New Paper: The Contact Conundrum: Are We Introducing Contact at the Correct Time in Youth Sports?
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New Paper: Using markerless motion capture to explore changes in tackle kinematics and load-based tackling technique proficiency www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... by Lara Paul 🏉🔬
New Paper: Ready or Not; A Narrative Synthesis of Sports Medicine Practitioners' Practices During Return to Play in the Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Training Design Notes 3 - Performance - Learning Paradox rugbyscientists.com/2025/11/18/t...
New Paper: Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the Female, woman and girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...
New Paper: Player-Level Tackle Training Interventions in Tackle-Collision Sports: A Systematic Scoping Review by Demi Davidow 🏉🔬
Full Article: sportsmedicine-open.springeropen.com/articles/10....
Rugby Science Training Design Notes 2 🏉🔬
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Rugby Science Training Design Notes 1 🏉🔬 rugbyscientists.com
New Paper: Tackle Height and Tackle Success—An Analysis of 52,204 Tackle in @eurojsportscience.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Special Issue 🚨🚨🚨
Whether you’re a coach, clinician, scientist, or fan, join us in pushing for a safer, more inclusive, and more evidence-informed future for women’s rugby. 🏉 🔬🏆 #RWC2025
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At #ECSS2025 #Rimini we celebrated our 25th Anniversary 🎉🎊 @ecssofficial.bsky.social
We reflected on the first issue and the road to Q1 and #openaccess status 💛
The journal continues to grow from strength to strength
Thank you to all involved! 🙌🙏💛 #WeAreSportScience #SportScience
Rugby Science Update 26
Performance Demands and Technical Determinants for Tackle and Ruck in 7s
Impact of contextual factors on elite 7s match-play movement demands
Effects of light-load vs. heavy-load jump squats as priming activities in 7s
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New Paper: Challenge Accepted: A Systematic Scoping Review of the Applications of the Challenge Point Framework
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New Editorial: ‘Tackling’ safety through a systems thinking approach: building safety culture within sport @BJSM_BMJ bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/1... @mitchnaughtonphd.bsky.social 🏉🔬
Check out The South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) - Physical Activity - conquering cancer and cardiovascular disease bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/10
(Un) Productive Academic - How to forget what you read healthsciencereviews.com/2025/05/08/h...
UCT Faculty of Health Sciences Honours Open Day 21 May 2025
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New Paper : Lowered tackle height law variation in Scottish men’s community rugby: a video analysis evaluation of 18 702 tackles across two seasons bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/11/2... 🔬🏉
Our latest systems thinking work with an international team of collaborators in rugby science -
‘Tackling’ safety through a systems thinking approach: building safety culture within sport
Led by @shariefhendricks.bsky.social and Dr Scott McLean
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New Paper: Can a novel computer vision-based framework detect head-on-head impacts during a rugby league tackle?
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New Paper: The Performance Demands and Technical Determinants for Tackle and Ruck Success During the Pool and Knockout Stages of the Men's International World Rugby Sevens Series onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 🏉🔬
Congrats Demi Davidow 🙌🏽🥳 @eurojsportscience.bsky.social @ecssofficial.bsky.social
New Paper: A global survey exploring tackle training knowledge, attitudes and practices of women's rugby union coaches journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… 🏉🔬
