School of Kinesiology and Physical Therapy are partnering to enhance the well-being and performance of the university/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u2019s student-athletes./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/nKinesiology faculty member Michael Redd is now working with coaches as the first director of sports science appointed by the athletics program. He also is supervising Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ students selected for a new sports science internship program./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201cHaving a sports scientist on the performance team is not a novel concept,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201d said Jeff Stout, interim dean of the new College of Health Professions and Sciences, home to the school. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201cBut giving sports science students the ability to work with Division I athletes is an opportunity that few students may experience./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201cWe/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u2019re not aware of any other universities that offer such an internship opportunity for select graduate and undergraduate students,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201d said Redd, who completed his doctorate in exercise physiology (an area of kinesiology) in August./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/nUnder Redd/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u2019s supervision, the interns will help bridge the gap between science and application./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201cWearable devices provide physiological, performance and biomechanical data points that require special advanced training to interpret,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201d Stout said. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201cSports scientists can then create specific algorithms to analyze the data to inform coaches of their team/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u2019s training volume and its relationship to an athlete/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u2019s fatigue scores, hydration, heart-rate variability and performance./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/nSports scientist Michael Redd (right) with soccer player Gianluca Arcangeli/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/nRedd was a doctoral student at Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ last year when he worked with the men/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u2019s soccer team during a pilot study. He attended the practices and analyzed thousands of data points produced by tracking bands worn by the players./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/nHis analysis of the data gave head coach Scott Calabrese another tool to assess his trainings and ensure the athletes got just what they needed. For example, in some cases Calabrese would adjust the duration and intensity of the training drills to enhance recovery and optimize performance./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/nThe team went on to win eight consecutive games and compete in the American Athletic Conference championship final. The Knights are now this year/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u2019s preseason favorite in the conference./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/nFollowing the success of the pilot study, Redd and Stout worked with Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Athletics to establish a new sports science internship to enable more students from the school to learn and assist./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/nRedd has started selecting graduate and undergraduate students as interns. They will learn how to collect and interpret data produced by devices worn by student-athletes. Redd will review the data and use it to inform the coaches of the findings./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/nEventually, the health and performance of some 400 student-athletes could be monitored, he said./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/nUndergraduate Maxine Furtado is among the first students selected for the internship. She is working with the university/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u2019s soccer programs./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201cI/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u2019ve always been interested in the analytics portion of sports science and this internship is going to provide me with an opportunity to learn, to understand and to enjoy all the hard work it takes to form a good athlete,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201d said Furtado, a former high school athlete. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201cThis opportunity has already made a huge positive impact in my life and my future career choices./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/nÂé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Athletics is excited for the partnership, said Eric Wood, deputy athletics director for competitive excellence./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201cIn Danny White, we have the most innovative athletics director in the country,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201d Wood said. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201cHe views this cutting-edge opportunity as a win-win situation because it benefits our coaches and student-athletes as a competitive advantage on their respective playing fields, while providing practical experience and research opportunities for Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ students./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kinesiology faculty member Michael Redd is the first director of sports science for the Knights and will supervise a new sports science internship program for students./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":90489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,12,26],"tags":[16873,14582,8986,17335,4491,4857],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-90483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-health","category-sports","tag-college-of-health-professions-and-sciences","tag-danny-white","tag-jeffrey-stout","tag-school-of-kinesiology-and-physical-therapy","tag-student-athletes","tag-ucf-athletics"],"yoast_head":"/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/n
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