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Spotlight: Talent, Trust and Testing Transparency
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If you enjoy the podcast, you’ll love our Discourse community. Become a member of “The Science of Sport” community by joi…
1 year, 1 month ago
MARATHON SPECIAL: London & Boston Round-Up / Pacesetters or Not? / We Test What is Claimed to be the World's Fastest Shoe
Season 7 Episode 8
In this round-up of the two big spring marathons—Boston and London—Mike and Ross rate the performances of the top athletes while debating whether pac…
1 year, 1 month ago
Spotlight: The Birds & the Bees of Sports Science Research Papers. How Research is Conceived & Delivered
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1 year, 2 months ago
Spotlight: The UK Supreme Court and Implications for Women's Sport / A Tour of World Records, Paris Roubaix and Discourse Achievers
We’ve got a blockbuster episode of Spotlight for you today.
We kick things off with an important discussion around women’s sport and transgender athle…
1 year, 2 months ago
Spotlight: Fatigue as a Risk, a Requirement and a Red Herring / Grand Slam Track Reactions / New Olympic Sports
In this Spotlight episode, Ross and Gareth tackle a provocative question: should sports embrace fatigue to make the show better? We kick off with rug…
1 year, 2 months ago
Heat, Hydration and 'Bum Clinics': The Science of Event Medicine
Season 7 Episode 7
Join the team as they dive into the complex world of event sports medicine with guest Dr Darren Green. The team talk about the complexity of setting …
1 year, 2 months ago
Spotlight: Matters of the Heart / Heart Health in Marathon Runners / Max HR / Concussion and Coaches
It's a heart-to-heart on Spotlight today, as Gareth and Ross kick off by discussing a Discourse question about whether running marathons is bad for y…
1 year, 2 months ago
Spotlight: A New IOC President / A New Tool To Protect Women's Sport / A New Power Metric
It's a bumper Spotlight in a bumper week of big sports news. To cover it comprehensively, Ross & Gareth are joined by Sean Ingle of The Guardian to …
1 year, 2 months ago
Spotlight: Teen Sprint Phenoms Accelerate / Talent Difference Makers / Community Rugby Concussion Insights
In this Spotlight, Gareth and Ross kick off by looking back at teen sprint phenom Gout Gout's latest performances, which continue to project a specta…
1 year, 3 months ago
Spotlight: Physiological "Frugality", Power and Speed / Discourse Fuelling Success / Trans Sport Update
In this week's Spotlight, we swing the light from cycling to doping, via trans news updates and some success stories from our Discourse members. We k…
1 year, 3 months ago