A systematic approach to athletic development

Since the dawn of social media, sports performance professionals have had the ability to share ideas and display training methodologies to anyone across the globe. Research problem/aim: The problem with this connectedness is much of this information is baseless. Coaches, athletes and parents are too often misinformed, confused, and duped by fad exercise programs and gimmicks that put can puts their athletes under too much stress (physical and emotional) too fast, putting them at risk of injury. Findings: In order to be successful on the sporting field, athletes need to be able to make it to the playing field first. Sports performance specialists need to focus on long term development not just pushing their athletes to the limit. Athletes need a structured training progression that builds a solid foundation of strength, endurance, and coordination to give them the tools to be successful in the weight room before placing them under a loaded bar or implementing advanced training techniques. With athletes at any level, high school, collegiate, or professional, even the most talented of athletes on the field may not necessarily have a very strong background in the weight room. Conclusion: A systematic pattern of athletic development would allow adaptation in fundamental movement patterns and develops requisite physical qualities, and allow the athletes to advance safely and effectively.

Staying Connected to your Athletes during COVID-19 through Virtual Training

Providing training options for teams and squads that train at the Bond University High Performance Training Centre during COVID-19 isolation and social distancing requirements, to ensure they remain physically active and in preparedness for return to weight room lifting.

CLIMA 2019-Modelling study on pipe-encapsulated PCM wall system for building insulation and active heat removal

Phase change material (PCM) can be used in building envelope for heat insulation and energy-saving. However, the energy-saving effect of the PCM wall system is limited in summer since the PCM storing heat in the daytime will become a secondary heat source and release heat into the room again at night. This paper proposed a novel pipe-encapsulated PCM wall system. It integrates phase change technology and nocturnal radiation cooling technology together to realize building insulation and active heat removal. A simulation platform is established for the thermal performance simulation of this wall system. It mainly includes the simplified pipe-encapsulated PCM wall model and nocturnal radiation model. The simplified wall model includes the 5R2C wall model, 4R2C PCM model and 2R1C pipe model. The model parameters are identified and the model is also validated with good accuracy. Based on this platform, the thermal performance of a light weight room with pipe-encapsulated PCM wall system in Wuhan is simulated. About 50%-60% of heat from the outdoor environment can be conserved by the pipe-encapsulated PCM wall, and 50% of that can be removed by the radiant cooler at night. Results show the pipe-encapsulated PCM wall system has good thermal performance for light weight building.