Can We Trust Sport Science Research?

Is the field of sports science facing a credibility crisis? According to guest Dr Joe Warne, key instigator of the Sports Science Replication Centre at the Technological University in Dublin, most of the research done in the field is unreliable. So what is the true picture, how can studies be done better, what role do journals play in ensuring better standards and how do consumers discern the good from the bad?

Show notes:

• Our Patreon page, where you can sign up for access to the Discourse and other benefits
• The Discourse discussion, for all the post podcast discussions, insights into sports science, and even training and injury prevention advice. For Patrons only!
• Joe Warne's original post on Discourse that inspired this episode (Patron only)
• Simona Halep is cleared to play. We'll wait for the full CAS Decision for more discussion of this decision, but if you want to read the previous decision that led to the four year ban, it's at this link
• For Patrons, via Discourse, more discussion about Halep's ban and clearing can be found here
• Article on the cycling race in Spain that saw 130 riders out of 182 not finish, and anti-doping had shown up. The degree to which the two are linked remains unclear, as discussed
• Joe Warne's Sports Science Replication Center website
• One example of a paper that Warne's group has had published on this issue

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