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Doctor of Philosophy (University of Queensland)
Dr Vince Kelly has over 20 years’ experience in elite sport working in high performance, sport science and strength and conditioning roles with professional football teams, the Queensland Academy of Sport and individual athletes. Dr Kelly currently supervises a number of postgraduate students examining a wide variety of sport science and strength and conditioning projects. His areas of research interest include quantification and management of athlete training load, fatigue and recovery in athletes, the neuromuscular and hormonal adaptations to exercise, high intensity interval trainign, strength and power development, ergogenic aids and sport nutrition supplementation, sport analytics, virtual reality, and strength and conditioning in high performance sport.
Projects (Chief investigator)
- Factors modulating the neuromuscular performance response to sprint priming
- Increased neural drive as a mechanism for resistance priming
- The impact of mental fatigue and caffeine on cognition and exercise performance
- The Impact of the Rugby League Calendar on the Management of NRL Player Workload
- The measurement of strength, power, physical fitness and training loads and their influence on performance of elite female water polo players
- Understanding loaded and unloaded change of direction performance and change of direction deficit in netball players
Additional information
Consultancy Dr Kelly has consulted to the following organisations: National Rugby League, World Rugby, Football Federation Australia, Qld Firebirds, Netball Qld, AFL Qld, Softball Qld, Ski Racing Australia, NSW Police, Air Service Australia, Exercise & Sports Science Australia, Australian Strength and Conditioning Association and Sports Medicine Australia. High Performance Sport
- 2018-2016: Performance Science Consultant, Brisbane Broncos
- 2016-2009: High Performance Manager, UQ Sport Academy
- 2012-2009: Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Softball Qld
- 2009-2006: Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, South Sydney Rabbitohs
- 2006-2005: Academy Strength and Conditioning Coach, Rugby Australia/Western Force
- 2005-2004: High Performance Manager, Fiji Rugby
- 2004-2002: Academy Strength and Conditioning Coach, Auckland Rugby
- 2002-2000: Strength and Conditioning Coach, Qld Academy of Sport
Academic Experience
- 2018-current: Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland
- 2009-2018: Lecturer School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland
- Factors Modulating the Priming Response to Sprinting Stimuli
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Gabriel Siqueira Trajano - Understanding The Physiological Demands, Exercise Habits, and The Role of Exercise Within Elite Esports Athletes
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Craig McNulty, Associate Professor Rob Robergs - The time-course of mental fatigue and its effects on cognition and exercise performance
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Jonathan Peake - Exploring the Application of Notational Analysis and Physiology in Elite Women's Water Polo
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Adam Gorman
- Sleep in professional rugby league athletes: methods to quantify and assess, factors influencing, and strategies to aid (2019)
- The relationships between Muscle Fibre Composition, muscle carnosine and multiple sprint (Wingate) performance (2019)
- The efficacy of salivary testosterone and cortisol as a biomarker of training and competition in elite rugby union athletes (2018)
- The determinants of mixed martial arts performance: from identification to development of the primary physiological qualities (2017)