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Using Swiss Cheese to Reduce Injury Risk
The Swiss Cheese model of accidents has been applied to the COVID-19 pandemic defence. It can also be applied to injury risk reduction.

Jo Clubb
5 min read


Juggling Value & Burden in Data Collection
When considering a data collection process, it is important to deliberate on both value and burden it will place on the athlete.

Jo Clubb
5 min read


The Dark Side of Expertise: Cognitive Entrenchment
As you develop greater expertise, you have the potential to become entrenched in your thinking. How do you avoid cognitive entrenchment?

Jo Clubb
5 min read


Do you change your mind when the facts change?
It is our duty as scientists to maintain doubt, consider the (un)certainty, and update our beliefs on the basis of new evidence.

Jo Clubb
5 min read


Training Load: Science or Semantics?
One group propose the terms load and training load breach “principles of science”, including the SI, & should be abandoned in sports science

Jo Clubb
6 min read


Winning "Unwinnable" Games with Calendar Optimisation
No matter the constraints (opponents, time, turnarounds, locations), there is always an opportunity to put the team in a position to perform

Jo Clubb
6 min read


Examining the Worst Case Scenario Approach
The worst case scenario stemmed from practitioners & researchers seeking to understanding the most demanding passages of play. Is it valid?

Jo Clubb
5 min read


Perspectives on Perspectives: Using the Zoom Button
When I watch the incredible Cosmic Eye video (below), I think of a particularly desirable skillset of a support staff member: the ability...

Jo Clubb
5 min read


When Interventions Do More Harm Than Good
“Naïve interventionism” describes intervening, based on an urge to help, without weighing up the potential harm of such an intervention.

Jo Clubb
5 min read


Why ‘best practice’ is not always best in sport
I am proud to share news of a new publication with my good friend and former colleague at the Buffalo Bills, Will Greenberg. Our...

Jo Clubb
2 min read


Elite football of 2030 will not be the same as that of 2020
I am happy to share a new publication I was recently involved in. In this letter to the editor, we respond to a prior editorial by George...

Jo Clubb
1 min read


How Training Load is Used in Elite Sport for Athlete Management
This post outlines our new publication in the International Journal of Sports Medicine on how training load is used for athlete...

Jo Clubb
2 min read


Why we Need to Rethink using Bar Graphs
Data visualisation is an important skill for all sports scientists. Here, we consider how we best display data in graphs.

Jo Clubb
5 min read


The End of Average… in Sports Science
This post discusses the book 'The End of Average' and what the talking points mean in the context of sports science. When was the last...

Jo Clubb
5 min read


Data Organisation in Spreadsheets
This posts explains important considerations for how to organise data in spreadsheets for sports science.

Jo Clubb
6 min read
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