Experts in Sport

By Loughborough University

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Experts in Sport: The Loughborough University Sportcast, a podcast which brings together sporting excellence and academic knowledge. Hosted by the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University. 

Episode Date
E117: The Evolution of Wheelchair Tennis - From Day Chairs to Wimbledon Champions
Jul 24, 2026
E116: The World Cup Effect - Fans, Finance and Football's Future
Jul 15, 2026
E115: Performance Analysis at the World Cup - Data, Decisions & Marginal Gains
Jun 24, 2026
E114: The FIFA 2026 World Cup - A Challenging Environment and How Players should Prepare for it
Jun 17, 2026
E113: Building the Global Game - FIFA, Football Development, the World Cup, and the Future of Football.
Jun 10, 2026
E112: Inside the Enhanced Games: What Really Happened In Vegas
May 27, 2026
E111: From Pitch to Planet - Sustainability in Sport
May 13, 2026
E110: Half a Century of Sport Science - Reflections from Loughborough Pioneers
Apr 15, 2026
E109: The Power of Events - Bidding, Impact & Long‑Term Legacy
Apr 02, 2026
E108: Measuring the True Value of Sport - Social Return on Investment Explained
Mar 18, 2026
E107: Effort Over Everything - MyZone Founder Dave Wright on Entrepreneurship in Fitness
Mar 04, 2026
E106: From Bushy Park to a Global Phenomenon - How parkrun Became the World’s Biggest Health Movement
Feb 04, 2026
E105: Wearables and Healthcare - Inside the NHS 10-Year-Plan
Jan 21, 2026
E104: Unlock Your Marathon Potential - Inside Loughborough Sport’s Physiology Lab
Jan 07, 2026
E103: Best Of 2025
Dec 24, 2025
E102: Behind the Wheel - Unseen Health Challenges of the UK Workforce
Nov 26, 2025
E101: Beyond the Track - Lord Coe on Loughborough, Leadership, and the Future of Sport
Nov 12, 2025
E100: Where History Begins - Loughborough's Journey Through Sport
Oct 29, 2025
E99: Smarter Sport - Using Athlete Data to Drive Innovation in Women's Sport
Oct 15, 2025
E98: Home Advantage - How the Women’s Rugby World Cup Impacts Local Communities
Oct 01, 2025
E97: Are we setting women up to fail in fitness?
Sep 17, 2025
E96: Strength in Numbers - Researching Gender Equity in Wheelchair Rugby
Sep 03, 2025
E95: Networks of Change - Women's Sport Governance in Action
Aug 20, 2025
E94: Supporting Performance - The Critical Role of Sports Bras in Women’s Sport
Aug 07, 2025
E93: Beyond the Baseline - Why Women’s Sport Needs More Research & Innovation
Jul 23, 2025
E92: Leadership in Sport - the impact of AI on decision-making and leadership
Jul 08, 2025
E91: Time Hacks - The psychology of time and how to spend it
Jun 25, 2025
E90: Pain killer use in sport - Short term gain for long term pain!
Jun 11, 2025
E89: How sport works - From Government funding to participation, a comparison of Sweden and the UK
May 19, 2025
E88: The Myth of Systems Change - Why Your Efforts Are Futile (And What to Do Instead)
Apr 30, 2025
E87: Human trafficking in the global sports ecosystem
Mar 19, 2025
E86: How Elite Athletes Are Made
Mar 05, 2025
E85: Equal Play - Improving physical education for everyone
Feb 05, 2025
E84: Ethnic Diversity and Inclusion in Sports Leadership
Jan 22, 2025
E83: How Physical Education in schools can be improved through Models-based practice
Jan 08, 2025
E82: Safeguarding and interpersonal abuse in sport – the development and potential impact of the IOC consensus statement
Dec 18, 2024
E81: The long-term problems of sports participation and how to solve them
Nov 27, 2024
E80: Cycling hour record: science behind a successful attempt
Nov 13, 2024
E79: Testing the World's Strongest Man - Eddie Hall
Sep 18, 2024
Paris Bonus Show: Professor Vicky Tolfrey - the future of para sport
Sep 04, 2024
E78: Loughborough's role in inspiring change within Para sport
Aug 23, 2024
E77: Paula Radcliffe MBE: Student athlete to world champion
Aug 06, 2024
Paris Bonus Show: Jonathan Folland
Aug 05, 2024
Paris Bonus Show: Dr Verity Postlethwaite
Aug 05, 2024
Paris Bonus Show: Liam Heaney
Aug 05, 2024
Paris Bonus Show: Sophia Jowett
Aug 05, 2024
E76: Elite cycling and performance research
Jul 17, 2024
E75: Performance analysis, AI, and penalties
Jul 04, 2024
E74: Performance Analysis and Coaching in Tennis
Jun 26, 2024
E73: Misconceptions in Sports Injury Research
Jun 12, 2024
E72: Challenges within sports officiating
May 29, 2024
E71: Spirit of 2012: Legacy of events within sports
May 10, 2024
E70: Racism in Sport: History, culture, and the role of the media
May 01, 2024
E69: Instrumented mouth-guards and concussion in Rugby Union
Mar 26, 2024
E68: The sports apparel waste problem
Mar 15, 2024
E67: Coaching, skill acquisition and virtual reality in sport
Feb 22, 2024
E66: NFL, the Super Bowl and the future of American football in the UK
Feb 07, 2024
E65: Sport for climate action and nature
Jan 30, 2024
E64: AFCON and football development in Africa
Jan 17, 2024
E63: Deception in Rugby: The psychology and biomechanics
Dec 13, 2023
E62: Climate change and sport: The situation and changes needed for the future.
Nov 29, 2023
E61: Anastrozole: What role can diet and exercise play in NHS drug treatment?
Nov 15, 2023
E60: Optimising athletic performance - lessons from the animal kingdom
Nov 01, 2023
E59: Weight loss drugs, behaviour change and weight management strategies
Oct 18, 2023
E58: Golf equipment and how manufacturers and researchers can benefit players
Oct 04, 2023
E57: 'Choking' and performance under pressure in golf
Sep 27, 2023
E56: Training load monitoring in elite sport: Limitations and lessons from medicine
Sep 12, 2023
E55: Sport in the Metaverse
Aug 30, 2023
E54: The future of women's sport
Aug 15, 2023
E53: Injury prevention and management in women's football
Aug 09, 2023
E52: The rise of diversity in women's football
Aug 02, 2023
E51: Building a positive coach-athlete relationship
Jul 26, 2023
E50: 19 years of biomechanics research into elite cricket bowling
Jul 19, 2023
E47: National Rehabilitation Centre: The development of the NRC
Jul 04, 2023
E48: National Rehabilitation Centre: Exoskeletons and rehabilitation technology
Jul 04, 2023
E49: National Rehabilitation Centre: Enhancing prosthesis using 3D printing
Jul 04, 2023
E46: Improving global child health and nutrition
Jun 28, 2023
E45: Making decisions in sport: Ashes special
Jun 14, 2023
E44: Performance analysis in the Netball Super League
Jun 07, 2023
E43: Testing Cristiano Ronaldo's free kick
May 24, 2023
E42: Encouraging children's healthy eating through the 3Rs
May 10, 2023
E41: Representing minors as a football agent
Apr 26, 2023
E40: Building psychological strength through the 5Cs
Apr 12, 2023
E39: Overcoming fussy eating
Mar 28, 2023
In Conversation with Matt Rogan: How to disrupt the market with innovation
Mar 14, 2023
E38: FIFA’s new licensing model for football agents
Mar 01, 2023
E37: The role of sport in human evolution
Feb 08, 2023
E36: The psychology of becoming an elite athlete
Jan 25, 2023
E35: How to stay motivated on your new year fitness journey
Jan 11, 2023
E34: Wellbeing in professional sport
Sep 06, 2022
E33: Commonwealth Games special
Jul 26, 2022
E32: Leadership secrets that drive high performing teams
Jun 22, 2022
E31: Sustainability and climate change impacts on sport
Apr 11, 2022
E30: From intern to chairman: Former chairman of IMG Media, Michel Masquelier
Mar 09, 2022
E29: Former Financial Controller at City Football Group tells his story
Mar 01, 2022
Tokyo Talk: Evidence-based classification in Paralympic sport
Aug 26, 2021
Tokyo Talk: Para-sports against Stigma
Aug 25, 2021
Tokyo Talk: Dysfunctional breathing, asthma and athletes
Aug 04, 2021
Tokyo Talk: Doping in sport
Jul 27, 2021
Tokyo Talk: Reducing injury risk in endurance runners
Jul 27, 2021
Tokyo Talk: Biomechanics of endurance running and the effects of new generation running shoes
Jul 27, 2021
Tokyo Talk: How athletes prepare to compete in extreme heat
Jul 21, 2021
Tokyo Talk: Athlete psychology at a Covid-threatened Olympics
Jul 21, 2021
Tokyo Talk: Maximising sleep patterns for performing in different time zones
Jul 21, 2021
E27: The power of performance analysis
May 17, 2021
E26: The importance of recovery in elite-level sport
Apr 20, 2021
E25: Does stronger = faster?
Mar 04, 2021
E24: Exercise, immune system and cancer
Jan 21, 2021
E23: Beating the Heat
Dec 16, 2020
E22: Strength Training for Endurance Athletes
Nov 26, 2020
E21: Disordered eating - just how common is it in elite level sport?
Oct 07, 2020
E20: The truth about exercise and weight management
Sep 10, 2020
E19: Para sport special: What does it take to become successful on the world stage?
Aug 24, 2020
E18: Race, ethnicity, and racism in sports coaching
Jul 29, 2020
E17: ‘Support, develop, empower’ - the dual-career journey of an athlete
Jul 17, 2020
E16: Why the best players sometimes don't make it...
Jun 29, 2020
E15: As athletes begin to return to training – what should practitioners be doing?
Jun 16, 2020
E14: How can dietary nitrates improve elite level athlete performance?
May 28, 2020
E13: What role does community sport play in tackling serious youth violence?
May 15, 2020
E12: Can supplements boost your immune system?
May 05, 2020
E11: Exercise, immune defence and illness in elite athletes
Apr 27, 2020
E10: Has concussion in sport hit crisis point?
Feb 25, 2020
E9: What is Strength?
Jan 29, 2020
E8: Does sponsorship in sport have an unhealthy relationship with junk food?
Jan 09, 2020
E7: Athlete development and injuries
Dec 11, 2019
E6: Corruption in Sport (Part 2)
Nov 28, 2019
E5: Corruption in Sport (Part 1)
Nov 14, 2019
E4: How to become one of the world’s best coaches
Oct 31, 2019
E3: Female athletes and the menstrual cycle
Oct 17, 2019
E2: How will Brexit impact the Premier League?
Oct 03, 2019
E1: Sports Psychology at an Elite Level
Sep 18, 2019
An introduction to Experts in Sport
Aug 29, 2019