UC Research Institute for Sport and Exercise
Building 29
11 Kirinari Street
Bruce, 2617
High performance sport and exercise
Our High-Performance Sport and Exercise theme brings together interdisciplinary research teams to optimise human performance. We integrate knowledge and methodologies from sport science, physiology, strength and conditioning, psychology, nutrition, performance analysis, skill acquisition, and data science, to enhance the capabilities of athletes and other high-performing individuals.
Our key capabilities and research areas include:
Holistic athlete monitoring
Holistic athlete monitoring
Utilising wearable tracking devices and self-report athlete monitoring systems to regularly monitor the load and wellness of athletes.
Athlete testing and profiling
Athlete testing and profiling
Employing field, laboratory, and gym-based testing and monitoring protocols to assess the physical performance of athletes.
Athlete preparation
Athlete preparation
Implementing interventions (such as training and nutritional interventions) to physically prepare athletes for the demands of training and competition.
Competition analysis
Competition analysis
Using wearable tracking devices and video analysis to evaluate physical and tactical performance during competition.
Female athletes
Female athletes
Addressing the unique challenges that female athletes (developing and elite) experience in their daily training and competition environments.
Our research is primarily industry-embedded, as we work closely with end-users (e.g., coaches and athletes) to co-design applied and impactful research projects.
Our partnerships extend across sport institutes and academies (such as the Australian Institute of Sport, ACT Academy of Sport, NSW Institute of Sport, QLD Academy of Sport), state and national sporting organisations (such as Capital Football, Triathlon Australia, Snow Australia, Rugby Australia, and Australian Sailing), and sports clubs (such as Brumbies Rugby and ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ Raiders).
Importantly, our researchers have a particular interest in supporting Women in Sport, as evidenced by our ongoing projects with industry partners such as ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ United A-League W team, ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ Raiders women’s National Rugby League (NRLW) team, and the Brumbies Super W rugby team.
Learm more about our current Women in Sports projects
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- Dr Michael Maloney, Skill Acquisition
- Dr Michelle Minehan, Nutrition and Dietetics
- Billy Mason: The use of acute exercise interventions as game day priming strategies to improve physical performance and athlete readiness in team-sport athletes.
- Riley Brassington: The unique demands and key characteristics of female rugby league players.
- Shaun Cameron: A quantitative approach to valuing rugby league players based on their contribution to team success.
- Craig Bolger: Evaluating the physical demands of female rugby union.
- Joshua Waugh: Advancing athlete monitoring practices for enhanced performance in women’s football.
- Mollie Highfield: Enablers and Challenges for Female Athlete Development on Australian Olympic Sailing Pathways
- Davide Mondin: Physiological and Performance Development in Talented Emerging Female Athletes.
- Elliot Dobie: Performance profiling and physical preparation in female snow sports athletes.
- Lachlan Kerin: Performance, profiling and tapering in elite female swimmers.
- Sara Chica Latorre: Understanding the relationship between dietary intake, inflammatory potential and menstrual cycle symptomology in sportswomen.
- Claire Buechel: Nutritional approaches to support refeeding post chronic energy restriction in athletes
- Penny Slater: REDs education for triathletes.
- Adem Kocak: Nutrition and sleep in combat athletes.
- Michael Pengelly: The effect of iron deficiency on sport specific performance among female athletes and supplementation to mitigate the consequences experienced from deficiencies.
- Andrie Steyn: Jet lag and travel fatigue in elite athletes.