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* Inge Stoter is awarded with the BOYMANSPRIJS 2020 for her PhD-thesis Staying on Track, during the Dutch National Day of Sport Science.
Research Chapters
H2 Performance development
Creating performance benchmarks for the future elites in speed skating.
Adapted from: Stoter, I. K., Koning, R. H., Visscher, C., & Elferink-Gemser, M. T. (2019). Creating performance benchmarks for the future elites in speed skating. Journal of Sports Sciences, 37(15), 1770-1777.
H3 Pacing, fatigue and technique
Underlying performance variables: Pacing, technique and muscle fatigue
Adapted from: Stoter, I. K., MacIntosh, B. R., Fletcher, J. R., Pootz, S., Zijdewind, I., & Hettinga, F. J. (2016). Pacing Strategy, Muscle Fatigue and Technique in 1500m Speed Skating and Cycling Time-Trials. International journal of sports physiology and performance, 11(3), 337-343.
H4 Pacing development
Development of 1500-m Pacing Behavior in Junior Speed Skaters: A Longitudinal Study.
Adapted from: Wiersma, R.*, Stoter, I. K.*, Visscher, C., Hettinga, F. J., & Elferink-Gemser, M. T. (2017). Development of 1500-m Pacing Behavior in Junior Speed Skaters: A Longitudinal Study. International journal of sports physiology and performance, 12(9), 1224-1231. * equally contributed
H5 Technique
Changes in technique throughout a 1500-m speed skating time-trial in junior elite athletes
Adapted from: Stoter I.K., Hettinga F.J., Otten E., Visscher C., Elferink-Gemser M.T. (submitted). Changes in technique throughout a 1500-m speed skating time-trial in junior elite athletes: differences between sex, performance level and competitive seasons.
A quote that helped me through the final part of my PhD:
“We ‘know’ that there is nothing wonderful about the world, or about ourselves, (…) and still we produce wonder after wonder. Perhaps (…) what science is really about is not to explain wonders, but to create them.”
– Vilém Flusser –
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