I am back in Australia after a visit to Germany. On my return I have come across three different resources to fuel my interest in performance narratives. 1. Team BMC James Bennett has posted a great article on the Drum website. In a post titled Cadel Evans and the Armstrong parallels, James points out: Cadel [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Performance’
Performance Narratives
Posted in Coaching, Performance, Sport, Video, tagged Adam Simpson, Cadel Evans, Hawthorn, Huddle, James Bennett, Jim Ochowitz, Performance, Remi Gaillard, The Drum, Tour de France, UCNISS on 21 July, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Developing Performance Contexts: Ecology Insights
Posted in Community, Performance, tagged Bruce McKinlay, ecology, Island Lifeboats, New Zealand, Performance, Radio National, Sanctuaries, Science Show, Seamoor, UCNISS on 1 July, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A brief post to note a remarkable Science Show program on Radio National. When humans first set foot in New Zealand almost a thousand years ago, they encountered a rich fauna of reptiles and flightless birds. These first human visitors, and visitors and settlers since brought with them rats, cats, mice, rabbits and stoats which [...]
Performance and Productivity
Posted in Performance, Public Sphere, tagged Agility, ANZSOG, C . H .Pham, David Geen, Digital Era Governance, Disintermediation, K. Houshmand, Patrick Dunleavy, Performance, Productivity, R. Esmaili, S . Goli, Second Wave, UCNISS, University of Canberra, Wayne Goldsmith on 28 April, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Patrick Dunleavy was a guest of ANZSOG at the University of Canberra this week. He gave a talk titledĀ The Second Wave of Digital Era Governance. An abstract of his talk: Some of the most difficult issues in public management revolve around making strategic choices for the future in an era of rapid social, cultural [...]
Pain and No Gain?
Posted in Australia, Performance, Performance Analysis, Sport, tagged An Investigation of Racing Performance and Whip Use by Jockeys in Thoroughbred Races, Communication, David Evans, Horse Racing, Paul McGreevy, Performance, Performance Analysis, PLoS, UCNISS on 7 February, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
David Evans and Paul McGreevy‘s paper An Investigation of Racing Performance and Whip Use by Jockeys in Thoroughbred Races (PLoS Citation: Evans D, McGreevy P (2011) An Investigation of Racing Performance and Whip Use by Jockeys in Thoroughbred Races. PLoS ONE 6(1): e15622. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015622) appeared at the end of January 2011. David and Paul are [...]
Analysing Women’s Lacrosse Performance: Some Historical Data
Posted in Coaching, Performance, Performance Analysis, Sport, Video, tagged 10th Commonwealth and International Scientific Conference, 1993 IFWLA World Cup, Edinburgh, Notational Analysis, Performance, UCNISS, Women's Lacrosse on 21 January, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Background In 1994 I attended the 10th Commonwealth and International Scientific Conference in Victoria, British Columbia. There were 600 delegates from 33 countries at the Conference. The central theme was ‘Access to Active Living’ and around this 15 strands were organised. I attended five different strands: Sport and Coaching Education; Teacher Education; Sociology; Exercise Physiology; [...]