The Sport and Exercise Scientist

The Official Publication of BASES

The Sport and Exercise Scientist (The SES) is the official quarterly publication of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences. It aims to provide up-to-date information to those with an interest in sport and exercise sciences and to support excellence in the delivery of sport and exercise science practice, teaching and learning, and research.

Current Issue

 Issue 24 : Summer 2010

  • World Cup 2010 - Will the best team win?
  • Inside the mind of Phil Neville
  • Team Psychology - what makes a winning team?
  • Performing under pressure in sport
  • BASES Members can view issues of The SES as a PDF via the Member Area.

    If you would like to become a member of BASES, please click here for details.

    To request an electronic PDF copy of The SES*, please send your name and postal address to Jane Gillott 

    Please note that hard copies of The SES can no longer be posted to overseas addresses.  If you would like a PDF version emailed to you, please contact Jane Gillott

    * Subject to availability - Issue 24 (Summer)

    Back Issues

    Issue 23 Spring 2010 

    • Applied Sport Science
    • Health and Exercise Update
    • Olympic and Paralympic Diaries

    Issue 22 December 2009

    • 2009 BASES Annual Conference Highlights
    • The revised BASES Accreditation and SE schemes explained
    • How to imptove the public's health-related behaviours

     Issue 21 September 2009

    • Endurance Performance: Three perspectives
    • Get your sandshoes on !
    • Profiling the elite student athlete 
    • Self-love: Understanding the narcissistic sport performer
    • Reflections of a novice sport - science lecturer

    Issue 20 June 2009

    • Highlights from Hull
    • Performance enhancement as a bad start and a dead end
    • Helping to alleviate the fatigue experienced after breast cancer with exercise
    • What being a BASES member means
    • A student's perspective
    • Final year undergraduates - what next? to MRES or not to MRES?

    Issue 19 March 2009

    • Research:RAE and Funding Successes
    • Paralympic Reports
    • Are You Sitting Comfortably? Then I will stand up to begin
    • Discussion and Debates
    • Red Nose Climb where science meets celebrities

    Issue 18 December 2008

    • Olympic Reports
    • The Student Athlete
    • "Comments from Members" Click here for survey

    Issue 17 September 2008

    • Question and Answer Session
    • Comments from members
    • Exercise and Multiple Sclerosis
    • Views from the Chair

    Issue 16 June 2008

    • Performance Science & Innovation in Olympic and Paralympic Sport
    • Why "Participants" rather than "Subjects"?
    • 10-Page Strictly for Students Special
    • 2008 BASES Annual Conference

    Issue 15 March 2008

    • Exercise and Sleep
    • Physical Inactivity: A Real Issue in Mental Illness
    • America's Cup Yacht Racing
    • Conference Updates

    Issue 14 December 2007

    • Annual Conference Highlights
    • BASES High Performance Sport Accreditation: One Year On
    • BASES International Travel Grant Winners

     

    Issue 13 September 2007

    • Applied Papers from the Annual Conference
    • Patients with Chronic Heart Failure
    • Strictly for Students
    • Handcycling

    Issue 12 June 2007

    • Strictly for Students
    • Prevention of Cardivascular Disease
    • Highlights from the BASES Annual Student Conference
    • Making the Weight: But How Much Is Lost?

    Issue 11 March 2007

    • Providing Gold Medal Biomechanical Support at World Swimming Championships
    • Opportunities for Sport and Exercise Scientists in Ghana
    • Conference Updates
    • Qualification and Training Routes to becoming a practising Sport and Exercise Psychologist

    Issue 10 Dec 2006

    • BASES Workshop Reviews
    • Case Studies from Applied Physiology
    • Debates from the Annual Conference
    • BASES High performance Sport Accreditation Launched

    Issue 9 Sept 2006

    • Walking Towards Health and Wellbeing
    • The Rise of Applied Sport Science Research in Australia
    • What's It Like Out There? Making The Terra Incognita More Firma
    • Saturday Night with Whyte! Sport and Exercise Science in the Media

    Issue 8 June 2006

    • Ethics-Ethics-Ethics
    • Experiential Learning in Sport
    • Annual Conference Programme
    • Highlights from the Student Conference

    Issue 7 March 2006

    • Who is your Client?-The Athlete? The Coach? The Performance Director?
    • The Commonwealth Games
    • Comrades Ultra-Marathon Heart Study
    • BASES Welfare Policy

    Issue 6 December 2005

    • Inaugural Divisional Chairs Set Out Their Stalls
    • Interview with Mary Nevill
    • English Cricket: A Phoenix from the Ashes?
    • Preparing Students for the Real World
    Issue 5 September 2005
    • What makes a good sport and exercise science conference
    • Work experience placements
    • Sample size in research
    • Physical activity and type 2 diabetes
    Issue 4 June 2005
    • Choosing Activity: A physical activity action plan
    • Community-Based Exercise Programmes
    • Research in the Applied Setting
    • Motivational Interviewing
    • Coaching Interest Group Special

    Issue 3 March 2005

    • Carbohydrate: Fuelling physical activity
    • Using motivational interviewing
    • How to make research methods exciting
    • Evaluating your practice
    • Student special

     

    Issue 2 Dec 2004

    • Obesity: A growing problem
    • Understanding muscle growth
    • Reflective practices
    • Dr John Buckley interviewed
    • BASES reponses to UK Sport's plans

     

     

    Issue 2 Dec 2004
    • UK Sport's vision for sports science
    • Present and future BASES Chairs share views
    • E-learning in sport and exercise science
    • Prof Craig Sharp interviewed
    • CMO report

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