In Australia, women are under-represented in organised sport—as participants, coaches, officials, administrators, and board members—when compared to their male cohort. A variety of strategies exist to help equalise opportunities for girls and women, however, concerns continue on how gender bias may prevent them from receiving the full benefits sport and physical activity (PA) can offer.
Read moreIn practical terms ‘sport’ is defined by its social interpretation as well as its strong association with physical exertion and performance measures. What we perceive as ‘sport’ in one instance may not be in another; sport takes on many forms and is constantly changing based upon societal norms, trends, and new directions.
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28 May 2021: 29 Apr 2014. Dr Rod Havriluk, Swimming Technology Research. Powerpoint Slides(PDF • 1.8 mb). Biography. Dr. Havriluk is co-author with Dr Theodore Becker on swimming research projects. Synopsis. Previous research showed that immediately after the
28 May 2021: She is a collaborator of the Centre of Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport. ... Synopsis. Competitive swimming is a cyclic sport performed with the aim of traveling a given distance as fast as possible.
28 May 2021: 30 Apr 2014. Raul Arellano, University of Granada, Spain. Biography. Raul Arellano is a professor at the University of Granada, Spain. He is the chief of Biomechanics for the Spanish Olympic Swimming Team. His research interests are propulsion
28 May 2021: Biography. Flávio Antônio de Souza Castro is from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, where he teaches swimming and leads the Research Group in Aquatics Sports.
28 May 2021: 30 Apr 2014. Assoc. Prof. Ludovic Seifert, Faculty of Sport Sciences of Rouen, France. ... Powerpoint Slides(PDF • 751.1 kb). Biography. Ludovic Seifert is associate professor at the faculty of Sport Sciences of Rouen in France and works on Sport
28 May 2021: 29 Apr 2014. Mike Barber,, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Powerpoint Slides(PDF • 960.2 kb). Biography. Mike Barber was a graduate student at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Synopsis. Front crawl swimming is a cyclic
28 May 2021: 29 Apr 2014. Dr Georgios Machtsiras, Edinburgh Napier University. Biography. Dr Georgios Machtsiras is a lecturer at the Edinburgh Napier University and a research assistant at the University of Edinburgh. Georgios’ research interests in swimming
28 May 2021: 30 Apr 2014. Dr Hiroshi Ichikawa, Aichi Gakuin University. Powerpoint Slides(PDF • 1.1 mb). Biography. Dr Hiroshi Suito works at the Aichi Gakuin University in the Faculty of Psychological and Physical Science. Synopsis. The 6-beat kick, which is
28 May 2021: 30 Apr 2014. Gina Sacilotto, PhD Candidate, AIS. Biography. Gina Sacilotto is aiming to complete PhD in swimming by March 2014. Her PhD is entitled ‘Resistive forces and technique analysis in elite sprint front crawl swimming’. She has been at
28 May 2021: Stevenson and Morehouse, 1978). As the swimming events have been decided by less than a second, the swimming starting analysis has assumed an important role in sport biomechanists scope.