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Introduction
Richard has worked in SETU (formally WIT) since 2005 in the Department of Sport & Exercise Science on a wide range of undergrad and postgrad courses. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Limerick examining the Biomechanics of Elite Athletes. He holds an MSc in Sports Psychology and Physiology from Ithaca College New York.
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September 2004 - present
South East Technological University
Position
- Lecturer
April 2012 - April 2017
September 2005 - present
Education
April 2013 - April 2017
August 2003 - June 2004
September 1999 - June 2003
Publications
Publications (13)
The purpose of this systematic review was to search the scientific literature for original research, addressing the effects different forms of resistance-based training have on sprinting performance in competitive sprinters. Specific key words (Sprinters OR Sprint) NOT (Rugby, Soccer, Cycling, Swimming, Paralympic, Nutrition) were used to search re...
The aim of this study was to explore expert coaches’ perceptions of resistance-based training for sprinting. This research posed three broad questions: (i) What resistance exercises are being performed by competitive sprinters? (ii) Why coaches have selected these exercises over others? (iii) How athletics coaches control and implement their use in...
Boxing coaches’ experiential knowledge from a variety of environments can be used to affirm quantitative findings and shed light on areas for future investigation. Five interviews were conducted with expert amateur boxing coaches on straight punch technique in amateur boxing. Reflexive thematic analysis revealed themes regarding the contributing bo...
There is an ever-present need to objectively measure and analyze sports motion for the determination of correct patterns of motion for skill execution. Developments in performance analysis technologies such as inertial measuring units (IMUs) have resulted in enormous data generation. However, these advances present challenges in analysis, interpret...
Human Activity Recognition (HAR) involves recognising and classifying human activities from data
collected by sensors through machine learning (ML) techniques. The assessment of athletic movement via
HAR has benefited sport performance analysis by identifying technical and tactical performance indicators.
Hurling is a dynamic stick and ball inva...
Hurling is a stick-and-ball field game, predominantly
played in Ireland. Knee injuries are frequent in Hurling and are
associated with ongoing issues such as reinjury and decreased
performance. Analysis of sport motion is crucial for understanding
the quality of the technical aspects of sport skill, and to identify risk
factors of injury. The...
The developments in the field of sports activity recognition and performance analysis research have been expedited by the advances in motion analysis technologies for data acquisition (Richter et al., 2021). During the time that these technologies were developed and inversely applied, there were coupled advancements in machine learning algorithms f...
The objective of this study was to systematically review the inertial measuring unit (IMU)-based methods employed in technique analysis research in team and individual swing sports, and to evaluate the supervised machine learning methods applied for activity detection and classification.
A total of 13 study characteristic parameters were extracte...
The purpose of this study was to determine the concurrent validity of a treadmill-mounted photoelectric system (Optojump) for measuring spatiotemporal parameters of runners at a range of running speeds (12-16 km/h). Ten participants ran for 20 s at each of three different speeds (12, 14 and 16 km/h) on a HP Cosmos Pulsar treadmill while spatiotempo...
The hurdle jump is a commonly prescribed plyometric exercise for sprint athletes. The purpose of this study was to assess the lower body kinematic differences between maximal velocity sprinting and hurdle jumps performed over a range hurdle heights. Six competitive male sprinters performed maximum effort sprints over 50 m and hurdle jumps over 0.60...
Introduction Much of the research which focuses on improving sprinting performance has been carried out with team sport athletes or endurance athletes (Berryman, West et al., 2013). There is little consensus with the prescription of resistance based training within this body of research. The majority of studies carried out with sprinters have been...
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So far I have found - 6
1998 - Blazevich & Jenkins
2002 - Blazevich & Jenkins
2011 - KLIMENTINI et al
2012 - Natalia Romero-Franco et al
2013 - Fernandez et al
2013 - Kamandulis et al
