About

I am a Lecturer in Strength and Conditioning at the School of Human Sciences. My undergraduate and post-graduate studies were completed at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, where I also completed a post-doctoral fellowship

My combination of tertiary and non-tertiary based educational experiences has ensured that I have a good mix of theoretical and practical knowledge. I have always espoused to the model that practice needs to be evidence-based and my higher postgraduate degrees have taught me the value of the scientific method to enhance our understanding of performance and ensuring individual health and well-being.

Furthermore, I believe in taking an individual and specific approach in terms of conditioning largely because it is well known that individual variability impacts not only adaptations to training but also, sporting performance.

Teaching responsibilities

I am currently module leader for the following modules:

• Introduction to Anatomy for Sport and Exercise (L4)
• Field-Based Strength and Conditioning (L5)
• Athlete Testing and Assessment (L5)
• Sports Training Principles (L7)

I also have supervision commitments to a number of undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Research interests

Currently, my research interests lie in determining the workloads/training loads associated with team-based intermittent sports and how this links to injury risk and performance. It is also important from this perspective to examine the strength and conditioning practices that are being implemented for these types of sport; this is a secondary area that I find interesting. The primary sports that I examine are cricket and rugby and have worked with a number of elite teams in this regard.

Qualifications

• PhD in Human Kinetics and Ergonomics (2013-2018): Rhodes University, Grahamstown. Focus: Strength and conditioning of adolescent male cricket players: a South African context
• MSc in Human Kinetics and Ergonomics (2011-2012): Rhodes University, Grahamstown. Focus: Selected physiological and perceptual responses of batsmen during a simulated one-day international century
• BSc Honours in Human Kinetics and Ergonomics (2010): Rhodes University, Grahamstown. Focus: Selected physiological and perceptual responses of batsmen in a simulated Indian Premier League cricket match

Recent conferences

• 5^th World Congress of Science and Medicine in Cricket (2015) Sydney, Australia
• 16^th Biennial Congress of South African Sports Medicine Association (2015) Johannesburg, South Africa
• 24^th Annual European Congress of Sports Science (2019) Prague, Czech Republic
• 6^th World Congress of Science and Medicine in Cricket (2019) Loughborough, United Kingdom

Recent publications

• Weldon, A, Clarke, N, Pote, L and Bishop, C. (2021). Physical profiling of international cricket players: an investigation between bowlers and batters. Biology of Sport, 38: 507-515
• Pote, L, King, G and Christie, CJ. (2020). Strength and Conditioning practices of franchise level cricket trainers. South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 32: 1-5
• Barnard, D, Pote, L and Christie, CJ. (2020). Workloads of forward and backline adolescent rugby players: a pilot study.  South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 32: 1-5
• Pote, L, Christie, CJ and Robinson, B. (2020). Injuries in high school level rugby union: how do coaches manage injuries? Human Movement, (in press)
• Christie, CJ, Barnard, DV, Pote, L and Monroe, CE. (2020) Workload Monitoring in Team Sports: Using Elite Cricket as an Example. Indian Journal of Orthopaedics, (in press)
• Pote, L, Proctor, S, McEwan, K, Davy, J and Christie, CJ. (2019). The impact of a fast bowling spell on physiological, perceptual and performance responses in non-elite cricketers. South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 31(1): 1-5
• Pote, L and Christie, CJ. (2019). Workloads placed on adolescent cricket players: a pilot study. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 14(1): 107-113
• Robinson, B, Pote, L and Christie, CJ. (2019). Strength and conditioning practices of high school rugby coaches: a South African context. South African Journal of Science, 115(9):1-6
• Christie, CJ, Sheppard, Pote, L, B, Goble, D and Noakes, TD. (2018). Strength and sprint time changes in response to repeated shuttles between the wickets during batting in cricket. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 53(11): 3056-3064