Sport Ireland Institute

Sport Ireland has signed a multi-year partnership agreement with global leader in the field of business analytics software and services, SAS, which will see the multinational become the Official Analytics Partner to the Sport Ireland Institute through to March 2021.

Using information collected by the performance support teams in these sports, the SAS technology will facilitate the creation of dynamic performance databases and interactive tools. The insights from these will help athletes and coaches develop new and improved ways of working to improve athlete performance in training and competitions.

Director of the Sport Ireland Institute, Liam Harbison, added: “We are delighted to announce our partnership with SAS. This is an exciting opportunity for the Sport Ireland Institute as we now seek to leverage SAS technology alongside skills and expertise from the corporate sector and apply these same principles to the elite sport environment – potentially joining dots that we didn’t even know existed – in the lead up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

“We have already identified two projects which these solutions will be especially beneficial for, boxing and swimming, and are excited to see what the results will yield. We will be using a targeted approach, where we apply the technology and thinking to those sports that have a track record of using performance related data. We hope this will help guide decision making for the remaining projects.”

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The Sport Ireland High Performance Unit, in conjunction with the Sport Ireland Institute and Student Sport Ireland, hosted a Dual Careers forum today.

The event was aimed at individuals whose remit is focused towards supporting athletes in Olympic and Paralympic sports within high performance NGBs and 3rd level institutions.

Here's a quick look at the key learnings and action points moving forward.

You can see a little more of the day on our Twitter page: https://twitter.com/Inst_of_Sport or on our Perf LifeSkills story highlight on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stories/sportirelandinstitute/

The Sport Ireland Institute and University College Dublin​ Physio are conducting an online Male Health & Performance Survey. If you are a sporting/active male willing to spare 10 minutes of your time please follow the link:

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Midterm break 😁 Those few days off school are great, but when we're back it won't be long until 📚

So here are our for .

Adapt. Recover. Plan. Communicate.

Some of the great messages from our first panel discussion at our Nutrition Symposium last week.

The Sport Ireland Institute are currently developing a network of Athlete Friendly Employers in Ireland to support Irish Athletes who want to manage a dual career or prepare for life after sport. We are hosting an event on FRIDAY November 30th at the Sport Ireland Institute to launch this initiative.

Do you think your company or employer would be interested in being part of this community? If so, please email Niall at [email protected] for more information.

The Sport Ireland High Performance Unit, in conjunction with the Sport Ireland Institute and Student Sport Ireland, will host a Dual Careers Forum here in the Sport Ireland Institute on November 9th.

This event is aimed at individuals whose remit is focused towards supporting athletes in Olympic and Paralympic sports within high performance NGBs and Third Level Institutes. These include Performance Directors, Head Coaches, Heads of Sport, and Sport Coordinators.

For further information and to confirm your attendance, please follow this link: https://lnkd.in/dvi54d2.

Registration is required by all participants and closes at 6pm on Tuesday, November 6th.

If you have any queries, please contact Emma Saunders [email protected]

Dual Careers Forum Sport Ireland will host a Dual Careers Forum on November 9th 2018. In partnership with Student Sport Ireland, this Dual Careers Forum will provide leaders from National Governing Bodies and Third Level Institutes an opportunity to discuss and share their roles in supporting high performance student-...

"Our whole thing is about educating athletes on how to manage their bodies - how to get the best out of their training.... In order to fuel performance, in order to fuel training - very few people actually meet the minimum requirements, in terms of calorie intake, to do that."

Have a listen to Martina McCarthy talking to Cliona Foley on body image and the influence of social media:

Body image and the dangers of social media We spoke to a senior Strength and Conditioning coach about the problem

We've a full house today at our Nutrition Symposium.

Head over to our Twitter https://twitter.com/Inst_of_Sport or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sportirelandinstitute/ to see more about what's happening here!

The Nutrition Symposium has sold out and will take place tomorrow in the Campus Conference Centre on the Sport Ireland National Sports Campus.

If you are attending the event, please check your email for directions and registration times.