Hey guys,
Sorry for the delay in my blogging I’ve
been full on with university and internship commitments.
Today I’ve decided to blog about my journey
through this semester with my internship at ACTAS and progress on the research project
that I’m currently completing. My internship at ACTAS is in the field of sport
science specializing in hockey, this role requires me to cater for the needs of
the hockey scholarship holders, by monitoring training loads, completing field
testing for national teams reference, data analysis in games and training and
recovery after training and matches.
As part of my internship and university arrangements
I’m required to do a research project during my time at ACTAS and I have chosen
to directly do this in the sport I’m involved with in hockey. Over the past 2
months I have been researching a stroke in hockey known as the drag flick and
last month completed a literature review on the drag flick, which identified
the key body segments used and sequences that they are used in. Currently along
with the ACTAS head coach were are creating a methodology for a drag flicking
project to monitor athletes from the squad on their consistency of key segments
during the drag flick over a period of time.
Often we hear Keith in lectures, refer to
something being a journey and I think that this internship for me has been
nothing but an amazing journey. In just four months I have experienced what it
is like to be in the sport science industry and been able to see the
professionalism that goes into long-term athlete development and talent
identification. I have also had the opportunity to work with the Australian
Hockey team and later in the year will go over to Perth to do some further work
experience with them.
Although this blog was not as informational
was previous blog I hope you have got something out of it and keep posted as I’m
hoping to catch up on my blogs in the home straight of first semester.
As always if you have any thoughts I would
love to hear them!
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