Sport Science Initiative

When you reach a milestone, you're allowed to reflect. Here's my article for with a few thoughts on my journey so far.

Older and wiser? As of today, I am 30 years old… I’m not sure how I feel about this. Naturally, this is a point where people get pensive about their life and the lessons they’ve learned. I would say that so far, I’m not ticking all the boxes I would have liked, but I’m doing alright and have numerous bless...

Thank you to Eurico Marques for his 6th and final article on running and bone stress injury.

Bone Stress Injuries Part 6 - Laces tied for the love of the sport Part 1 - Clinical Diagnosis Part 2 - Who is at Risk? Part 3 - Classified! Part 4 - Management of Low Risk BSI: The Road to Recovery Part 5 - Return to Running (Pinning a tail on a Donkey) As the summer season in South Africa reaches its annual twilig...

Last article for 2019! Thanks to Hanno Van Vuuren for insight into the analysis going on at Plettervat.

A statistical perspective on schoolboy rugby- Part 1 Let’ start with my opening pitch towards coaches: how can you improve something that you can’t measure? Then I usually follow up with – how do you measure the

Another interesting article from Dr Jason Tee about in schools. Pop over to and have a look.

https://www.sportsciencecollective.co.za/single-post/2019/12/09/We%25E2%2580%2599re-missing-a-trick---Using-physical-education-to-support-talent-development

Here are some of my thoughts on sport, the sport scientist, and life balance. Maybe a sneaky little read during load-shedding?

It’s not about balance The adage goes that “it’s all about balance”. We most likely think first of balance between work and play. One can also think about balance as being 50/50, or

Part 5 in the Bone Stress Injury series from Eurico Marques Head on over to to see what's what.

Bone Stress Injuries Part 5 - Return to Running (Pinning a tail on a Donkey) Throughout this series we have unravelled the complexity of Bone Stress Injuries (BSI) and their management. Thank-you for hanging in there with me. In Part 5,