Sport performance and sports safety
This research program has a focus on elite player performance and safety as well as community based sport and includes research disciplines of:
- Biomechanics
- Injury epidemiology
- Injury prevention
- Sport physiology
- Sport psychology
- Strength and conditioning
Specific research areas of sport performance include:
- Speed and agility training and assessment
- Strength and conditioning
- Post-activation potentiation to enhance power development
- Plyometric training effects
- Training load, wellness, injury and performance in Australian football
- Hamstring eccentric strength testing for injury prevention in Australian football
Specific research areas of sports safety include:
- Sport surfaces performance and safety
- Injury prevention interventions across all sports
- Sports injury prevention education
- Water safety
Key industry partners
- North Ballarat Rebels- elite junior Australian football
- North Ballarat Roosters- semi-professional Australian football
- AFL clubs
- AFL community development
- Sport and Recreation Victoria
- Sport surface manufacturing industry
- Local Government authorities