Welcome to the "Sport and Training" department
The "Sport and Training" department of the Institute of Sport Science, headed by Prof Dr Dirk Büsch, conducts research in the fields of training science and the health effects of exercise.
An overview of current and completed studies and projects can be found under research projects. Training science, research methods, sports medicine and health content are taught in the teaching programme.
Latest news
Completed doctorate Lutz Thieschäfer
We would like to congratulate Lutz Thieschäfer on his successful thesis defence on 19.12.2024 and on completing his doctorate.
Topic of the dissertation:
"Agility Development in Youth"
German Handball Federation Science Award goes to Dr Nicolas Bloß
Our former employee Dr Nicolas Bloß was awarded the Science Prize of the German Handball Federation (DHB) for his dissertation on "Impact of physical and psychological load on top-class handball referees' decisions and reasonings".
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In his work, he investigated how physical and psychological loads influence the quality of decisions made by top-class handball referees. Congratulations!
Further information at handball.net
Completed doctorate Jessica Heil
The "Sport and Training" department would like to congratulate Jessica Heil on her successful thesis defence.
Topic of the dissertation:
"Physical strain and asymmetries"
Completed doctorate Nicolas Bloß
We would like to congratulate Nicolas Bloß on his successful thesis defence and thus on completing his doctorate.
Topic of the dissertation:
"Impact of physical and psychological load on top-class referees' decisions and reasonings"
3rd place Reinhard-Daugs-Förderpreis
We would like to congratulate our colleague Jessica Heil on winning 3rd place in the Reinhard-Daugs-Förderpreis. This was awarded to her on 8 September 2022 at the 17th Annual Conference of the Section for Sports Motor Skills in Karlsruhe for her research work "Physical strain and asymmetries" .