Ross is the Chair of Sports Science at the University of Edinburgh (from January 2000) and is the Coaches' Infoservice Swimming Digest Editor.
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Peaking for the Olympic Games: Most swimmers don’t! |
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Surprising results emerged from a study of 301 swimmers at the Athens Olympic Games. Most swimmers had a decline in performance at the Games compared to their entry times. The medal winners and finalists tended to surpass their entry times. Researchers Vladimir Issurin, Leonard Kaufman, Gilad Lustig and Gershon Tenenbaum offered three probable reasons – emotional strain and anxiety; metabolic changes induced by emotional and physical stress; and insufficient training during the final stage of preparation which may reduce aerobic and anaerobic capacity, muscle mass and power
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Issurin, V., Kaufman, L, Lustig, G., and Tenenbaum, G. (2006). The problem of peaking in view of evidences from the Athens Olympic Games. In J.P. Vilas-Boas, F. Alves, A. Marques (eds.) Xth International Symposium on Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming, University of Porto, Porto, June, 2006. pp.299-301.
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Dr Richard Budgett offers some possible reasons for underperformance with an interesting mix of anecdotal and scientific evidence.
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Budgett, R. Unexplained underperformance syndrome. 16th FINA World Sports Medicine Congress, Manchester, 2008. |
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An audio-visual presentation by Dr David Gerrard covers issues relating to children in aquatic sports including ethical duties of care; training overload and staleness; social, metional and physical pressures on children; and illness and injury.
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Gerrard, D. (2008). Children in aquatic sport: A shared clinical responsibility. 16th FINA World Sports Medicine Congress, Manchester, 2008. |
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How long and what sort of taper? |
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Inigo Mujika explains the scientific background to making informed decisions regarding the tapering to enable swimmers to peak for main events.
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Mujika, I. (2008). Performance modelling and tapering. 16th FINA World Sports Medicine Congress, Manchester, 2008. |
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