The science behind why dance can improve rugby

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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