Sport Performance Research: Sexy, Underfunded, and With Underutilized Impact Potential

Beneke, Ralph

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“…Recent studies have shown that it is possible to carry out invasive research designs within the applied setting, utilizing typically viewed ‘laboratory methods’ such as muscle biopsies (Bradley et al., 2016) and doubly labelled water method (Anderson et al., 2017) with elite team sport athletes. Whilst it has been acknowledged that sport performance research is underfunded (Beneke, 2013), both academics/practitioners and external bodies (e.g. sporting teams, league representatives) should both look to contribute to finding solutions in order to overcome the potential barrier of funding to enhance our understanding of sport science.…”

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“…This approach has become more popular despite sports performance research being seen as underfunded and with underutilized impact potential (Beneke, 2013).…”

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“…The ARMSS model is broken down into eight stages: (1) defining the problem, (2) descriptive research, (3) predictors of performance, (4) experimental testing of predictors, (5) determinants of key performance predictors, (6) efficacy studies, (7) examination of barriers (and motivators) to uptake and (8) implementation studies in a real sporting setting. This approach has become more popular despite sport performance research being seen as underfunded and with underutilized impact potential (Beneke, 2013).…”

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Perspectives of applied collaborative sport science research within professional team sports

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The purpose of the study was to examine the perspectives of both academics and practitioners in relation to forming applied collaborative sport science research within team sports. Ninety-three participants who had previously engaged in collaborative research partnerships within team sports completed an online survey which focused on motivations and barriers for forming collaborations using blinded sliding scale (0-100) and rank order list. Research collaborations were mainly formed to improve the team performance (Academic: 73.6 ± 23.3; Practitioner: 84.3 ± 16.0; effect size (ES = 0.54), small). Academics ranked journal articles' importance significantly higher than practitioners did (Academic: M = 53.9; Practitioner: 36.0; z = -3.18, p = .001, p < q). However, practitioners rated one-to-one communication as more preferential (Academic: M = 41.3; Practitioner 56.1; z = -2.62, p = .009, p < q). Some potential barriers were found in terms of staff buy in (Academic: 70.0 ± 25.5; Practitioner: 56.8 ± 27.3; ES = 0.50, small) and funding (Academic: 68.0 ± 24.9; Practitioner: 67.5 ± 28.0; ES = 0.02, trivial). Both groups revealed low motivation for invasive mechanistic research (Academic: 36.3 ± 24.2; Practitioner: 36.4 ± 27.5; ES = 0.01, trivial), with practitioners have a preference towards 'fast' type research. There was a general agreement between academics and practitioners for forming research collaborations. Some potential barriers still exist (e.g. staff buy in and funding), with practitioners preferring 'fast' informal research dissemination compared to the 'slow' quality control approach of academics.

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“…This approach has become more popular despite sports performance research being seen as underfunded and with underutilized impact potential (Beneke, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Perspectives of applied collaborative sport science research within professional team sports

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Commentary on “Towards a Grand Unified Theory of sports performance”

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Sport science internships for learning: a critical view

Malone

2017

Advances in Physiology Education

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Sport science has gained vast popularity with students who have an interest in both physiology and the underpinning mechanisms of exercise concerning performance and health. The high numbers of graduates each year, coupled with the low number of graduate positions working in sports, has led to a high level of competition between students. To stand out from the crowd, sport science students may undertake an internship placement as part of their course, designed to enhance theoretical, practical, and soft skills in an applied setting. In the present article, we highlight some of the positives and negatives of sport science internships and ways in which they can be implemented and facilitated. Suggestions have also been provided to make students more aware of the reality of working in professional sports, which includes awareness of the potential for long and unsociable hours of work.

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Sport Performance Research: Sexy, Underfunded, and With Underutilized Impact Potential

Cited by 3 publications

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Perspectives of applied collaborative sport science research within professional team sports

Perspectives of applied collaborative sport science research within professional team sports

Commentary on “Towards a Grand Unified Theory of sports performance”

Sport science internships for learning: a critical view

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