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Below follows a summary of SUSPI's
sport science offerings. Click here
to view the sports medicine offerings.
Strength and Conditioning
 We apply the theory
of training to help athletes get faster, stronger, more flexible and to
improve their endurance. This ensures that they can perform at a higher
level, while also steering clear of injuries. It encompasses the entire
development of the athlete to improve the physical performance by including
components such as speed, agility, plyometrics, strength training and core
stability etc.
Sport- and Fitness Testing
 Sport
Scientists focus on the use of sport-specific fitness- and skills tests as
indicators of athletes' physical and motor capabilities in relation to
their sport. The sport science staff can provide advice, assessment, and
support in the following areas: body composition, flexibility, anaerobic
power output, aerobic power output, muscular endurance, muscular strength,
specialist field testing, muscular power, agility, and speed.
Exercise Physiology Lab
 Our sport science
and medicine centre has a state-of-the-art exercise physiology lab capable
of performing metabolic and physiological testing, including the VO2max,
anaerobic threshold, RMR, wingate, critical power, pulmonary function
tests, ECG's and body composition. The purpose of giving our members access
to the latest sport science testing is to provide them with detailed
physiological information for an enhanced training programme that is more
efficient.
Performance Analysis
 Performance
analysis is an area in sport science that provides statistical and video
information to coaches and athletes about biomechanical aspects of
performance. The analysis of game tactics and strategies also falls into
this category. The consultants at the centre offers a range of
computer-based video technology that can provide accurate and reliable
feedback customised to team- or individual needs.
Talent Identification
 The centre utilises
a battery of physical- and motor ability tests to determine the underlying
physical talent a boy or a girl may have related to a particular sport.
Different combinations of tests are administered for different sporting
codes.
Recovery Centre
 The recovery centre
provides services that aid recovery from training and matches, while also assisting
in the prevention of overuse injuries in athletes involved in heavy
training. Services such as sport massage, ice baths and contrast baths are
available.
Sports Vision
 Sports vision deals
specifically with the development of techniques and practices aimed at
enhancing an individual athlete's visual skill. Training the visual system,
working the muscles associated with eye movements and eye-hand reflexes,
and improving visual accommodation can enhance performance in sporting
codes that rely heavily on visual input. Services include sport-specific
visual tests, sessions with a sports vision consultant, as well as
personalised vision training programmes.
Sports Nutrition
We can offer sportsmen and -women
the opportunity to access accredited sports dieticians who will provide expert
nutritional advice, tailored to meet their sport-specific nutritional
demands. In this way the science of sports nutrition can be translated into
the sportsperson's everyday eating and drinking habits.
Sports Psychology
 Sports psychology
is a component of training that focuses on developing mental toughness. By
introducing concrete training strategies sports psychologists can help an
athlete develop, amongst other things, his/her confidence, communication
skills, concentration, motivation, while also improving his/her ability to
deal with nerves and cope with problems effectively. The centre can assist sportspeople
in developing specific strategies that will allow them to re thinking,
feeling and doing whatever is required to produce their peak performance.
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