With the Olympics and Paralympics finally on the horizon, we would like to wish the best of luck to our students and graduates who have qualified and will be traveling to Tokyo in the coming weeks. In total, including both [...]
The Extra 1% Throughout the 20th century there have been numerous advances in the world of sport. The performance of athletes during this period has been a result of their genetic makeup, their efforts in training and the contribution of [...]
Our #SetantaStudentSpotlight continues this week with Gary Brennan. Gary is a former Clare footballer and a student on our Master of Science in Performance Coaching. Gary Brennan gave us an insight into his thoughts on how the GAA has been [...]
This week's #SetantaStudentSpotlight is Richael Timothy. Richael is an Irish Elite Para-Cyclist and a student on our Master of Science in Performance Coaching. Richael Timothy gave us an insight into her life, her career as an athlete, and why she [...]
Employment Methods In April, I published a report in partnership with Setanta College, which can be downloaded in full here. The report was the result of a survey in which 138 people who have strength and conditioning or sports science [...]
“Non-replicable single occurrences are of no significance to science” (Popper, 1959, p. 64) Sports and exercise science is a vast research field with many sub-disciplines and, as a result, there is a high amount of research conducted in the field. [...]
Our #SetantaStudentSpotlight series continues Bryan Mollen, an Irish 7s Rugby Player. Bryan is studying our Diploma in Personal Training and S&C. We had the chance to catch up with him and find out more about his life, his rugby career [...]
The Setanta College Student Internship Earlier this year, we were able to provide two Setanta College students with the exciting opportunity to travel to South Africa for an internship at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport. One of the students that [...]
With sport and training making its highly anticipated return, all involved in sport will be eager to hit the ground running. Coaches will find themselves in unfamiliar territory as teams and athletes return from a lengthy period of relative inactivity. [...]
Increased Risk As competitive sporting fixtures are about to resume following a prolonged period of Covid restrictions, there will be an increased risk of calf muscle and Achilles tendon injuries. This can be attributed to a large increase in training loads over a short period of time where many athletes have [...]
