Sport science articles
Australia has long led the way in terms of optimizing talen for sporting success. We look at why the Australians are so good at sport and ask if perhaps we can learn from them?
This is part of a series of articles looking at SA's failure to produce world class long distance champions, despite having the capacity to do so. We investigate the problems
One of South Africa's most promising young cyclists, Ryan Cox, recently passed away aged just 28. We look at the science in the immediate aftermath of this sad loss for SA cycling
One of the more controversial topics in sports science is dehydration and drinking during exercise. It's an area we take an interest in, so we look at this in more detail here
Recently, a number of new theories for running technique have been proposed. They make claims ranging from performance to less injury. We examine the claims.
The second part of a series looking at whether there is an optimal running technique. In today's post, we look at running biomechanics and investigate Pose and Chi in more detail.
Today is the Fourth part of our series looking at the perfect running technique. Today we look at some practical tips that will improve everyone's running, without radical change
A 50m solo run, 114kg of sheer muscle power, only 7% body fat, and a prehistoric warrior lookalike to top it all. No wonder Chabal is becoming a legend.
In this second part of our series looking at men and women, we look at the physiological differences between the genders and evaluate running ability accordingly.
Are women really better long-distance runners than men are? We look at this controversial and interesting question in a series of three articles.
Gone are the the days where soccer was a game played only on the field. Today an army of people in lab coats ranging from psychologists to biomechanics underpin the modern game.
A look at SA sports, the problems affecting it, and a solution to the problem.
South Africa recently failed to win a medal at the IAAF World Champs. For a nation that has produced world beaters, this is the latest in a series of failures. We investigate...
In a series of articles, we've looked at SA athletics. In this article, we examine responses from the readers, and attempt to describe some of the key problems affecting the sport
Every once in a while, an athlete suffers a heart attack and it sends shock waves through the sports world. The 'invincibles' are clearly not! We look at the science behind this.
We look at the physiology of altitude training - does it work? How would it work?
Part 1 of a series of posts looking at whether there is a "proper way to run". In this post, we examine the philosophical debate of whether our natural running technique is wrong.
The third of our series looking at running technique. Today we review the scientific evidence on the Pose running technique and consider whether mass technique training works.
As an addendum to yesterday's post, today we look at whether the prescription of running technique can be compared to that of medicines. An interesting analogy...
This is the first part of our series looking at men vs. women, and we begin by looking at the question of whether women will ever catch and beat men at marathons.
In this final part of our series on men vs. women in running, we look at the theory that women are better long-distance runners.
FINA approves the Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit - and opens the can of worms
