Doctor Ric Lovell

• Qualifications
• Biography
• Research
• Selected Publications
• Grants/Current Projects
• Teaching Interests
• Awards/Honours
• Professional Activities
  

Qualifications

BSc (Hons); MSc; PhD

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Biography

Dr Ric Lovell is an applied exercise physiologist with interests in sport and performance research, and its integration into elite athletic performance. Ric completed his PhD at the University of Hull, where his thesis, ‘The bi-phasic pattern of heat acclimation’, examined the acute and prolonged physiological responses and adaptations to exercise in the heat. He continued to work as an academic at Hull, specialising in Environmental and Sports Physiology. During this time Ric’s predominant research focus investigated optimal preparation strategies for soccer players, and monitoring physical workloads in training and competitive match-play settings. During this time, Ric has consulted for a number of Premier League and Football League Clubs as a British Association of Sport & Exercise Sciences (BASES) accredited practitioner. His current research activities include the impact of half-time strategies on subsequent physical performance in team sports players, and time-motion analysis of both professional and young soccer players.

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Selected Publications

Lovell, R., Midgley, A., Barrett, S., Carter, D., and Small, K. (2011). Effects of different half-time strategies on second half soccer-specific speed, power and dynamic strength. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sport.  DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2011.01353.x.

Weston, M., Gregson, W., Castagna, C., Impelizzeri, F., Breivik, S., Lovell, R. (2011). Changes in a top-level soccer referee’s training, match activities, and physiology over an 8-year period: a case study.  International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 6 (2), 281-6.

Harley, J.A., Lovell, R., Barnes, C.A., Portas, M.D., and Weston, M. (2011). The inter-changeability of GPS and video based performance data during elite soccer match-play. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 25 (8), 2334-6.

Weston, M., Batterham, A., Castagna, C., Portas, M., Harley, J., Barnes, C. and Lovell, R. (2011). Reduction in physical match performance at the start of the second half in elite soccer. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 6 (2), 174-82.

Harley, J.A., Portas, M.D., Barnes, C.A., Lovell, R., Barrett, S., Paul, D. and Weston, M. (2010). Motion characteristics of elite U12 to U16 age-group soccer players.  Journal of Sports Sciences, 28 (13), 1391-7.

Small, K., McNaughton, L., Greig, M., and Lovell, R.(2010). The effects of multidirectional soccer-specific fatigue on markers of hamstring injury risk. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 13 (1), 120-125. 

Abt, G., and Lovell, R.(2009). The use of individualized speed and intensity thresholds for determining the distance run at high-intensity in professional soccer. Journal of Sports Sciences, 27 (9), 893-898. 

Small, K., McNaughton, L., Greig, M., Lohkamp, M., and Lovell, R. (2009). Soccer Fatigue, Sprinting and Hamstring Injury Risk. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 30 (8), 573-578.

Sandström, M., Madden, L., Taylor, L., Siegler, J., Lovell, R., Midgley, A., and McNaughton, L. (2009). Variation in basal heat shock protein 70 is correlated to core temperature in human subjects. Amino Acids, 37 (2), 279-284. 

Small, K., McNaughton, L., Greig, M., and Lovell, R(2009). Effect of timing of eccentric hamstring strengthening exercises during soccer training: implications for muscle fatigability. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 23 (4), 1077-1083. 

Siegler, J., Mermier, C., Amorim, F., Lovell, R.J., McNaughton, L., and Robergs, R.A. (2008). Hydration, thermoregulation, and performance effects of two sport drinks during soccer training sessions. Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, 22 (5), 1394-1401.

Madden, L., Sandström, M., Lovell, R., and McNaughton, L. (2008). Inducible heat shock protein 70 and its role in preconditioning and exercise.  Amino Acids, 34, 511-516.

Sandström, M., Siegler, J., Lovell, R., Madden, L., and McNaughton, L. (2008). The effect of 15 consecutive days of heat-exercise acclimation on heat shock protein 70.  Cell & Stress Chaperones, 13 (2), 169-175. 

McNaughton, L.R., Lovell, R.J., Siegler, J., Midgley, A.W., Moore, L., and Bentley, D.J. (2008). The effects of caffeine ingestion on time trial cycling performance.  International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 3 (2), 157-163. 

Lovell, R.J., Madden, L.A., McNaughton, L.R., and Carroll, S. (2008). Effects of active and passive hyperthermia on Heat Shock Protein 70.  Amino Acids, 34 (2), 203-211.  

Greig, M.P., Lovell, R.J., Marchant, D., Clough, P.J., and McNaughton, L.R. (2007). A continuous mental task decreases the physiological response to soccer-specific intermittent exercise. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 41, 908-913.

Lovell, R.J., Siegler, J.C. Kirke, I., McNaughton, L.M., and Greig, M.P. (2007). Soccer half-time strategy influences thermoregulation and endurance performance. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 47, 263-269. 

Lovell, R.J., Madden, L.A., Carroll, S., and McNaughton, L.R. (2007). The time-profile of the leukocyte HSP70 response to in vitro heat shock appears temperature-dependent. Amino Acids, 33, 137-144. 

Greig, M.P., McNaughton, L.R., and Lovell, R.J. (2006). Physiological and mechanical response to soccer-specific intermittent activity and steady-state activity. Research in Sports Medicine: An International Journal, 14, 29-52.  

Ryder, J.J., Grantham, N.J., Kellett, D.W., McNaughton, L., Lovell, R., and Jones, G.E. (2004). Marathon Des Sables: A Scientific Case Study, Research in Sports Medicine: An International Journal, 12, 33-44. 

Chapters in Books

Duffield, R. and Lovell, R. (2009).  To warm-up or to Pre-cool?  The paradox of optimal strategies to undertake prior to exercise in the heat.  In A.B. Cisneros and B.L. Goins (Eds.), Body Temperature Regulation, pp. 209-226.  New York: Nova Science Publishers Inc.

Small, K., McNaughton, L., Greig, M., and Lovell, R. (2009). Effects of multidirectional soccer-specific fatigue on eccentric hamstring strength: implications for hamstring injury risk. In B. Drust, T. Reilly, and A.M. Williams (Eds.) International Research in Science and Soccer (In Press). London: Routledge.   

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Research

• Applied Sports Physiology
• Exercise Thermoregulation

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Grants/Current Projects

Impact of maturation status on physical match performances in youth soccer - English Football League.

Technical and physical match performances of elite soccer players - Hull City Football Club.

Monitoring training loads of professional soccer players -
Scunthorpe United Football Club.

Monitoring training and match loads in elite youth soccer players - Scunthorpe United Football Club.

The effects of half-time strategies on 2nd half soccer-specific speed, power and dynamic strength - PowerPlate International.

The effects of half-time strategies on 2nd half soccer-specific speed, power and dynamic strength - Nuffield Foundation.

Monitoring training loads in professional football players - Scunthorpe United Football Club

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Teaching Interests

• Applied Sports Physiology
• Exercise Thermoregulation 

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Awards/Honours

• British Association of Sport & Exercise Sciences (BASES) Accredited Physiologist (Research)
• British Association of Sport & Exercise Sciences (BASES) Accredited Physiologist (Scientific Support)
  

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Professional Activities

Reviewer of the following journals:

• Journal of Sport Sciences (Member of Editorial Advisory Board)
• British Journal of Sports Medicine
• International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance
• Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
• European Journal of Sport Science
• Research in Sports Medicine: An International Journal
  

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