Experts in Sport
Episodes
E17: ‘Support, develop, empower’ - the dual-career journey of an athlete
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Host Martin Foster is joined by Dr Emily Cartigny (research associate for the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme) and Simon Wombwell (Education and D...
E16: Why the best players sometimes don't make it...
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Host Martin Foster (Applied Sport Management Lead) is joined by Loughborough University’s Richard Allen (Director of Football) and Jamie Taylor (Per...
E15: As athletes begin to return to training – what should practitioners be doing?
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Regular hosts Martin Foster (Applied Sport Management Lead) and Dr Martin Lindley (Senior Lecturer and Director of Biosciences) are joined by Loughbor...
E14: How can dietary nitrates improve elite level athlete performance?
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest host Dr Martin Lindley, Senior Lecturer and Director of Biosciences, is joined by Dr Stephen Bailey, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Nutri...
E13: What role does community sport play in tackling serious youth violence?
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With youth violence continuing to be a serious issue in UK society, this week’s Experts in Sport’ podcast looks at the role sport can play in supp...
E12: Can supplements boost your immune system?
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Host Martin Foster is joined by regular contributor Dr Martin Lindley, Senior Lecturer and Director of Biosciences within the University’s School of...
E11: Exercise, immune defence and illness in elite athletes
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With competition across the globe currently on pause, attention within sport has turned to maintaining athlete health and well-being. In this week’s...
E10: Has concussion in sport hit crisis point?
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Host Martin Foster is joined by Dr Dominic Malcolm, Reader in Sociology of Sport, and Kerry Glendon, a physiotherapist for Loughborough Sport to discu...
E9: What is Strength?
29 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Host Martin Foster is joined by Professor Jonathan Folland and Dr Richard Blagrove to discuss strength, how you build it and what methods are best for...
E8: Does sponsorship in sport have an unhealthy relationship with junk food?
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To kick off 2020, host Martin Foster (Applied Sport Management Lead) is joined by Joe Piggin, senior lecturer in Sport Management, to discuss junk foo...
E7: Athlete development and injuries
11 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Loughborough University’s Al Stewart, Head of Performance Support / Strength & Conditioning Lead at the new National Tennis Academy, is joined b...
E6: Corruption in Sport (Part 2)
28 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the second of a two-part series, Dr Argyro Elisavet Manoli, of the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, is joined by co-hosts Martin Fost...
E5: Corruption in Sport (Part 1)
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of a two-part series, Dr Argyro Elisavet Manoli, of the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, is joined by co-hosts Martin Foste...
E4: How to become one of the world’s best coaches
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Little, Andy Murray’s Strength and Conditioning Coach of the past 10 years, talks through his first steps in the industry, the skills he’s de...
E3: Female athletes and the menstrual cycle
17 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Richard Blagrove, Lecturer in Physiology, meets with Dr Georgie Bruinvels, Research Scientist at Orreco and co-creator of FitrWoman discuss how per...
E2: How will Brexit impact the Premier League?
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As Britain braces itself to leave the European Union on October 31st, question marks remain over the true lasting impact, if any at all, that this wil...
E1: Sports Psychology at an Elite Level
18 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Experts in Sport series begins with a discussion on sports psychology with Professor Paul Wylleman from the University of Brussels, alongside Loug...
An introduction to Experts in Sport
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Find out why you should listen to Experts in Sport: The Loughborough University Sportcast, a podcast which brings together sporting excellence and aca...