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The science behind why dance can improve rugby


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Dr Jocelyn Solomons joins Dan on the podcast to discuss her research on how dance can improve rugby players.

Based at the world-renowned Stellenbosch University in South Africa, she is a lecturer in strength and conditioning.

She has a PhD in women's rugby development and an MSc in Sport Science focusing on rhythmic movement and rugby.

In the podcast we explore:

  • How you persuade rugby players that dance can make a difference
  • How it did make a difference in the research project
  • What happens if a player can’t dance
  • How it can be made position specific
  • Jocelyn’s passion to drive forward women and women of colour in all sports and in academic sports research
  • How to continue to change the landscape for women in sport 
  • What are her biases and how has she overcome them
  • How to motivate those who are not as motivated as yourself

Here’s a link to her research

The effect of a rhythmic movement intervention on selected bio-motor skills of academy rugby players in the Western Cape, South Africa

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1747954120956909

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