Does the AFL ban on skinfold testing avoid fat shaming – or has footy ‘gone soft’?
Dr Dominique Condo is exploring why skinfold tests were once a staple of AFL fitness assessments, but are now banned for junior athletes.
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Dr Dominique Condo is exploring why skinfold tests were once a staple of AFL fitness assessments, but are now banned for junior athletes.
Dr Spencer Roberts is assessing how healthy sleep may be key to reducing concussion risk in collision sports.
Watching sport on television and other screens is integral to the cultural lives of many Australians. This is why, in 1995, the anti-siphoning scheme was introduced to ensure sport...