Dr Shelley Ellis
- Senior Lecturer in Performance Analysis
- BGB
- Keywords:
- Coaching
- Ergonomics
- Sport science
- Sport science
Biography
Shelley Ellis's (nee Broomfield) primary research interest is with the development and use of equipment within sport. This work uses a biomechanical technique analysis approach, combining anthropometry and ergonomics with performance in the sporting domain. This is currently being applied within a project that addresses the design of white water kayaks for female athletes. As a Team Paddler for South Coast Canoes, the kayaking community have recognised the impact of Shelley’s research and the support provided has enabled Shelley to reach a large number of kayakers nationally in order to share her research, both through an invited lecture at the Ladies Paddling Symposium and a number of smaller talks and workshops. Shelley has also published in the areas of disability sport focusing specifically on lower limb amputees and their use of prostheses, tactics used in different aged football academy teams and reliability of measurement in archery. These research areas have informed much of her teaching in the performance analysis areas... Shelley also lectured in Sports Development for a number of years, having previously worked in the Sports Development field. This is a second area of research focus for Shelley. In her spare time Shelley participates in and coaches white water kayaking. She is also a keen sports woman in general running competitively and taking part in long distance open water swims.
moreResearch
Shelley's current research projects include:
- Anthropometrics of the white water kayaking population
- Optimum sitting height for paddle stroke efficiency in white water kayakers
- Investigating marksmanship analysis of Olympic Archery performance
- Biomechanical assessment of lower-limb prostheses in Kayaking
