Head Assoc. Prof. Diana Rėklaitienė
The strategic research area Methodology of Sports and Exercise Training comprises a variety of aspects of training management of athletes of different age groups and fitness in different sport disciplines. The research will address the following issues: control of athlete training process and monitoring of functional state; physical fitness indicators and techniques for the improvement of technical performance; optimization of special and technical training; modelling of training technology; diagnosis and prevention of injury risk factors; effective integration of athletic training into the process of training sessions; dynamics of eye pressure, retinal blood vessels, optic nerve disc, cognitive functions, cerebral blood flow autoregulation and arterial blood pressure of elite athletes in different sports disciplines under physical load. With the introduction of the latest technology in sport science, it has become possible to explore not only the individual parameters of athlete functional state, but also to perform more complex integrated research determining perception, memory, scope of learning, decision making mechanisms and their effect on motor control of the nervous system, which predetermine coordinated complex movements and form skills. Also, new areas of research will be related to the prediction of athletic performance (perception, insight and decision making) (Vickers, 2010).
The researchers of the strategic research area will use different research methods and examine training models for athletes of different ages and physical fitness in different sport disciplines (team sports, e.g. basketball, handball, volleyball, football; endurance cyclical, e.g., cycling, orienteering, rowing, swimming; double events, e.g., judo, boxing; individual, e.g., track and field athletics) in various aspects.
RESEARCHER TEAMS:
- Physical Fitness and Functional State of Sports Enthusiasts
(Prof. Dr. J. Poderys H – 4)
| Poderys Jonas | Prof. Dr. |
| Buliuolis Alfonsas | Dr., Assoc. Prof. |
| Trinkūnas Eugenijus | Dr., Assoc. Prof. |
| Zuozienė Ilona | Dr., Assoc. Prof. |
| Skyrienė Valentina | Dr., Assoc. Prof. |
| Poderienė Kristina | Scientific Researcher |
| Šilinskas Viktoras | Dr., Assoc. Prof. |
| Grūnovas Albinas | Prof. Dr. |
| Zuoza Aurelijus | Dr., Assoc. Prof. |
- Athlete Training Management
(Prof. Dr. A. Skarbalius)
| Antanas Skarbalius | Prof. Dr. |
| Audinga Kniubaitė | PhD student |
| Lolita Dudėnienė | PhD student |
| Gabija Vidūnaitė | PhD student |
- Adaptation to Aerobic Capacity
(Prof. Dr. A. Stasiulis, H- 6)
| Arvydas Stasiulis | Prof. Dr. |
| Loreta Stasiulė | Dr., Assoc. Prof. |
| Sandrija Čapkauskienė | Dr., Assoc. Prof. |
| Kristina Zaičenkovienė | Dr., Assoc. Prof. |
| Pranas Mockus | Dr., Assoc. Prof. |
| Gintas Volungevičius | Dr., Assoc. Prof. |
| Vidas Bružas | Dr., Assoc. Prof. |
| Ilona Zuozienė | Dr., Assoc. Prof. |
| Daiva Bulotienė | Dr., Assoc. Prof. |
| Valentina Skyrienė | Dr., Assoc. Prof. |
| Vaida Šidlauskaitė | Dr., Lecturer |
| Ligita Šilinė | PhD student |
| Ričardas Nekriošius | PhD student |
| Eligijus Mačinskas | PhD student |
| Domantas Balsys | PhD student |
| Viktorija Treigytė | Master degree student |
| Justas Pagirskas | Master degree student |
- Strength and Conditioning of Athletes
(Assoc. Prof. J. Stanislovaitienė, H – 2)
| Jūratė Stanislovaitienė | Dr., Assoc. Prof. |
| Kristina Bradauskienė | Dr., Lecturer |
| Sigitas Kamandulis | Prof. Dr. |
| Albertas Skurvydas | Prof. Dr. |
| Daniele Conte | Dr., Researcher |
| Inga Lukonaitienė | PhD student |
| Vytautas Pliauga | Dr. |
| Domantas Žalga | Master degree student |
| Karolina Deliautaitė | Master degree student |
| Rėjus Pociūnas | Master degree student |
