Caution for Contact Sport Athletes and CTE / Women's Rugby Six Nations and Smaller Balls / Worst Sport to be Elite at?
About this episode
The episode discusses concerns about CTE diagnosis in contact sports, the Women's Rugby Six Nations, and Janik Sinner's recent tournament success.
Become a Supporter of The Science of Sport , and as mentioned, get a bonus episode of Applied Science every week, access to our world class forums, and (we hope) ad-free listening soon! Show notes On the decks today: A new paper raises "substantial concerns" about the tool that is regularly used to diagnose a progressive neurodegenerative disease in contact sport athletes . We discuss the paper, and how the discourse around brain health of retired contact sport athletes has created anxiety and fear to the detriment of the athletes The Women's Six Nations concluded, England winning it again with victory over France. We discuss the tournament, with Ross raising concerns about one-sided contests through, and the total stratification of teams, while Gareth is more optimistic about some statistical trends that suggest progress , at least on the part of some teams On the subject of women's rugby, the trials for a smaller ball have received more criticism from international players . Ross explains how the process is run, why nobody is being ambushed, and how the smaller ball has been explored for six years and counting to get to this point Janik Sinner won another Masters tournament…
People in this episode
Hosts: Professor Ross Tucker, Mike Finch
Topics covered
- CTE in contact sports
- Women's Rugby Six Nations
- smaller rugby balls
- Janik Sinner's performance
- brain health
- athlete anxiety
- sport stratification
Keywords
- CTE
- contact sports
- Women's Rugby
- Janik Sinner
- brain health
- athlete anxiety
- smaller balls
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Women's Rugby Six Nations, Applied Science, England, France, Alcaraz
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