Project Title: Applications of Functional Data Analysis in Sports Biomechanics
Partner Organisation: Australian Institute of Sport (AIS)
PhD Student at UTS
Supervisors: John Warmenhoven, Paul Wu, Mark Watsford
Arlo grew up in the small country town of Kyogle in NSW where he first discovered his love for sport playing for the local soccer club. In 2016, he moved to the Gold Coast to study exercise science at Griffith University. In 2019, Arlo relocated to Canberra with his wife and transferred into an exercise physiology and rehabilitation degree at the University of Canberra. After graduating, he started working for the ACT Academy of Sport as a sports scientist and strength and conditioning coach while completing an Honours on the timing of force application during jumping. In his spare time, he likes to get outdoors and enjoy camping, hiking, and spearfishing.
What made you interested in this program?
Working in sport I began to see the growing challenge of making use of the amount of data that is collected to inform performance decisions. I see this program as a great opportunity to not only improve my data skills as a practitioner but also help to integrate new forms of analysis into day to day practice for other partitioners around the country.
What research question are you looking forward to exploring?
During my Honours I got to see the benefits of using functional data techniques to discover complex trends within biomechanical data. I’m excited to explore the benefits of using functional data techniques to help answer the often complex questions found in the world of sports biomechanics and help other practitioners make sense of the abundance of data that is being collected on human movement.
Fun Fact about yourself
I once juggled a soccer ball with my feet 4002 times.