Dr A Dinsdale
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Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
About the Project
The Carnegie School of Sport and Perform Better Limited invite Masters by Research Applications for a Funded Project to ‘Explore the 1080 Sprint Capabilities to Enhance both acute Change of Direction Performance and the Associated Underlying Mechanical Properties’
This full-time Masters by Research will commence 1st February 2021.
The partnership between Leeds Beckett University and Perform Better will create unique opportunities for the Master’s student to carry out research projects in collaboration with Perform Better at the Carnegie School of Sport using equipment at the Carnegie School of Sport’s new state-of-the-art strength and conditioning laboratory.
Developed by 1080 motion and marketed since 2014, the 1080 sprint is a relatively new training and testing device, which provides the user with a wide range of innovative monitoring and training stimuli specially designed for both linear and multi-directional speed development. The 1080 sprint has the capacity to provide both a fixed and variable resistance throughout the sprinting task. In addition, the 1080 monitors the performance of each sprint providing feedback on the athlete’s velocity, force and power generated within each foot contact. Currently the focus of the existing body of evidence centres on linear speed development (Carlos-Vivas et al, 2020; Stattin 2019; Mangine et al., 2018; Bergkvist et al., 2015). Whereas, a novel aspect to the 1080 sprint is its ability to provide a resistive/assistive stimulus to a change of direction (COD) task combined with real-time, detailed data of each phase. Providing a specific horizontal load to multidirectional movements has many potential benefits to strength and conditioning practitioners. One potential application is the usage of multi-directional overload as a Postactivation Potentiation stimulus (PAP) on short-term COD performance. Currently, there is an absence of research literature exploring the usage of the 1080 sprint within this context. Therefore, the purpose of this project is to explore the 1080 sprint capabilities to enhance both acute change of direction performance, as well as the associated underlying mechanical properties.
Leeds Beckett University and Perform Better are delighted to offer one fully funded (fees only) Masters by Research (MRes) opportunity to address some of the gaps in the existing literature.
How to Apply
Complete an application form and provide a research proposal. The application form and criteria can be found at https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/carnegie-school-of-sport/research/perform-better
Applicants should add the project reference PB2 in the email subject line when applying.
The deadline for applications is midnight on 11th November 2020.
Contacts
We would encourage you to discuss your application with the project Academic Lead, Dr Alex Dinsdale at [Email Address Removed].
If you have any questions about the application form or submitting your application please contact The Graduate School Admissions at [Email Address Removed] or 0113 812 5375. All applications to be submitted to [Email Address Removed]
The Project is subject to external funding
The successful candidates will need to be based in Leeds for the studentship
Funding Notes
The MRes is full-time and comes with UK/EU Fees paid for a period of one year.
A laptop will be provided and office space (subject to LBU COVID arrangements for return to campus) and the opportunity to apply for funding to support the research project.
You maybe entitle to a Postdoctoral loan to assist with living costs. To find out more about this please go to the Goverment website at https://www.gov.uk/funding-for-postgraduate-study or view our LBU Postgraduate Funding website at https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/studenthub/postgraduate-funding/
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