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Field Leader in Sport and Exercise Physiology

Contact Details

Office: N329 Telephone: +44 (0) 1243 816307 Fax: +44 (0) 1243 816080 Email: m.smith@chi.ac.uk

Personal Introduction

Marcus first arrived at Chichester in September 1984 when the University was known as the West Sussex Institute of Higher Education and have been here ever since. After completing his first degree in 1987 he started working with the sport of amateur boxing via a grant received from the Sports Council Sports Science Support Programme. Over the years his role developed from boxing project assistant to sports science manager. During the period 1987-2004 he attended 2 Olympic Games, 2 Commonwealth Games and numerous World and European boxing Championships. In parallel to the boxing work he became a Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology in 1996 and Field Leader in Exercise Physiology in 1998. He later completed his PhD in 1998 that investigated ‘Sport Specific Ergometry: Physiological demands of amateur boxing’.

In 1999 he began work with Clem Burke (drummer with the rock/pop group ‘Blondie’). This collaboration has resulted in the Clem Burke Drumming Project and the first published data profiling the physiological demands of playing the drums during rehearsal and in concert. The work is currently being extended to highlight the potential health benefit of drumming as a mechanism for fighting child and adult obesity.

Marcus is currently in the process of writing research papers and working with colleagues on producing strategies for the University that will contribute towards the preparation of British athletes preparing for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Education

1987 BA (Commendation) Sports Studies. West Sussex Institute of Higher Education

1998 PhD University College Chichester (Southampton University)

Teaching

For the coming academic year, Marcus responsible for the following modules:

Undergraduate

• Issues in Sport and Exercise Science
• Sport in Extreme Environments
• Independent Project
• Sports Performance (amateur boxing)

Postgraduate

• Sport and Exercise in Extreme Environments
• Support Placement
• Research Project

Administration

Marcus holds a number of administrative roles within the University including:

Field Leader for Exercise Physiology,

University point of contact for Pre-2012 Olympic Games Training Camps,

Chair, Laboratory Management Group,

Laboratory Director, British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences

External Examining:

PhD: Karen Reid: ‘The promotion of optimal hydration in elite athletes’. Roehampton University.

PhD:  John Metcalfe: ‘The Physiology and Bioenergetics of Ultraendurance Mountain Bike racing’. University of Central Lancashire.

MPhil: Yvonne Hopkinson: ‘Examination of the relationship between aerobic fitness and the VO2 response to constant intensity, short duration, exhaustive exercise in men and women’. University of Gloucestershire.

External Programmes

2002-     MSc Nutritional Medicine (University of Surrey).

 

Research and Consultancy

Marcus has research interests in the following areas:

• Manipulation of body mass and its impact on sports performance
• Physiology of Rock drumming

Internal Examiner

PhD:      Richard Charles Thelwell: ‘Towards repeatable good performance in cricket’,

PhD:     Stephen Brian Draper: VO2 kinetics in severe intensity running’,

PhD:     David Michael Wilkinson: ‘Physiological indices of acute fatigue during recovery from short-term training stress in distance runners’,

PhD:      Peter Cunningham: ‘Physiological demands of single handed dingy sailing’,

PhD:     Paul Ray Worsfold: ‘Biomechanical assessment of the shoe-surface interface in golfing activity’,

PhD:      Simon Delves: ‘Physiological evaluation of operational military acclimatisation during deployment to a hot dry environment’.

PhD:     Richard Buscombe: ‘Interpersonal perception in sport: An examination of factors influencing expectancy effects’.

PhD:     Kathleen Shorter: ‘The pathomechanics of shoulder injuries in cricket bowlers’.  

 

Director of Studies (PhD completions)

PhD: Iain Kendrick: ‘The effects of training and supplementation on carnosine metabolism in skeletal muscle’.

PhD: Glenys Jones ‘Imidazole dipeptides: Dietary sources and factors affecting uptake and muscle content’.

Consultancy:

Attendance at major International boxing tournaments as physiological advisor to England ABALtd and Great Britain ABA teams:

Olympic Games

• 1988 Seoul (South Korea);
• 1992 Barcelona (Spain).

Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

• 1999 Istanbul (Turkey);
• 2000 Liverpool (England);
• 2004 Warsaw (Poland); 2004 Gothenburg (Sweden).

Commonwealth Games

• 1998 Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia);
• 2002 Manchester (England).

World Senior Championships

• 1991 Sydney (Australia);
• 1993 Tampere (Finland);
• 1999 Texas (USA); 2001 Belfast (Northern Ireland).

European Senior Championships

• 1991 Gothenburg (Sweden);
• 1993 Bursa (Turkey);
• 1996 Veijle (Denmark, also acted as 1996 Olympic Qualifying Tournament);
• 2004 Pula (Croatia, also acted as 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament).

World Junior Championships

• 1990 Lima (Peru).

European Junior Championships 1992 Edinburgh (Scotland). 

Multi-nation Senior tournaments

• 1994, 1995, 1996 Liverpool  (England);
• 1995 Tampere (Finland).

Dual Internationals

• 1987-2004 Physiological advisor to England boxing team at 30 dual Internationals. 

International Training Camps (6)

• 1994, 1995 Great Britain Olympic Boxing Team ‘Acclimatisation Training Camp’, Tallahassee, USA;
• 1998 Great Britain Boxing Team ‘Warm-weather Training Camp’, Tallahassee, USA;
• 2002 England Commonwealth Games Boxing Team ‘Team Building Training Camp’, Lofer, Austria;
• 2003 Great Britain Olympic Boxing Team ‘Warm-weather Training Camp’, Paphos, Cyprus;
• 2004 Great Britain Olympic Boxing Team ‘Acclimatisation Training Camp’, Paphos, Cyprus.

Boxing Commissions

• 1995-2004: Member of England ABALtd Coaching Commission.
• 1999-2004:  Member of European Amateur Boxing Association Science and Research Commission (Secretary). 

International Boxing Consultant

• 2008 :Irish Amateur Boxing Association.

Sporting Clients:

• Elite British amateur boxers;
• World professional boxing champion,
• Elite and club triathletes;
• Elite Table Tennis Players;
• Elite weightlifters;
• Elite wrestlers;
• Elite judo players;
• County level endurance athletes;
• Ultra-distance athletes. 

Non-sporting clients: 

• 2008 Co-founder of the: ‘Clem Burke Drumming Project’, with Draper, S and Burke, C. 
• Clem Burke (drummer, rock/pop band Blondie),
• Paul Carbonara (Guitar player, rock/pop band Blondie),
• Darrin Mooney (drummer, rock/pop band Primal Scream),
• Matthew Tong (drummer, rock/pop band Bloc Party),
• Kevin Figueiredo (drummer, rock/pop band, Extreme),
• RSAG (drummer, Rarely Seen Above Ground).

Publications

Articles

1988-2004         Physiological articles for England ABA Coaching Bulletin.

1991                  Amateur Boxing and Sports Science', Coaching Focus, Summer.

1993                  Making the ideal weight', Coaching Focus, Spring.

   1994                  Fluid Balance in Weight Classified Sports', Coaching Focus, Spring

 

Journal Articles

Smith, M., Clarke, G., Hale, T. & McMorris, T. (1992). Blood lactate levels in college football players during matchplay'. In Reilly, T., Clarys, J & Stibbe, A. (Eds) Science and Football. II. E & F. Spon, London.

Butler, R., Smith, M. & Irwin, I. (1993). Performance profile in practice'. Journal of Applied Sports Psychology, 5, 48-63.

Leigh, R., Smith, M. & Irwin, I. (1994).  Treat them with Kid Gloves - Is there a place for boxing skills in school? British Journal of Physical Education, 25 (3) 26-28.

Graydon, J., Taylor, S. & Smith, M. (1998). The effect of carbohydrate ingestion on shot accuracy during a conditioned squash match. In: Science and Racket Sports II [Eds: A. Lees, I Maynard, M. Hughes and T. Reilly], pg 68-74.E & FN Spon,

Hemmings, B., Smith, M., Graydon, J. & Dyson, R. (2000). The effects of massage on perceived recovery, physiological restoration and repeated sports performance. British Journal of Sports Medicine, April, Vol 34, No 2, p 109-115.

Smith, M.S., Dyson, R.J., Hale, T. & Janaway, L. (2000). Development of a boxing dynamometer and its punch force discrimination efficacy’. Journal of Sports Sciences, 18, 445-450.

Smith, M., McManus, P., Dyson, R. & Hale, T. (2000). The effects in humans of rapid loss of body mass on a boxing-related task. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 83: 34-39.

Smith, M., Dyson, R., Hale, T., Hamilton, M., Kelly, J & Wellington, P. (2001). The effects of restricted energy and fluid intake on simulated amateur boxing performance'. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, 11, 2, 238-247.

McMorris, T., Swain, J., Smith, M., Corbett, J., Delves, S., Sale, C., Harris, R.C., & Potter, J. (2006). Heat stress, plasma concentrations of epinephrine, norepinephrine, 5-hydroxytryptamine and cortisol, perception of mood state and working memory. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 61, 204-215.

Smith, M. (2006). Physiological profile of Senior and Junior England international boxers. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, CSSI, 74-89.

Smith, M. & Draper, S. (2006 ). BASES Physiological Testing Guidelines: Section 2 – Sport Specific Procedures, Taylor and Francis, Routledge.

Kendrick, I.P., Harris, R.C., Kim, H.J., Kim, C.J., Dang, V.H., Lam T.Q., Bui, T.T., Smith, M.S. & Wise, J.A. (2008). The effects of 10 weeks resistance training combined with beta-alanine supplementation on whole body strength force production, muscular endurance and body composition. Amino Acids, 34 (4), 547-554.

Kempton, M.J., Ettinger, U., Schmechtig, A., Winter, E.M., Smith, L., McMorris, T., Wilkinson, I., Williams, S.C.R. & Smith, M.S. (2009). Effects of Acute Dehydration on Brain Morphology in Healthy Humans. Human Brain Mapping, Volume 1, 291-298.

Kempton, M.J., Ettinger, U., Foster, R., Williams, S.C.R., Calvert, G.A., Hampshire, A., Zelaya, F.O., O’Gorman, R.L., McMorris, T., Owen, M.A. & Smith, M.S. (2011). Dehydration affects brain structure and function in healthy adolescents’. Human Brain Mapping, Volume 32, 71-79.

Kempton, M.J., Underwood, T.S., Brunton, S., Stylios, F., Schmechtig, A., Ettinger, U., Smith ,M.S., Lovestone, S., Crum, W.R., Frangou, S., Williams, S.C. & Simmons, A: (2011). A comprehensive testing protocol for MRI neuroanatomical segmentation techniques: Evaluation of a novel lateral ventricle segmentation method’. Neuroimage, DOI 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.06.080

Abstracts

Smith, M., Hale, T., Aaron, J., Harley, R. & Northcott, S. (1990). The onset of blood lactate accumulation in arm exercise. Journal of Sports Sciences. 8 (I): 88.

Smith. M., Hale, T., Harley, R., Keen, P., Northcott, S., & Palfreeman, R.( 1991). Blood lactates from different sites Journal of Sports Sciences. 9 (4): 431

Palfreeman, R., Hale, T., Harley, R., Keen, P., Northcott, S. & Smith, M. (1991). Lactate-Pyruvate ratio as an indicator of exercise capacity. Journal of Sports Sciences. 9 (4): 428.

Smith, M., Hale, T., Harrison, J.H. & McManus, P. (1994). The effects of rapid weight loss on a boxing specific task. Journal of Sports Sciences, 12 (2): 151.

Jones, L.N., Fallowfield, J.L., Smith, M.S. & Harrison, J.H. (1994). The effect of rehydration with a carbohydrate-electrolyte mixture on simulated dingy hiking performance. Journal of Sports Sciences, 13 (1): 34-35.

Smith, M., Metcalfe, J., Dyson, R., Fallowfield, J.L., Wilkinson, D. & Hale, T. (1996). The influence of creatine-monohydrate supplementation on simulated amateur boxing performance. First Annual Congress, Frontiers in Sport Science, The European Perspective. Nice, France,564-565.

Smith, M., Hobbs, O., Dyson, R., Fallowfield, J.L & Hale, T. (1996) 'The effects of dehydration and subsequent rehydration on amateur boxing performance. Journal of Sports Sciences, 14 (4):367.

Smith, M., Baldwin, A., McMorris, T., Fallowfield, J. & Hale, T. (1996). The effects of dehydration and rehydration on choice reaction time and perception of mood state. Journal of Sports Sciences, 14 (4):366.

Smith, M., Hamilton, M., Kelly, J., Dyson, R., Wellington, P. & Hale, T. (1997).The effects of restricted energy and fluid intake on simulated amateur boxing performance’. Journal of Sports Sciences. 15 (1): 65.

Hemmings, B., Smith, M., Graydon, J., Dyson, R & Sharrock, M. (1997). The effects of massage on physiological recovery and subsequent amateur boxing performance. In Proceedings of 2nd European Congress of the European College of Sports Science P884-885. (Ed Bangsbo, J. et al.)

Hemmings, B., Smith, M., Graydon, J., Dyson, R. & Fletcher, S. (1998). The effects of massage on psychological regeneration and repeated amateur boxing performance. Journal of Sports Sciences, 16, 1, 87-88.

Child, R. B., Smith, M.S., Draper, S.B., Irwin, I. & Wilkinson, D.M. (2000). Acute and longitudinal changes in red blood cell parameters during intense training in international amateur boxers’. 2000 Pre-Olympic Conference: International Congress on Sports Science, Sports Medicine and Physical Education, Sep, 401.

Dyson, R., Smith, M., Fenn, L. & Martin, C. (2005). Differences in lead and rear hand punching forces, delivered at maximal speed relative to maximal force, by amateur boxers. Proceedings of Biomechanics International Symposium, Beijing, China.

Dyson, R, Smith, M.S. Martin, C. & Fenn, L. (2007). Muscular recruitment during rear hand punches delivered at maximal force and speed by amateur boxers. Proceedings of Biomechanics International Symposium, Ouro Preto, Brazil.

Smith, M.S., Burke, C, Draper, S and Potter, C. (2008). Physiological demands of rock drumming – case study’. Journal of Sports Sciences, 26: 1, S115-116.

Journal Editor

Co-Editor, Combat Sports, Journal of Sports Science and Medicine. 

Journal Reviewer

European Journal of Sports Science and Medicine.

Journal of Sport Sciences.

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism.

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine.