Sports science is a discipline that studies how the healthy human body works during exercise, and how sport and physical 🍉 activity promote health and performance from cellular to whole body perspectives.

The study of sports science traditionally incorporates areas of physiology 🍉 (exercise physiology), psychology (sport psychology), anatomy, biomechanics (sports biomechanics), biochemistry, and kinesiology.

Sports scientists and performance consultants are growing in demand 🍉 and employment numbers, with the ever-increasing focus within the sporting world on achieving the best results possible.

Through the scientific study 🍉 of sports, researchers have developed a greater understanding of how the human body reacts to exercise, training, different environments, and 🍉 many other stimuli.

Origins of exercise physiology [ edit ]