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2025

  Date Title
December 31, 2025 Craig Pickering’s top reads of 2025
by Craig Pickering
November 9, 2025 Sports Science Quarterly – Q4 2025
by Craig Pickering
September 25, 2025 Sports Science Quarterly – Q3 2025
by Martin Bingisser
August 26, 2025 Predicting 100-meter performance at the Tokyo World Championships
by Craig Pickering
May 3, 2025 Sports Science Quarterly – Q2 2025
by Craig Pickering
February 22, 2025 Sports Science Quarterly – Q1 2025
by Craig Pickering

2024

  Date Title
December 13, 2024 Craig Pickering’s top reads of 2024
by Craig Pickering
November 1, 2024 Sports Science Quarterly – Q4 2024
by Craig Pickering
September 12, 2024 Sports Science Quarterly – Q3 2024
by Craig Pickering
May 4, 2024 Sports Science Quarterly – Q2 2024
by Craig Pickering
February 29, 2024 Sports Science Quarterly – Q1 2024
by Craig Pickering

2023

  Date Title
December 28, 2023 Craig Pickering’s top reads of 2023
by Craig Pickering
November 17, 2023 Sports Science Quarterly – Q4 2023
by Craig Pickering
July 20, 2023 Sports Science Quarterly – Q3 2023
by Craig Pickering
May 20, 2023 Sports Science Quarterly – Q2 2023
by Craig Pickering
January 19, 2023 Sports Science Quarterly – Q1 2023
by Craig Pickering

2022

  Date Title
December 20, 2022 Craig Pickering’s top reads of 2022
by Craig Pickering
October 7, 2022 Sports Science Quarterly – Q4 2022
by Craig Pickering
July 14, 2022 Sports Science Quarterly – Q3 2022
by Craig Pickering
April 13, 2022 Sports Science Quarterly – Q2 2022
by Craig Pickering
January 14, 2022 Sports Science Quarterly – Q1 2022
by Craig Pickering

2021

  Date Title
December 29, 2021 Craig Pickering’s top reads of 2021
by Craig Pickering
December 16, 2021 Sports Science Monthly – December 2021
by Craig Pickering
November 4, 2021 Sports Science Monthly – November 2021
by Craig Pickering
October 29, 2021 Improving speed across football codes
by Craig Pickering
October 15, 2021 Sports Science Monthly – October 2021
by Craig Pickering
September 8, 2021 Sports Science Monthly – September 2021
by Craig Pickering
August 13, 2021 Sports Science Monthly – August 2021
by Craig Pickering
July 9, 2021 Sports Science Monthly – July 2021
by Craig Pickering
June 10, 2021 Sports Science Monthly – June 2021
by Craig Pickering
May 13, 2021 Sports Science Monthly – May 2021
by Craig Pickering
April 30, 2021 It’s not (always) about the coach
by Craig Pickering
April 23, 2021 How elite coaches learn
by Craig Pickering
April 14, 2021 Sports Science Monthly – April 2021
by Craig Pickering
April 2, 2021 The psychological attributes of elite coaches
by Craig Pickering
March 12, 2021 Sports Science Monthly – March 2021
by Craig Pickering
March 5, 2021 What makes the difference in a championship?
by Craig Pickering
February 23, 2021 Microtesting: rethinking your testing strategy to improve your decision making
by Craig Pickering
February 11, 2021 Sports Science Monthly – February 2021
by Craig Pickering
February 2, 2021 Improving decision making in sport
by Craig Pickering
January 15, 2021 Sports Science Monthly – January 2021
by Craig Pickering
January 8, 2021 On the folly of rewarding A, while hoping for B
by Craig Pickering

2020

  Date Title
December 23, 2020 Craig Pickering’s top reads of 2020
by Craig Pickering
December 15, 2020 Sports Science Monthly – December 2020
by Craig Pickering
December 4, 2020 How do you know if you’re a good coach?
by Craig Pickering
November 17, 2020 More data isn’t always the answer
by Craig Pickering
November 13, 2020 Digital twins and the future of data modeling in sport
by Craig Pickering
November 12, 2020 Sports Science Monthly – November 2020
by Craig Pickering
November 6, 2020 Learning how to win ugly
by Craig Pickering
October 31, 2020 The role of stress in performance
by Craig Pickering
October 16, 2020 Sports Science Monthly – October 2020
by Craig Pickering
September 26, 2020 Developing strategic pillars for success
by Craig Pickering
September 16, 2020 Sports Science Monthly – September 2020
by Craig Pickering
September 4, 2020 The mundanity of excellence
by Craig Pickering
August 19, 2020 The downsides of sticking with the plan
by Craig Pickering
August 14, 2020 Sports Science Monthly – August 2020
by Craig Pickering
August 4, 2020 The effects of lockdown on performance
by Craig Pickering
July 15, 2020 Sports Science Monthly – July 2020
by Craig Pickering
June 30, 2020 Putting performance health into perspective
by Craig Pickering
June 26, 2020 The importance of coach health and wellbeing
by Craig Pickering
June 23, 2020 Optimizing athlete recovery and sleep
by Craig Pickering
June 19, 2020 Sports Science Monthly – June 2020
by Craig Pickering
June 18, 2020 Psychosocial factors impacting performance health
by Craig Pickering
June 16, 2020 Optimal energy intake for performance health
by Craig Pickering
June 11, 2020 Improving athlete immune function and support
by Craig Pickering
June 9, 2020 Understanding and measuring load in sport
by Craig Pickering
June 5, 2020 Understanding injury causation through injury models
by Craig Pickering
June 3, 2020 The case for performance health
by Craig Pickering
May 21, 2020 Sports Science Monthly – May 2020
by Craig Pickering
May 6, 2020 Going backwards to move forwards
by Craig Pickering
April 28, 2020 Studying the effects of bilateral vs. unilateral training
by Craig Pickering
April 21, 2020 How we can prevent a post-lockdown leg injury surge
by Craig Pickering
April 10, 2020 Sports Science Monthly – April 2020
by Craig Pickering
April 3, 2020 Understanding and preventing leg cramps
by Craig Pickering
March 31, 2020 The role of adversity in development
by Craig Pickering
March 20, 2020 Sports Science Monthly – March 2020
by Craig Pickering
March 6, 2020 How long does it take to develop an Olympian?
by Craig Pickering
February 14, 2020 Sports Science Monthly – February 2020
by Craig Pickering
February 12, 2020 Searching for smoothness
by Craig Pickering
February 7, 2020 Consistency versus excellence
by Craig Pickering
January 23, 2020 Implementing augmented reality into training
by Craig Pickering
January 14, 2020 Sports Science Monthly – January 2020
by Craig Pickering
January 9, 2020 The future of genetic testing and talent identification
by Craig Pickering

2019

  Date Title
December 24, 2019 Craig Pickering’s top reads of 2019
by Craig Pickering
December 13, 2019 Sports Science Monthly – December 2019
by Craig Pickering
December 7, 2019 The surprising performance enhancing effects of bacteria
by Craig Pickering
November 15, 2019 Sports Science Monthly – November 2019
by Craig Pickering
November 8, 2019 Optimism in coaching: helpful or harmful?
by Craig Pickering
October 10, 2019 Sports Science Monthly – October 2019
by Craig Pickering
September 18, 2019 Sports Science Monthly – September 2019
by Craig Pickering
September 4, 2019 Quantifying the placebo effect in sports performance
by Craig Pickering
August 15, 2019 Sports Science Monthly – August 2019
by Craig Pickering
August 2, 2019 The coach as a placebo
by Craig Pickering
July 17, 2019 Sports Science Monthly – July 2019
by Craig Pickering
July 3, 2019 For sprinters, losing fat may be better than gaining muscle
by Craig Pickering
June 18, 2019 Sports Science Monthly – June 2019
by Craig Pickering
June 14, 2019 The words we use matter
by Craig Pickering
June 7, 2019 The definitive guide to what we do and do not know about caffeine and performance
by Craig Pickering
May 15, 2019 Sports Science Monthly – May 2019
by Craig Pickering
May 8, 2019 Why talented youngsters rarely make it to the top
by Craig Pickering
May 3, 2019 Key questions in data science for sports
by Craig Pickering
April 24, 2019 Can you catch anxiety?
by Craig Pickering
April 16, 2019 Sports Science Monthly – April 2019
by Craig Pickering
April 5, 2019 Mental toughness and mountaineering
by Craig Pickering
March 14, 2019 Sports Science Monthly – March 2019
by Craig Pickering
March 8, 2019 Predicting sprint performance through data modeling
by Craig Pickering
February 22, 2019 What can coaches learn from medicine
by Craig Pickering
February 14, 2019 Sports Science Monthly – February 2019
by Craig Pickering
February 5, 2019 Are there non-responders to caffeine?
by Craig Pickering
January 25, 2019 From big data to smart data
by Craig Pickering
January 15, 2019 Sports Science Monthly – January 2019
by Craig Pickering
January 8, 2019 What Mount Everest can teach us about goals
by Craig Pickering

2018

  Date Title
December 19, 2018 Craig Pickering’s top reads of 2018
by Craig Pickering
December 14, 2018 Sports Science Monthly – December 2018
by Craig Pickering
December 11, 2018 Sleep, stress, and physical performance
by Craig Pickering
November 20, 2018 More lessons from the IAAF biomechanics project
by Craig Pickering
November 16, 2018 Sports Science Monthly – November 2018
by Craig Pickering
November 7, 2018 Training doesn’t have to be crazy
by Craig Pickering
October 23, 2018 Setting up training around a competition
by Craig Pickering
October 16, 2018 Sports Science Monthly – October 2018
by Craig Pickering
October 12, 2018 Measuring caffeine consumption is harder than you think
by Craig Pickering
October 5, 2018 How much does your family impact your chances of winning an Olympic medal?
by Craig Pickering
September 21, 2018 A primer on tactical periodization
by Craig Pickering
September 14, 2018 Sports Science Monthly – September 2018
by Craig Pickering
September 5, 2018 The importance of realistic training
by Craig Pickering
August 17, 2018 The role of genetics in reducing hamstring injuries
by Craig Pickering
August 14, 2018 Sports Science Monthly – August 2018
by Craig Pickering
August 10, 2018 The quest for prediction in coaching
by Craig Pickering
August 1, 2018 How relevant is sports science research for elite athletes?
by Craig Pickering
July 24, 2018 Individualizing pre-competition caffeine use
by Craig Pickering
July 17, 2018 Sports Science Monthly – July 2018
by Craig Pickering
July 13, 2018 Individualization made easy
by Craig Pickering
July 6, 2018 Personalizing the training process – a look at stress
by Craig Pickering
June 20, 2018 Adding an element of theater to coaching
by Craig Pickering
June 15, 2018 Sports Science Monthly – June 2018
by Craig Pickering
June 12, 2018 Let the athletes choose
by Craig Pickering
June 6, 2018 What have you changed your mind about?
by Craig Pickering
May 30, 2018 Gene doping might not work after all
by Craig Pickering
May 23, 2018 The search for the best lane
by Craig Pickering
May 15, 2018 Sports Science Monthly – May 2018
by Craig Pickering
May 9, 2018 The importance of sprinting in injury rehabilitation
by Craig Pickering
May 2, 2018 Don’t confuse outcomes with performance
by Craig Pickering
April 24, 2018 Hammers, nails, and opening up your world view
by Craig Pickering
April 18, 2018 Sports Science Monthly – April 2018
by Craig Pickering
April 6, 2018 The most effective solution is not always the best
by Craig Pickering
April 4, 2018 More than a gene for speed: what ACTN3 can teach us about muscle
by Craig Pickering
March 28, 2018 Signal or noise?
by Craig Pickering
March 23, 2018 The normalization of deviance
by Craig Pickering
March 16, 2018 Sports Science Monthly – March 2018
by Craig Pickering
March 9, 2018 The positives and negatives of exercise
by Craig Pickering
March 4, 2018 The performance enhancing effects of Tylenol
by Craig Pickering
February 20, 2018 Correlations, causations, and multi-sport athletes
by Craig Pickering
February 13, 2018 Sports Science Monthly – February 2018
by Craig Pickering
February 9, 2018 Finally, some good news in the fight against doping
by Craig Pickering
February 2, 2018 Skeletal muscle has an epigenetic memory . . . so what?
by Craig Pickering
January 24, 2018 A new paradigm for talent
by Craig Pickering
January 16, 2018 Sports Science Monthly – January 2018
by Craig Pickering
January 10, 2018 Does that test what you think it tests?
by Craig Pickering
January 3, 2018 Looking beyond the headlines: putting research in context
by Craig Pickering

2017

  Date Title
December 26, 2017 The science of sleep
by Craig Pickering
December 19, 2017 Training without training
by Craig Pickering
December 15, 2017 Sports Science Monthly – December 2017
by Craig Pickering
November 29, 2017 Creating adaptable athletes
by Craig Pickering
November 21, 2017 What can the Glasgow effect teach us about stress and adaptation?
by Craig Pickering
November 14, 2017 Sports Science Monthly – November 2017
by Craig Pickering
November 8, 2017 How embracing risk helps you control it
by Craig Pickering
October 17, 2017 Sports Science Monthly – October 2017
by Craig Pickering
October 3, 2017 Finding the right caffeine intake for performance
by Craig Pickering
September 19, 2017 Sports Science Monthly – September 2017
by Craig Pickering
September 6, 2017 Genetics, recovery, and individualization
by Craig Pickering
August 22, 2017 Sports Science Monthly – August 2017
by Craig Pickering
August 15, 2017 Why Did Usain Bolt Lose?
by Craig Pickering
August 9, 2017 Can You Repeat That Please?
by Craig Pickering
July 28, 2017 The Biology of Our Behaviors
by Craig Pickering
July 19, 2017 Sports Science Monthly – July 2017
by Craig Pickering
July 5, 2017 In Defense of Laziness
by Craig Pickering
June 28, 2017 Gene Doping: A Primer
by Craig Pickering
June 13, 2017 Sports Science Monthly – June 2017
by Craig Pickering
June 7, 2017 Is There a Balance to Sports Training?
by Craig Pickering
May 24, 2017 Does Regular Caffeine Use Reduce Its Performance Enhancing Effects?
by Craig Pickering
May 12, 2017 Sports Science Monthly – May 2017
by Craig Pickering
April 14, 2017 Sports Science Monthly – April 2017
by Craig Pickering
March 28, 2017 Sports Science Monthly – March 2017
by Craig Pickering
March 22, 2017 The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Sport
by Craig Pickering
March 10, 2017 Do Non-Responders To Exercise Exist?
by Craig Pickering
February 28, 2017 Sports Science Monthly – February 2017
by Craig Pickering
February 14, 2017 Keep It Messy
by Craig Pickering
January 31, 2017 Sports Science Monthly – January 2017
by Craig Pickering
January 11, 2017 Does Nurture Impact Your Nature?
by Craig Pickering

2016

  Date Title
December 28, 2016 Sports Science Monthly – December 2016
by Craig Pickering
December 14, 2016 What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us Stronger
by Craig Pickering
November 29, 2016 Sports Science Monthly – November 2016
by Craig Pickering
November 16, 2016 Illusions of Causality
by Craig Pickering
October 26, 2016 Sports Science Monthly – October 2016
by Craig Pickering
October 14, 2016 How The Placebo Effect Can Help You
by Craig Pickering
September 28, 2016 Sports Science Monthly – September 2016
by Craig Pickering
September 21, 2016 The Flaw of Averages
by Craig Pickering
September 9, 2016 Survivorship Bias
by Craig Pickering
August 30, 2016 Sports Science Monthly – August 2016
by Craig Pickering
August 24, 2016 The Pressure Principle
by Craig Pickering
August 3, 2016 Is Coaching an Art or a Science?
by Craig Pickering
July 27, 2016 Sports Science Monthly – July 2016
by Craig Pickering
July 15, 2016 Confirmation Bias in Coaching
by Craig Pickering
June 29, 2016 Sports Science Monthly – June 2016
by Craig Pickering
June 17, 2016 The Limits of Human Performance and The Evolution of Athletes
by Craig Pickering
June 3, 2016 The Athlete’s Guide to Retirement
by Craig Pickering
May 27, 2016 Sports Science Monthly – May 2016
by Craig Pickering
May 11, 2016 Can You Use Genetic Testing For Talent Identification?
by Craig Pickering
April 27, 2016 Sports Science Monthly – April 2016
by Craig Pickering
February 12, 2016 My Story of Overtraining
by Craig Pickering
February 5, 2016 The Overtraining Syndrome
by Craig Pickering
January 27, 2016 Transfer and Sprinting
by Martin Bingisser
January 15, 2016 Black Box Thinking (Or Why We Shouldn’t Fear Mistakes)
by Craig Pickering

2015

  Date Title
December 9, 2015 What Should We Eat When We Get Injured?
by Craig Pickering
October 13, 2015 Should Athletes Have Ice Baths?
by Craig Pickering
May 20, 2015 You Can’t Teach Speed
by Craig Pickering
May 1, 2015 All Other Things Being Equal
by Craig Pickering
April 1, 2015 Becoming a Better Consumer of Sports Science
by Craig Pickering
March 25, 2015 Critical Elements for Effective Sports Science
by Craig Pickering
March 18, 2015 The Difference Between Good and Bad Sports Science Articles
by Craig Pickering
March 12, 2015 Understanding Science For Coaches & Trainers
by Craig Pickering

Craig Pickering is the Director of Performance Sustainability for Athletics Australia. He combines his sports science background and experience as a world-class sprinter and bobsledder to help athletes in all sports.

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