IMPROVING SPORTING PERFORMANCE THROUGH SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGY
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OPTIMISE TRAINING PROGRAMMES
Ensuring athletes have a training programme which enables them to be in peak condition for a major competition.
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Performance Partnership Plan
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Performance Support Teams
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Service Delivery
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Technological Development & Training Science
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MAXIMISE COMPETITION PERFORMANCE
Enabling athletes to deliver winning performances in major tournaments and have the support they need to perform at their best in the heat of battle.
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Physical preparation
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Mental preparation
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Tactical preparation
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Equipment Research & Innovation
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IMPROVE ATHLETE HEALTH & WELLBEING
Injury and illness are the two biggest factors that prevent athletes from achieving improvements in performance. The EIS works to better understand these factors and minimise risks through:
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Day-to-Day support
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Pre-habilitation
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Monitoring
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Sport Specific Risks
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Intensive Rehabilitation
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Research Projects
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IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP TALENT
The EIS/UK Sport Performance Pathways team aims to identify, nurture and develop future talent and provides a series of services to help NGBs improve their performance development systems including:
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Support & Education
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Benchmarking
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Research Projects
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National Recruitment Campaigns
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300
Delivering more than
Employees
hours of service per week
1100 with over
years collective experience
London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
The EIS worked with...
27/29
of medal winning sports
86% of Medallists
These include:
Jessica Ennis-Hill
David Weir
Mo Farah
Sir Bradley Wiggins
Ellie Simmonds
CASE STUDY:
PENALTY CORNER ANALYSIS HELPS HOCKEY HIT THE TARGET
Penalty corners represent a significant scoring opportunity in hockey and frequently account for more than a third of all goals scored in a tournament. An EIS performance analyst and biomechanist worked on a method to help the team improve the technique of its players, improving the conversion rate of penalty corners. GB Hockey’s Women’s Assistant Coach, Karen Brown, said “The drag flick is a very important skill in hockey and the 3D analysis work we did with the players allowed them to make some small alternations to their technique which not only improved it and gave them greater power, but also gave them confidence that they were executing the technique correctly.
CASE STUDY:
IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY AND IMPACT OF ALTITUDE TRAINING ACROSS ENDURANCE SPORTS
In the 2009-13 Olympic cycle, EIS physiologists worked on a range of projects to increase understanding of altitude training. This led to a development of a test using a carbon monoxide re-breathing technique to enable scientists to measure the amount of haemoglobin in an athlete’s blood. This breakthrough was a step forward from previous techniques that only measured the ‘concentration’ of haemoglobin in the blood rather than the actual amount (‘mass’). It means that coaches and Performance Directors can now be more precise and better informed in planning their altitude strategies, moving towards a more individualised approach to this type of training which reflects the physiological make-up of the athlete.
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