Queen's Baton Relay Scientific Webinar on Applied Research to Improve Sports Performance

As a leading sponsor of the Commonwealth Games 2022 and the Official Partner of the Queen’s Baton Relay, the University of Birmingham is proud to present a Scientific Webinar on Applied Research to Improve Sports Performance. This online event will be led by the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, and co-hosted by the Physical Education and Sports Science academic group within the National Institute of Education at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

The event features speakers from the University of Birmingham, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Sports Institute, and the National Youth Sports Institute (Singapore). It will be a platform to share multidisciplinary, cross-cultural and inter-sector experiences and perspectives on how applied sports science research can be developed and used to improve sports performance. Experts in research and practice will share their insights on select topics relevant to applied sports science and there will be plenty of opportunity for delegates to ask questions to the speakers. The Webinar will be of interest to sports science, fitness and rehabilitation practitioners, academics and students interested in the application of sports science research.

Agenda:

0830 (GMT)/1630 (SG Time)

Introduction to the event

Professor Sarah Aldred – Head, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Associate Professor Koh Koon Teck – Head, Physical Education & Sports Science, National Institute of Education at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

0840 – 09:47 (GMT)/1640 - 1747 (SG Time)

Session 1  Chair – Associate Professor Stephen Burns - Assistant Dean, Sport Science & Management, Physical Education & Sports Science, National Institute of Education at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Speaker - Professor Barry Drust – Industrial Professorial Fellow, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Title: How sports science can support performance in sport – insights from applied research in football

Speaker – Assistant Professor John Komar - Physical Education & Sports Science, National Institute of Education at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Title: “Even if we end up bottom of the table, we must always play our style of football” (M. Sarri) – Can data reveal the best way of playing football?

Speaker – Goh Wan Xiu, Singapore Sport Institute

Title: Bridging the Gap between Science and Technique in Ten-pin Bowling

0947 – 09:50 (GMT)/1747 - 1750 (SG Time)

Brief screen break

 0950 – 1059 (GMT)/1750-1859 (SG time)

Session 2   Chair – Associate Professor Gareth Wallis – Head of Research, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Speaker – Associate Professor Rebekah Lucas - School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Title: Optimizing performance in hot conditions – insights from applied physiology research

Speaker – Assistant Professor Alicia Goodwill - Physical Education & Sports Science, National Institute of Education at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Title: Cross-education strength training: applications for rehabilitation in sport

Speaker - Chan Tin Wing, National Youth Sports Institute, Singapore

Title: Low Energy Availability & Eating Disorders - A Comparison in Female Youth Athletes and Ballet Dancers (Preliminary Analysis)

1059 - 1100 (GMT)/1859-1900 (SG Time)

Closing remarks  

Associate Professor Gareth Wallis – Head of Research, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom