SES08112
Current Issues in Sport
Drug Taking In Sport
Dr Tony Westbury
Why is a Sport Psychologist Speaking to You about Performance enhancing Drugs?
Session Outline
- Some questions.
- A short (<10 minute) mini-lecture.
- Opening up for discussion.
I'm not going to give you a big long reference list....
Watch this....
You don't need massive biceps...
.... or do you?
This is the South
African rugby team ahead of their World Cup game with the All Blacks in 2019.
Additional Video resources
If you make these drugs illegal
people will find alternative
ways of sourcing them.
Can we every beat doping?
Follow up the Ullrich etal
2018 study.
Its on Moodle'
This is a long Video - but if you want the full story on Lance Armstrong -its worth a watch
Lance Armstrong's team mate.
Tyler Hamilton
Addressing the
Oxford Union
Has ANYONe IN The ROOM taken Performance Enhancing drugs?
Does ANYONE KNOW anyone who has taken performance enhancing drugs
As in.... in your family, club, team.... not Lance Armstrong....!
have you ever been affected by Performance enhancing drugs?
As in... you are aware that opponents / competitors are 'using'.
Do you use performance enhancement Supplements?
If I offered you a performance enhancement supplement what would you do?
If I offered you a performance enhancement supplement....
- Banned but you'd never be detected....
- Would 100% win you an Olympic gold medal...
- Would kill before you reached 40 years old....
Edinburgh Napier's Brush with Drugs...
Why do you think a sport psychologist is doing a session about doping in sport?
Doping is a massive topic
What do you need to know?
If you aim to build a career in applied sport science, coaching, sports medicine or increasingly in physical eduation - you need to know as much as you possibly can about doping
Doping in sport is everywhere - every sport and every level
what do you think is the most important information an Undergraduate on a sport, coaching or physical activity degree needs to know?
There is a school of thought that says sport should not be constaining our free will.
In almost every other walk of life you have complete choice about what you do to your body...
What does the future hold?
Two big potential threats to the integrity of sport.
Transhumanism
Gene Doping
I've done a wee cheat sheet......
Dr Paul Dimeo - interesting series of articles in "The Conversation" - short,
but thought provoking.