New study out. The first study in rugby union investigating over 32 factors affecting progression in a Premiership Academy (you guess the club!). An unbelievable support by the research team! @PhD Worcester Warriors Academy @worcswarriors @bcusport Rugby Football Union World Rugby Sports

I successfully defended my PhD a week ago, it's done ! What an amazing journey it was.. Many thanks to my amazing team Laurent Bosquet Inigo Mujika (En) Berryman Nicolas Jean-baptiste Paquet and Stade Rochelais for these 3 years and more to come !

New paper 📝 Match demands, international competition, rugby union 🏉 : A comparison of running and contact loads in u18 and u20 international rugby union competition. Nicolas Babault Chris C Julien Piscione Mathieu Lacome CEPCometti Biology of Sport

Another (evidence-based) reminder that what enhances sports performance in young athletes could actually harm future athletic success in adulthood. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Just published‼️ Dataset on #anthropometric measurements, #performance & #momentum, over 20 seasons in #elite and international #rugby 🏉 players. What has changed? 🧐 Trystan Bevan et al described the changes. Take a look⤵️ 🔗 bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/8/1/e0… #WeAreBOSEM #RugbyLeague

Our latest publication with Inigo Mujika (En) Berryman Nicolas Adrien Vachon in collaboration with Stade Rochelais : Preconditioning Activities to Enhance Repeated High-Intensity Efforts in Elite Rugby Union Players pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35259728/ @JulienRobineau FFR Julien Piscione JB Morin

#duepp ⁦STAPS Université de Poitiers⁩ ⁦Université de Poitiers⁩ ⁦ Au tour de Adrien Vachon⁩ de présenter la démarche de gestion de la qualité de sommeil qu’il a mise en place au Stade Rochelais⁩, ainsi que les outils d’évaluation qu’il utilise

Now ahead of print: The Effect of Rugby Union Match Play on Sleep Patterns and Subsequent Impact on Postmatch Fatigue Responses by Cedric Leduc, Dan Weaving, Cameron Owen, Mathieu Lacome, Carlos Ramirez-Lopez, Maj Skok, Jason C. Tee & Prof Ben Jones journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/…

Now ahead of print: Preconditioning Activities to Enhance Repeated High-Intensity Efforts in Elite Rugby Union Players by Adrien Vachon, Berryman Nicolas, Inigo Mujika (En), Jean-baptiste Paquet & Laurent Bosquet journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/…

Special issue in the field of Rugby sciences! Dear friends and colleagues who are working in the different codes of rugby (Union, League, or Sevens), take this fantastic opportunity to share your research and make advancements in our knowledge. fro.ntiers.in/rugby

Come to join the team 🟡⚫️ New positions available at Stade Rochelais : (in french) 1- Strenght and conditioning coach for rehabilitation lnkd.in/e4ek9F_y 2- Data analyst lnkd.in/eSNKNYmi

ILS L'ONT FAIT !!!!!!!

⚠️New paper⚠️ ❓ Recovery post-match: To sleep or recover? Check out our new paper👇 📄The effect of acute sleep extension vs active recovery on post-exercise recovery kinetics in rugby union players. 🔗bit.ly/3Q5zQKf 👥Congratulations to everyone involved 👏

Virtual Reality parameters are related to Cognitive Performance indices ✅ ⬇️ MD = ↗️ ability to detect real changes 1st step of a global project about the use of VR in youth elite 🏉 union players. Laurent Bosquet Olivier Dupuy Stade Rochelais Laboratoire MOVE Jean-baptiste Paquet

🚨Must read Selecting metrics that matter from CMJ for Performance Profiling, Neuromuscular Fatigue Monitoring, & Injury Rehabilitation Testing by Chris Bishop et al 1️⃣ Overview of CMJ use in research 2️⃣ Practical sugg for selecting metrics 3️⃣ Analysis for detect true change

Soutenance HDR ⁦Université de Poitiers⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦Laboratoire MOVE⁩ de ⁦Adrien Sedeaud⁩ ⁦@INSEP_PARIS⁩ (IRMES) sur parcours de performance et identification des potentiels dans sport de haut niveau. Brillant. Très heureux avec ⁦Aurélien Pichon⁩ d’avoir fait partie du jury

Sleep hygiene strategy is effective to improve sleep quality ✅ but not quantity ❌ Poor sleeper benefit more than good one ↗️ Proud to edit our own sleep guidelines to go with players in a better sleep Stade Rochelais Laurent Bosquet Jean-baptiste Paquet

Resisted sprint training against an individual load = 50% velocity drop from Vmax (so pretty heavy) brings clear performance improvements in trained sprinters 📈🏃🏻⚡️ Beyond lighter loads... By Ioannis Stavridis et al. 👇 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38015728/

Laurent Bosquet Robin PLA Adrien Vachon Antonio J. Morales 📝