Sports Medicine & Exercise Science Video Collection - free access

We have access to this video collection until 14^th February.

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Sports Medicine and Exercise Science in Video is the most extensive video collection ever assembled in the areas of fitness and health assessment, disease management, injury treatment, nutrition, medical fitness, sport science, work-site wellness, exercise adherence, and much more. Developed through an exclusive partnership with Healthy Learning, the world’s leading producer of sports medicine videos, the collection features an array of internationally renowned physicians, exercise scientists, certified athletic trainers, physical therapists, registered dietitians, sport psychologists, personal trainers, and health/wellness experts who share information, ideas, and insights on the principles, techniques, and modalities of modern exercise science and sports medicine.

To access the trial click here ( you will require your library PIN number).

Training Load Monitoring & Athlete Management Conference - Oct. 3rd

The Sport Science and Health programme at ITT in association with the IRFU will be running a half day research event on Training Load Monitoring and Athlete Management Conference on October 3rd.

Dr. Tim Gabbett has 20 years’ experience working as an applied sport scientist with athletes and coaches from a wide range of sports including Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, Basketball, Australian Football, and Cricket and has consulted with world leading sports teams and organisations including Manchester United, the New Zealand Rugby Union the Australian Institute of Sport, the National Rugby League and a number of AFL teams. Tim has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles and has presented at over 100 national and international conferences. He is committed to performing world-leading research that can be applied in the ‘real world’ to benefit high performance coaches and athletes.

At this unique event, Tim will present his world leading research in team sports and will cover topics such as:

- The relationship between training load and injury

- Injury prediction models

- Return to train, play and “compete” plans

- The protective effect of training

This half-day conference is ideal for sports coaches, S&C coaches, sport scientists and medical staff members who are looking to enhance their understanding of athlete training load monitoring and management.

The course is priced at €75 and can be booked online HERE. 

The course can also be booked by contacting Niamh Nash on 01-6473835 or niamh.nash@irfu.ie.