Physiological characteristics in women's elite football: investigating performance and health (MRes)

Background

UWS has established a partnership with Hamilton Academical Women’s Football Club aimed at facilitating applied experience with a specialised research focus (MRes) on best practice across sport science within female football. The Women’s squad compete in the Scottish Women’s Premier League. 

About the role

You are expected to work diligently and to form a productive professional relationship based on collaborative interests with the coaching and support staff. You will assist and support activities related to general programs run at the club. On a regular basis, you will collect and integrate separate data collection of external and internal loads, for example:

• Daily monitoring – training & match days
• Performance based testing
• GPS systems
• Heart rate monitors

You may also have the opportunity to inform and deliver strength & conditioning sessions relating to individual athlete programmes; on pitch conditioning; and preparation for training and games with some elements of injury prevention.

In the long-term, you will conduct a research project addressing an agreed relevant topic within one of the major fields of interest in sport science, training and monitoring, strength and conditioning. Your role will potentially help generating impacting evidence on the following topics (these are examples and not definitive list):

1. The evaluation and interpretation of training and match physiological and athletic demands.
2. The tracking of longitudinal changes in physical and athletic capabilities over time and align them with respect to the performance developmental of the athletes.
3. The longitudinal and/or cross-sectional report and analysis of long-term training planning.
4. The dissemination of findings and recommendations back to the club and other relevant individuals (scientific audience, coaching and sport science staff, players).
5. Collection and interpretation of performance based tests and/or strength and conditioning with regards performance.

Eligibility 

Academic requirements: 

Candidates should have at least an upper second class degree or above in their Sport and Exercise Science undergraduate or a related subject.

Professional requirements:

Desirable criteria:

• Theoretical knowledge / experience in performance based testing.
• Theoretical knowledge / experience in monitoring training loads.
• Theoretical knowledge / experience in strength and conditioning programming.
• Technical skills in data collection and data management.

Funding

For further details on fees, applicants are invited to visit UWS Postgraduate fees and funding. Please also see Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) for those eligible students.

How to apply

For further details and instructions to applicants, please see the following advert: https://t.co/iLY6AqSN4c?amp=1