Dr Adrian Gray
Clinical Placement Educator, School of Science and Technology
Qualifications
B.App. Sci (HMS-EX. Sci) University of Queensland, Grad. Cert (Higher Ed.) University of Queensland,
Contact
| Email: | adrian.gray@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Resource Management (W55) 20 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 4511 (or +61 2 6773 4511 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 5011 |
I completed my doctorate in Exercise and Sports Science at the University of Queensland before joining UNE in January 2011. I have a keen interest in high performance sport, in particular, athletic preparation of field sport athletes (rugby league development & monitoring strategies in elite Australian Football). My research has investigated the validity and reliability of GPS use in field sports and subsequently profiled the energetic demands of intermittent running patterns in elite Australian Football. With colleagues at the Queensland Academy of Sport and professional football clubs I am exploring energetic models for use in a range of sports (e.g. cycling, rugby league and rugby sevens) and investigating the potential role of exercise testing/biomarkers to aid in the assessment and management of fatigue, depression and overtraining in athletes and the general population.
Affiliations
Accredited Exercise Physiologist with Exercise and Sports Science Australia
Member of Sports Medicine Australia
Areas of Teaching
Units that I coordinate in Exercise and Sports Science include:
- Health, Fitness and Performance Assessment
- Exercise Prescription and Programming
- Practicum Based units X 2
Research interests
My three areas of current research are:
- Utilisation of Global Positioning Systems technology in sport and exercise
- Endurance & sprint running energetics
- Match Analysis for athlete preparation and injury prevention
Selected Publications
Gray, A.J. and Jenkins D.G., Match Analysis and the Physiological Demands of Australian Football, Sports Medicine, 40(4), 347-360, 2010.
Gray, A. J., Jenkins, D., Andrews, M.H., Taaffe, D.T. and Glover, M.L., Validity and reliability of GPS for measuring distance travelled in field-based team sports, Journal of Sports Sciences, 28(12), 1319-1325, 2010.
Selected Conference Presentations
Gray, A.J., Jenkins, D.G., Andrews, M.H., Taaffe, D.R. and Glover, M.L. (2010, 1- 3 June). Validity of GPS for measuring distance travelled in cricket, Paper presented at the Conference of Science, Medicine & Coaching in Cricket, Gold Coast, Australia, 2010.
Gray, A.J., Jenkins, D.G. and Andrews, M.H, Monitoring running workloads in field based team sports: A new energetic approach using GPS technology, Paper presented at the 2010 Asics Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport, Port Douglas, Australia, 3-6 November 2010.