This post shares five strategies sports science and medicine practitioners can apply to accessing research.

This post continues to explore Training Adaptation Predictability Problem (TAPP) and how we can influence the cognitive and emotional dimensions of adaptation through an intentional approach to communication and the training environment.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way we learn, work, and create. While its rapid development can feel overwhelming, for those in sport science and strength and conditioning, it presents a major opportunity. In this interview, I sat down with Professor Greg Haff , one of the world’s leading figures in strength and conditioning research and education, to explore how AI and prompt engineering can extend the capacity of sports scientists, educators, and coaches. Pro

In this guest post, Sports Scientist Ashmeet Anand shares how he combines coaching intuition with advanced statistical techniques to transform athletic assessment of force plate data.

This post demonstrates the upgraded Action Apps Virtual Assistant (AAVA), an AI-powered chatbot that provides data viz from conversational prompts.

This PhD Pinboard article by Laura Dawson explores the validity, reliability, and application of accelerometer measures in tracking...

This post summarises our new research, supported by FIFA, that provides physical performance testing benchmarks across different levels of participation in women's football.

This post explains five reasons practitioners in sport should use the online research platform, ResearchGate, for their sports science and medicine research.

Understanding growth and maturation in youth athletes is essential to monitor physical development, reduce injury risk, and design training that matches their biological age.

This PhD Pinboard article by Rachel Mason explores the application of various wearable technologies for gait running analysis, providing key considerations for scientists and users alike.

In this post, guest author Scott McLean explains the characteristics of a complex systems and how systems thinking can be utilised in the...

This post explores the science and application of handheld dynamometry and the VALD DynaMo range.

This PhD Pinboard article by Tzlil Shushan explores how submaximal fitness tests (SMFTs) can be used to reliably and sensitively track...

This post is based on a recent VALD online workshop on Preseason Preparation and the VALD eBook 'Practitioner's Guide to Preseason',...