Sports Medcine.

Kinugasa T, Cerin E, and Hooper S. Single-subject research designs and data analyses for assessing elite athletes' conditioning.Sports Med 34: 1035-1050, 2004

joint research = IAAF + WADA

IAAF plans joint research with WADA@sportbusiness

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) plans to conduct joint research with the world anti-doping agency WADA as it seeks further firepower in the battle against doping.

UK sport funding for Beijing

UK Sport Statement on Funding

Future funding of sports will take account of both past performances, which demonstrate whether the sport has a winning formula, and future potential.

talent management company

TALENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LAUNCHED@sportbusiness

Sportacus has set up a new company, Sportacus Talent Management, to develop commercial deals for sports and entertainment stars.

new sports in Olympics

New sports touted for Olympics: Rogge

New sports could be introduced in future editions of the Olympic games, but only on condition that an equal number of disciplines is dropped.

The golden numbers are 300 events, 28 sports, 10,400 athletes at most

"Google scholar" instead of PubMed??

Google scholar

Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available

origin of running

Endurance running and the evolution of Homo@Nature

endurance running is a derived capability of the genus Homo, originating about 2 million years ago, and may have been instrumental in the evolution of the human body form

successful grant applications

The secrets of success@Nature

Decisions of successful grant applications are made by weighing up five factors:

1. significance
2. approach
3. innovation
4. investigator
5. environment.

Sports Libraries

Sports Libraries and Special Collections--Compendium@resourceshelf

Greetings, sports fans. This list started as a discussion between two librarians in a sports bar, about "cool places we would like to work."

a case of Sports Institute - University linkage

Flexibility boosts student athlete success@UQ

The University of Queensland at Australia maintains a holistic approach to developing our future leaders by supporting them to achieve both academic and sporting success

Sports Institute - University linkage

Sport Development Centre@Loughborough Univeristy

Loughborough University has been chosen to be part of the English Institute of Sport, which in turn will work closely with the other home country networks and the United Kingdom Sport Institute. The Institutes are charged with supporting those sports performers and their coaches, who are working at the very highest (World) level, or have the

Elite Athlete Friendly University Network

Higher learning aids sports excellence@ASC

The Elite Athlete Friendly University Network will provide support and assistance to elite student athletes to meet their academic needs. This includes support and assistance for athletes’ study options, assessment, enrolment and course related needs.

WADA Doping Statistics 2003

Doping stats released by WADA@UK Sport

As is the case in the UK, football is the most tested sport in the world, with 20,104 samples being analysed. This is ahead of athletics (18.876) and cycling (12,352). Among Olympic sports, the percentage of adverse findings in relation to the number of tests if highest in cycling (3.93%) and boxing (3.68%).

next advances in biology = system biology!

All Bio Systems Are Go@Wired

systems biology is a burgeoning field which aims to understand the workings of the nuts and bolts of living organisms through the interactions of the thousands of pieces of DNA, RNA and proteins that network together in each cell of our body.

academic pass for Singapore junior athletes

Republic Poly agrees to admit Sports School students without 'O' Levels sitting@Channel NewsAsia

SINGAPORE : Student athletes here will no longer have to make tough choices between pursuing sports and academic studies.

President of Singapore came to our school

President Nathan tours Singapore Sports School, 87 new students admitted@Chnnel NewsAsia

how to be creative

how to be creative@Change This

"The idea doesn't have to be big. It just has
to change the world," so says HUGH MACLEOD,
creator of Gaping Void and author of the
manifesto "How To Be Creative."

If you've ever struggled to ignite your
creative spark, you'll love this one.

English Premier League player has tested positive

Player tests positive@Sportal.com.au

English newspaper The Mail has reported that an English Premier League player has tested positive for a 'banned substance'.

UK Sport launches Elite Coach

UK Sport launches Elite Coach@UK Sport

The scheme will see tailor made programmes developed for each of the nine coaches, which will not only allow them to develop their technical skills by working with and observing the best in action, but also to develop the leadership skills which are the hallmark of the most successful operators, not just from the world of sport, but from the world of

Postgrads choose industry over academia

Postgrads choose industry over academia@Guardian

More than half of PhD students turn their backs on the academic life and head for jobs in industry

think differently

shaping the future@Guardian

The Eden Project is more than just a botanical garden, says its creator. It is a place where people are encouraged to think differently. John Vidal hears how Tim Smit now hopes to use his inspirational vision to effect wider social and environmental change.

...

Smit's secret, if there is one, seems to be that he can bring people of very different disciplines and

PE classes the key to future health

PE classes the key to future health

Professor Doune Macdonald and PhD student Jessica Lee from the School of Human Movement Studies at The University of Queensland, believe the focus of school physical education (PE) should be to nurture “physical literacy” and PE should be compulsory from preschool to Year 12.

ITF DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES DEVELOPMENT WEBLET

The Development Department of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has launched a new weblet on the official ITF website, purely dedicated to the ITF Development programme. The Development weblet can be found at www.itftennis.com/development.

The weblet contains information on the ITF’s worldwide Development programme, including detailed information on the activities undertaken around the

The 2005 Doping Prohibited List is now available

World Anti-Doping Agency

Sport Science Myths Demystified - What Do The Experts Say?

Sport Science Myths Demystified - What Do The Experts Say?

Can longer rackets increase your service percentage? Should you apply the same swing speed for both your first and second serves? Will playing tennis make you a mentally tougher person? And are bagels just as good to eat as sports energy bars? The USTA's Sport Science team demystifies several of the myths surrounding tennis exercise and

U.S. Open Puts Serve in Server

Wired News: U.S. Open Puts Serve in Server

Viewers can drill down to match statistics like first-serve percentages or unforced errors, which are recorded live by on-site statisticians, and quickly jump from match to match or watch several matches simultaneously.

IOC acquires knowledge

@sportbusiness

The IOC has take full control of Olympic Games Knowledge Services (OGKS), the specialist operation it set up in 2002 with Monash University of Australia.

Singapore to host Olympics of e-Sports

Singapore selected as host city for 2005 World Cyber Games Finals@EBD

Singapore wins bid to host World Cyber Games Finals in 2005@Channel News Asia

main issues in PhD

The CareerDoctor: Starting Your Ph.D. on the Right Track @Science's Next Wave

the topic, supervisor, department, and sponsor

What does it really take to make it in professional sport?

Talent Development in Sports and Science@Science's Next Wave

to be an sports psychologist

Olympic Inspiration@Science's Next Wave

Ben Brennan, Psy.D., was trained as a clinical psychologist. When he visited a friend during the '96 Olympics, in Atlanta, he realized that sports psychology was what he wanted to do. Now Brennan treats athletes with performance enhancement techniques as well as through more traditional clinical therapy in the New York/New Jersey area.

Postgraduate Scholarships in Sydney

ICESSM Home

The new International Centre of Excellence in Sports Science and Management
(ICESSM) at Sydney Olympic Park invites interested individuals to apply for
up to 6 PhD or Masters scholarships in Sports Science and Sports
Management. Commencing in 2005, these scholarships provide an exciting
research opportunity for Australian and international students to study at
either The University

work by UCSD, Salk teams raises performance, stamina

Mice flex muscles in genetic studies@signonsandiego.com

Genetic changes made on mice in a UCSD study
improved their running and swimming ability.

Singapore Sports School + Auckland University of Technology

Sports School to launch two-year sports science diploma course
@Channelnewsasia.com

new job as a sports scientist

I've completed my PhD and started working at Singapore Sports School as an exercise physiologist from today. Here in Singapore, beside humid weather, the U$44.4 million facilities are impressive and people are very friendly, so I look forward to work in this new environment.

genetically modified cattle to athletes?

Building Better Bodies@NY Times

There's no one born to be a world-record holder

Olympic Gold Begins With Good Genes, Experts Say@National Geographic

no blog for Olympic athletes and coaches

Olympic athletes banned from blogging@Joi Ito Web

Why drug tests can miss the cheats

Steroids boost performance in just weeks@New Scientist

Even a low dose of testosterone can give athletes a big performance boost

network for connections

Networking, Networking, Networking, Networking, Networking@Nature

Drinks with a few dozen friends or a visit to an interesting employer

Olympic bloggers

There are several bloggers in Athens.

Athens Olympic Games Blog
BEYOND NORTHERN IRAQ: STUHUGHESIRAQ@MAIL.COM
Athens 2004 Blog - an Olympics blog
18 Days in August, an Olympic Blog

You also have a list of other Olympic bloggers.

we now have a test for EPO and THG

anti-drugs chief confirms HGH test@CNN

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Dick Pound said there was nowhere left for drugs cheats to hide after confirming that athletes at the Athens Olympics will be tested for human growth hormone (HGH).

online sports medical information throughout the games

Ovid joins the Olympic team@Info World Review

Olympic competitors in Athens will be able to get free online access to sports medicine content through link-up with SIRC databases

genetic research in JISS

Japan Institute of Sports Sciences to search for Olympic Gold gene

The goals of the research are to discover gene sequences that play a major role in creating athletic ability and to establish a database based on genetic research into Japanese gold medalists.

Olympic votes 'for sale'

IOC member 'selling votes'@BBC

An International Olympic Committee member agreed to help a fake bid to bring the 2012 Olympics to London for cash, the BBC's Panorama reports.

what are the limits?

what are the limits:Olympics@Nature

-Top of the world

-Beating the drug cheats

-A breed apart

-The medals and the damage done

-Heat-stopping action

-Gasping the victory

sports science in Science magazine

Science Magazine special issue - Sports Science: Testing Human Limits

- Careers in Sport Science: Resources
http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2004/07/28/9
Web sites to find more information about the field

- The American Sports Medicine Institute
http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2004/07/28/5
The American Sports Medicine Institute (ASMI) located in Birmingham,

The Doping Search Guide 2004

The Doping Search Guide 2004@Elsevier

the official List of prohibited substances and methods issued
by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

make journal articles freely available to all researchers

MPs welcome 'free' academic publishing@Gardian

USA-China Sports Summit

USOC announces "USA-China Sports Summit" for 2005@Yahoo

a multi-sport competition to be launched June 8-12, 2005 in Seattle as part of the build-up to the 2008 Beijing Games

NZ talent ID

Talent Identification and Development@NZAS

WADA's 2003 Annual Report

WADA's 2003 Annual Report now available@WADA

The report focuses on the acceptance and consequences of the World Anti-Doping Code. It also contains details on WADA's activities last year in all priority areas, such as research and testing, as well as the year's financial reports.

UK internships for sports science and medicine graduates

sports science and medical talent targeted@UKSI

English Institute of Sport
Strength and Conditioning (3 positions)
Performance Analysis (2 positions)
Physiology/Sports Science (1 position)

Welsh Institute of Sport
Strength and Conditioning (1 position)

key questions for a business plan

How to Write a Business Plan@the scientist

What have you got?
Who is going to buy it?
Why will they buy my product rather than another one?
What is it going to cost, and what is the projected return?
How will your business be run?
Who are the people who will run it?

an event to discuss sportning future

Australian Sports Commission Events: Our Sporting Future 2005

what: focus on addressing key topics and issues in sport today and provide delegates with practical information they can apply to their business.
when: 2 to 4 March 2005,
where: Sydney Convention Centre, New South Wales, Australia

UK drug testing lab

new drug testing lab for UK@UKSI

UK beccomes one of only three countries in the world to have more than one WADA-accredited lab

tennis coaching info

ITF coaching weblet goes ´LIVE´@ITF

Olympics Games over internet

Olympics: Coming to a PC Near You@Wired

IMG unveiled the plans to develop sports talent in Asia

IMG's passage to India@SportBusiness (need to register)

IMG Academies Bharata to unveil plans for Hyderabad complex@IMG Academies News

IMG Academies unveils master plan for sports complex@Hindu Business Line

Can laboratory-based tennis profiles predict field tests of tennis performance?

J Strength Cond Res 18:136-143, 2004

height, maximum minute ventilation, and isokinetic strength measurements significantly and positively affected ball velocity

12 steps for grant writing

How to Get Help Writing Grants@the scientist

1. Focus your idea
2. Find a funding agency
3. Write your specific aims
4. Rewrite your specific aims
5. Write the body of your grant
6. Get a writing critique
7. Get a scientific critique
8. Rewrite as necessary
9. Complete supporting regulatory paperwork
10. Complete budget workup
11. Get signatures
12. Submit

no more sweaty HR monitor

Tech Company Gets Hypersensitive@Wired

one of the first remote sensing devices that can provide readings from several feet away without physical contact

no more sweaty heart monitor straps and no more grabbing handles while running on a treadmill -- the device could get a signal through a wristband or a patient's feet

scientists named Google as the top resources

Péter's Digital Reference Shelf

librarians and scientists were asked to name the top scientific and medical search resources that they use or are aware of, "scientists named Google, Yahoo! and PubMed" as the top three resources. That's quite a surprise, knowing that scientists of the developed world, especially in the hard sciences, are very well-served by gigantic full-text searchable,

AIS website has a brand new look!

check this out.

Australian Institute of Sport

cooling down for tennis players

Performance Strategy Doesn’t End at Match Point@USTA

•cool-down exercises: non-weight bearing, active and passive stretching

combined with deep breathing exercises

15-20 minutes after intense play

•recovery and regeneration

re-hydrate, carbohydrates (50-60g/hr), massage, contrast baths

0.3 grams of carbohydrate per pound of body weight immediately after a practice or match
3-4 grams per

RPE-based training load

Med Sci Sports Exerc 36: 1042-1047, 2004

Use of RPE-Based Training Load in Soccer [Abstract]

the HR-based training load and session-RPE were statistically significant (from r = 0.50 to 0.85, P < 0.01)

systems model and training

Med Sci Sports Exerc 36: 942-948, 2004

Applying a systems model of training to a patient with coronary artery disease [Abstract]

the fit between real and model exercise tolerances was significant

anabolic and catabolic processes for soccor players

J Strength Cond Res 18: 121-128, 2004

Changes in exercise performance and hormonal concentrations over a big ten soccer season in starters and nonstarters [Abstract]

players entering the season with low circulating concentrations of T and elevated levels of C can experience reductions in performance during a season, with performance decrements exacerbated in starters over nonstarters

overtraining and HRV

J Spors Med Phys Fitness 43: 506-512, 2003

Night heart rate variability during overtraining in male endurance athletes [Abstract]

HRV during sleep does not seem to be a valid marker of overtraining

psychol Q and hormones

Br J Sports Med 38: 260-263, 2004

Salivary testosterone and cortisol in rugby players: correlation with psychological overtraining items [Abstract]

Testosterone concentration is influenced by tiredness,
and is therefore a valid marker of tiredness

overtraining and serotonin

Int J Sports Med 25: 150-153, 2004

Abnormal serotonin reuptake in an overtrained, insomnic and depressed team athlete [Abstract]

the severe overtraining state could have been related to decreased serotonin reuptake in the brain and signs of major depression

grass roots rugby

World Cup surplus directed to grass roots @Sports Vine

The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) has announced it will spend $18million over the next two years to boost grass roots rugby across Australia.

aim = to create new clubs, boost participation, improve the skills of our young players and help volunteers do their job

allocation
•TryRugby, EdRugby & volunteer support $4.7million
•Club Creation

IMG for sale?

IMG considers future@sportbusiness (need to register)

the ultimate pitching machine

@Wired

AIS and environmental strategy

AIS takes up Greenhouse Challenge@ASC

goal = to cut emission of greenhouse gases by 490 tonnes a year

strategies
•using power-saving settings for personal computers
•fine-tuning air-conditioning
•using energy-efficient lighting
•minimising and recycling waste products such as paper, cardboard, plastics, glass, toner cartridges, oils etc
•using economical four-cylinder cars, where possible
•

latest AIS newsletter is now available

Ausport 2(1), 2004

a framework for understanding the training process leading to elite performance

Sports Med 33: 1103-1126, 2004

a review paper of training system by Dr Smith from Canada

definitions of athletic shape, taper, performance preparedness, talent, recovery,training load, periodization, overtraining etc...

call for papers for performance conference

the analysis of elite performance in its context

24 - 26 November, 2004 INSEP Paris FRANCE
THIRD INTERNATIONAL SORTS SCIENCES DAYS

talent ID and psychology

J Sports Sci 22: 395-408, 2004

talent needs to be reconceptualized so that talent identification and talent development processes are perceived to be dynamic and interrelated

can laboratory-based tennis profiles predict field tests of tennis performance?

J Strength Cond Res 18: 136-143, 2004

height, maximum minute ventilation, and isokinetic strength measurements significantly and positively affected ball velocity

world-rankings to predict swimming performance

J Sports Sci 22: 339-345, 2004

a top-10 ranked swimmer will substantially increase their chance of an Olympic medal

Australain R&D is dangerously low

Growing lag in research spending@ResearchResearch.com

Australian expenditure on on science and medicine continues to decline in comparison to our international competitors

big science means big opportunities

thinking big@Nature

The moral of Hubble's recent news is to evaluate the longevity of a big project before you sign on. And try to develop skills that will be relevant to another effort once that big project inevitably comes to an end.

imitation learning

Neural Circuits Underlying Imitation Learning of Hand Actions: An Event-Related fMRI Study@Neuron

brain activities behind observation and imitation using fMRI

the basic circuit underlying imitation learning consists of the inferior parietal lobule and the posterior part of the inferior frontal gyrus plus the adjacent premotor cortex (mirror neuron circuit).

virtual knee surgery

Edhead

take on the role of the Surgeon throughout
a total knee replacement surgery

inside the NIH grant review process

A Video on Peer Review at NIH

science women get cinematic boost

@wired

Hedy Lamarr may light up the big screen once again,
this time for her contribution to science.
Another film on the co-discoverer of DNA, Rosalind Franklin,
is in development. By Kristen Philipkoski.

the miserable pay of most US postdocs

US postdocs: Young, gifted ... and broke@Nature

what's needed, say postdoc activists, are policies to ensure that postdocs receive proper training and career guidance designed to aid their transition into independent researchers supervising their own students and fellows

alternative to Web of SCIENCE@ISI?

Scopus.com

Elsevier is currently developing a bibliographic database product
called "Scopus", which is due to release later this year

stragetic vs tactical thinking

stragetic thinking= comprehensive, long-term, theoretical

tactical thinking= more liminted, practical, concrete actions to be taken

IMG's new tourism target

@sportbusiness.com (need to resister)

sports marketing giant IMG is expanding into global tourism
as it looks to increase its consultancy base

great workplaces have high levels of trust

great place to work institute

a great workplace is measured by the quality of the three,
interconnected relationships that exist there:

(1) the relationship between employees and management


(2) the relationship between employees and their jobs/company


(3) the relationship between employees and other employees.

want to be an entrepreneur?

Glittering prizes@Naturejobs

more PhD students and researchers have begun participating
to develop their business ideas and pick up key contacts
in the venture-funding world

how to succeed in business

Naturejobs

academic and industrial science are increasingly linked,
young scientists could use more training to compete
with their business-school colleagues

new approach to mood disorders

new approach to mood disorders@scientist

using gene chips and genotyping,
EU project aims to get beyond serotonin

research management system

tracking a textbook: from idea to publication@the scientist

we need a system to manage research processes.

a video for coaching + management

Success, Lions and videotape: Matthews' secrets for sale@The Age

four-time AFL (Ausutralian Football League) premiership Brisbane Lions coach Leigh Matthews

Matthews' coaching experience as an instructional tool for business

It is more about individuals investing in the team cause in the belief that their individual needs will be met through team success

audio broadcast for Majour League Baseball games

baseball joins media slugfest@wired

Major League Baseball inks pacts with Microsoft and AOL to carry live audio and video, plus various highlights packages.

speed trap

tarnished gold@four corners, ABC

are Australia's sports bosses surrendering to the drug cheats?

conference on elite performance

from Sportsci.org ML

THE ANALYSIS OF ELITE PERFORMANCE IN ITS CONTEXT ?
24 - 26 november 2004, INSEP, PARIS, FRANCE

Symposium
•The analysis of training: a qualitative stake in the preparation to elite performance.
•The analysis of elite performance in a competitive context: questions and methods.
•Simulation : A new instrument in research, training and education?
•The role of the context in the

lab management

Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty

can download the following chapters from the website.

Chapter 1 Obtaining and Negotiating a Faculty Position and Planning for Tenure
Chapter 2 The Scientific Investigator Within the University Structure
Chapter 3 Defining and Implementing Your Mission
Chapter 4 Staffing Your Laboratory
Chapter 5

junior athlete development

long term athlete development@USOC

It takes 8-12 years of training for an athlete to reach elite levels (10 year rule).
(Dr Balyi)

confusion on nandrolone in tennis

ATP on the rack@BBC

new swimsuit for Athens

Speedo goes top secret to develop suit@USA Today

gender-specific and stroke-specific models, increases a swimmer's speed in the water by reducing drag by 4%

Speedo Fastskin FSII



looks cool!

shoulder rotation characteristics in professional tennis players

Int J Sports Med 25: 154-158, 2004

The dominant arm (playing arm) had a significantly greater range of external rotation than the non-dominant arm

The internal rotation showed a significant deficit as compared to the non-dominant arm

best places for Postdocs to work

Best Places to Work for Postdocs 2004@the scientist

KEEPING POSTDOCS HAPPY: TOP TEN WAYS
1. Comprehensive collections of journals and books
2. Scientific career preparation
3. High quality research tools
4. Smooth communication in the lab
5. Quality research
6. Supportive colleagues
7. Well-maintained buildings
8. Scientific mentoring from PIs
9. Lab technical support
10.

how to get faculty positions?

Faculty Positions 1: Finding The Right Fit@Science Career

work experience@sports academy

i have started work experience at the Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS).

QAS provides elite athletes with expert coaching and cutting-edge support services.
The academy will also be the only state-sponsored Centre of Excellence for Applied Sport Science Research.

QAS has now re-located from South Brisbance to Nathan (old ANZ [QEII] stadium) with bigger and better facilities.

i look forward to

gene doping is possible!!

said Dr Lee Sweeney from Penn Muscle Institute@Uni Penn

the following is the related articles:

gene therapy could lead to super athletes@yahoo

gene doping is 'new frontier' for sports cheat@times

the GM 'super-athletes'@this is london

muscle buiding gene therapy might build super athletes, scientist warns@sfgate.com

HR rhythm monitoring

Dr. Ary Goldberger, a heart researcher in Harvard Uni, who has found
a way to turn heartbeats into music and then use this music as an aid to diagnosing the person's heart.

the idea may be used to monitor athletes' HR leading to diagnose overtraining.

advice for postdoc

Science careers

Postdoctoral Opportunities I ? Academic Initiation

• broader tr = grant writing, laboratory management, communication and presentation skills, and ethics and the responsible conduct of research
• cross-disciplinary process = interdisciplinary, collaboration
• criteria for selection = management + communication + personality
• finding the right location = key is to follow your

number of students@UK = sports sci > physics + chemistry

Daily Telegraph

universities fear science courses will disappear

the science of winning

UKSI news

London's science museum is organizing the science of sport exhibition from 13 Feb.

AIS has similar functions.

biological markers for overtraining

Pathol Biol

nothing special in this review and similar to review papers such as this and this.

we need a breakthrough paper which can lead to a new paradigm in the field of overtraining.

film "Miracle": a true story about US Olympic hockey team

the new Disney movie "Miracle" may blatantly manipulate your emotions -- but it's still inspirational and completely compelling@CNN

Prof Edward O Wilson online lecture @Harvard

on the relation of science and the humanities

60% of people trusted uni scientists

unexpected results@Guardian

Scientists often think the public will believe anything when it comes to
new research, but studies show that this viewpoint is unproven

finally...

i have submitted PhD thesis today.

it was nearly 3 years of hardworking.

the story of my thesis is:

1. individual differences exist in response to elite athletes' conditioning (training + recovery activities)
= used single-case research designs
2. their training load, recovery, performance, and performance readiness are fluctuating daily
= used randomization tests to analyze mean differences

sleep = inspires insight

Nature 427: 352 - 355, 2004

sleep = facilitates creativity

Nature 427: 304- 305, 2004

juggling alters the structure of human brain

nature 427: 311-312, 2004

the subjects showed a structural change in brain areas that are associated with the processing and storage of complex visual motion after 3 month of training

admirable scientist

E O Wilson@The Scientist 18 (1), 2004

heat chamber + cooling vest

games hottest in 50 years@David Martin (AIS)

Australain research grant on health and medicine

testing time in Australia@Scientists

Wertheim@SI predicts tennis in 2004

If you want to know what will happen in tennis in 2004, just read this

dire state of tennis in South Africa

Ferreira keen to help rebuild tennis in SA

what makes a champion swimmner?

talent identification

short distance: tall stature and long segment lengths
breathstroke + long distance: the shorter and stockier body builds

biology blog

MyLabIsOnFire

physiological models to understand adaptations

1. caridiovascular/neural recruitment model
2. energy supply/depletion model
3. musle recruitement/muscle power models
4. biomechanical model
5. psychological model

(Tim Noakes)

what is science?

science is the organized, systematic enterprise that
gathers knowledge about the world and condenses
the knowledge into testable laws and principles
(Edward O Wilson)

AIS strategy for heart stress at Athens

ice jackets

Inside the AIS

The Sports Factor@Radio National

why do we need one?
how did get one?
what has it achieved?