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Sport & Recreation

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Professor Will Hopkins
PhD (Otago)
Professor, Sport and Exercise Science

Phone: + 64 9 921 9999 ext 9793
will.hopkins@aut.ac.nz

Sport Performance Research Institute New Zealand

Teaching Areas
Guest lectures on Research and Human Performance

Areas of Research and Areas Supervised
Competitive sport performance
Exercise physiology
Research design and analysis

Current Research Projects
Design and analysis in exercise and sport science
Monitoring fitness of athletes in various sports
High-intensity resistance training for endurance athletes in various sports
Effect of simulated-altitude exposure on performance of kayakers
Acute and chronic effects of caffeine on performance
Match analysis for player profiling and game strategies in rugby
Dietary strategies for elite swimmers

Relevant Links
Statistical consultant and editorial board, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Editorial board, Sports Medicine
Editorial board, International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance
Editorial board, Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports
Fellowship of American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)

Research Summary
I am interested in factors affecting performance and injury of competitive athletes in various team and solo sports. I also develop resources for the design and analysis of research in exercise and sport science.

Selected Publications

Peer Reviewed Articles

Bonetti D., Hopkins, W.G., Kilding, A.E (2009). Cycling performance following adaptation to two protocols of acutely intermittent hypoxia. International Journal of Sport Physiology and Performance, 4(1), 68-83.

Bonetti, D. L., & Hopkins, W. G. (2009). Sea-level exercise performance following adaptation to hypoxia: a meta-analysis. Sports Medicine, 39, 107-127.

Fulton, S.K., D.B. Pyne, W.G. Hopkins, and B. Burkett. Variability and progression in competitive performance of Paralympic swimmers. Journal of Sports Sciences, 27:535-539, 2009.

Hopkins, W.G., S.W. Marshall, A.M. Batterham, and J. Hanin. Progressive statistics for studies in sports medicine and exercise science. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 41:3-12, 2009.

Hopkins, W. G. (2009). The improbable central governor of maximal endurance performance. Sportscience, 13, 9-12.

Hopkins, W. G. (2009). Statistics in observational studies of sports injury. In E. Verhagen & W. van Mechelen (Eds.), Methodology in Sports Injury Research (pp. in press). Oxford: OUP.

Last updated: 06 Sep 2010 10:00am

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