Dr Phil Hurst discusses why placebo-controlled trials are needed to determine whether Nike Vaporfly trainers improve performance.
Category: Sport
The importance of physical activity and health education to support mental health
On World Mental Health Day, Dr Kristy Howells, discusses the power of physical activity and how it can improve the mental health of children and adults.
#GreatCoaching within sport
For Coaching Week 2019, Dr Kristy Howells, Dr Laura Gubby, Dr Katie Dray and Dr Hayley Mills celebrate the importance of great coaches and how they can inspire people to take-up sport and to keep active.
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#BalanceforBetter within Sport
For International Women’s Day Dr Kristy Howells, Dr Laura Gubby, Dr Katie Dray and Dr Hayley Mills explore how sport can become more gender-balanced.
Supporting children inside and out with physical activity
For Children’s Mental Health Week Dr Kristy Howells explains how physical activity should be seen as key to supporting good mental health in young people.
Iron Girl – patronising or inclusive?
Dr Kristy Howells and Dr Laura Gubby ask if the newly named Iron Girl event helping to promote inclusivity in sport.
We need a revived importance of PE to help children be active
Following a recent survey showing that children in England aren’t achieving the recommended amount of daily activity, Dr Laura Gubby looks at how we improve children’s physical confidence.
This Girl Can
Dr Laura Gubby explores the importance of encouraging female students and staff at university to become active.
Smoke and mirrors – is sport investment harming public health?
Professor Mike Weed, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise discusses if sport investment is harming public health.
Don’t ignore your partial swing if you want to improve your golf
Dr Mathew Brown and Sam Todd explain how golfers need to work on their partial swing shots if they want to improve their golf.