High performance management
The aging of elite performance: “Geriatric champions” and have the rules for getting older changed?
2019-02-06: Yesterday, I was sent this link. It says that Dwain Chambers, he of THG and a doping ban in 2004 (!), is making a comeback,…
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NUDGE: A data-driven attempt at reducing concussion risk in rugby. A process explained
2018-10-16: Rugby, like many contact sports, faces a concussion issue. Over the last three years, I have been involved in research and subsequent law change…
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Letter to BJSM reinforcing call for retraction of IAAF research on testosterone in women
2018-08-02: Along with two prominent scientists, we have recently called for the research study on testosterone's effects in women athletes to be retracted. This research…
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Can we trust the Tour, Sky and Chris Froome: Le Monde Op-Ed
2018-07-06: The French newspaper Le Monde asked me to write an Op-Ed on the 2018 Tour de France, specifically addressing the question "Can we trust Chris…
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Team Sky and Marginal Games
2018-01-15: UKAD sent a scathing letter to British Cycling, outlining a series of improper and sub standard processes and governance issues in the aftermath of their…
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Head injuries part 2: What makes a tackle risky?
2017-07-31: This is the second installment in a series of articles translating recent research I published on the risk of head injuries during rugby. This…
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Head injuries in Rugby, Part 1: Principle & high-level view
2017-07-27: World Rugby recently changed and clarified laws around the high tackle in an attempt to reduce the number of concussions in the sport. That…
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An Open Letter to Athletics South Africa: Address the non-selection controversies for the sake of athletes
2017-07-25: Athletics South Africa, the governing federation for Track and Field in South Africa, recently announced the SA squad for the upcoming World Athletics championships in…
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Testosterone, performance & intersex athletes: Will the IAAF evidence be enough?
2017-07-05: In 2015, the Court of Arbitration set aside an IAAF policy that required female athletes to have a Testosterone level below a cut-off threshold. …
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