Geelong Cats • NSW Waratahs • Australian Institute of Sport • Brumbies Rugby • Port Adelaide Power • Gloucester Rugby • PhD (ANU)
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If you don't apply information you learn, you'll forget 75% of it after just six days. hbr.org/2019/10/where-compan…
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Athlete hormonal (stress) response and associated team behaviour.
Can measuring stress hormones explain how and why intrateam/interagent behaviours emerge?
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#WithUsNotForUs 🙌 Celebrating the work of water carrier and ultimate hype man Sam Moorfoot on World Down Syndrome day.
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My final PhD paper is now available at
@RiSportsMed
We present some novel sprinting data from prospectively injured athletes 🏃♂️
📰 Free access below: tandfonline.com/eprint/SVQSN…
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New link for the Head of Strength and Conditioning role at Perth Glory Football Club.
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Hot off the press.
“When coach education and development does not reflect the complexity of expert coaching practice it can become a process that constrains learning and maintains cultural status-quos.”
Sportspeople: Queensland Reds Head Physiotherapist - Queensland Rugby Union sportspeople.com.au/jobs/749…
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(1) Set the highest standards for everyone;
(2) put people front and center;
(3) analyze mistakes continually—even when winning;
(4) foster an open, no-blame culture; (5) trust superstars but maintain authority;
and (6) relentlessly battle complacency hbr.org/2022/11/number-one-i…
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Diversity is smarter than homogeneity.
New data on 6.6 million science papers in all 45 subfields of medicine: mixed-gender teams generate more novel and influential work than same-gender teams.
Similarity breeds groupthink. Variety fuels deeper reflection and broader learning.
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The more support team members you put around an athlete, the more noise it might create.
For every person you add, lines of communication increase, increasing the chances of:
⬆️ Confusion
⬆️ Conflicting messages
⬆️ Distraction from performance
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Employers shouldn't discourage side hustles—or hesitate to hire people who have them.
Data: after engaging evenings on their side gigs, people perform better the next day in their full-time jobs.
Side hustles aren’t a distraction. They’re a source of energy and empowerment.
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New in nature reports by Haralabidis @SteffiColyer @Aki_Salo et al. ”Modifications to the net knee moments lead to the greatest improvements in accelerative sprinting performance: a predictive simulation study” 🚨 nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
Rarely do things like this come up. Here is an awesome opportunity to work with the great @DamianMarshy sportspeople.com.au/jobs/727…
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The main reason people reject science isn't political ideology. It's a lack of critical thinking.
Data: across the political spectrum, more sophisticated thinkers were generally more accurate in evaluating evidence.
Teaching reasoning skills is a key to depolarization.
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Nursing is one of the most mentally, physically, and emotionally demanding jobs there is. Their work is invaluable and we must do more to recognise that both socially and financially.
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Would you, and how much would you pay, for a newsletter that explains the basics how of neuroscience (and hormones) influences our behaviour in an easy to understand way?
I never thought finger length could be predictive of so much…frontiersin.org/article/10.3…