• Question: what made want to study sports as a science and not biology etc?

    Asked by leighb09 to Stu, Helen, Jenni, Mark, Martin on 21 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by owry12, danny99, alif002.
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      Mark Burnley answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      For me, it was an opportunity to study one thing I was interested in (sport) with another thing I was interested in (science). When I did A-level biology, the bits of that I found most interesting were the bits I would now recognise as physiology, which is why I became a physiologist.

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      Helen O'Connor answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      When i started my diploma in psychology I wasnt sure what area of psycholgy I wanted to go into (cinical, health, forensic etc). Then my uni started a training course in sport psychlology and the more I looked into it, the more I wanted to study this area, as it is about helping people reach their maximum potential

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      Jenni Tilley answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Actually, I do study biology and materials science but through studying them I learn stuff about sport and athletes. I’m more of a materials scientist than a sports scientist. I could just as well be telling you about saving energy or buildings or atoms because my degree is so multidisciplinary.

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      Martin Lindley answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      well i have the best of both worlds…i am an exercise physiologis tstudying sport and I am based within a human biology department !

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      Stuart Mourton answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      i was more interested in the competitive nature of sport rather than just the way the body works. I wanted to know how we perform in fast-pased environments and what effected our decisions.

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