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Annual Report

2001–2002

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF SPORT AND EXERCISE SCIENCES

• To promote fundamental and applied research in the sport & exercise sciences

• To encourage the development of evidence-based practice in the sport & exercise sciences

• To disseminate knowledge about the sport & exercise sciences

• To establish and maintain high professional standards for all sport & exercise scientists

• To represent the interests of sport & exercise scientists nationally and internationally

• To promote the relevance of sport & exercise science to society

• To facilitate communication amongst those actively engaged in research and scientific support in the sport & exercise sciences

• Represents UK sport & exercise science interests nationally and internationally

• Promotes sport & exercise science careers and consultancy

• Organises conferences, seminars and workshops

• Publishes the Journal of Sports Sciences

• Produces a members’ newsletter four times a year

• Maintains professional standards

Elected Officers of the Association

Chair Prof Neil Spurway [email protected]

Secretary Prof Steve Bird [email protected]

Treasurer Dr Valerie Cox [email protected]

Section Representatives Elected Officers

Chair of Biomechanics Section Dr Mike Lauder [email protected]

Chair of Interdisciplinary Section Matt Jevon [email protected]

Chair of Physiology Section Prof Ed Winter [email protected]

Chair of Psychology Section Dr Tim Holder [email protected]

Bases Office

Development Officer Jeremy Cooper [email protected]

Senior Administration Officer Jane Bairstow [email protected]

BASES Annual Report 2001–2002

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This may provide anopportunity to reflect uponthe past year’s achievements

and to look to the future – thecorporate vision.

An emphasis I have placed,throughout my period in the Chair,has been to extend collaborationwith other organisations. Duringthe year since the Report of 2001there have been many suchdevelopments. Ratification of aMemorandum of Collaborationwith the British Association ofSport and Exercise Medicine(BASEM) was completed inNovember, with excellent effects. Ihave attended several BASEMExecutive meetings, resulting inunquestionably enhancedunderstanding between the twoassociations; they are each nowrepresented on the other’sEducation & Training committee, sojoint workshop and otherprogrammes are emerging; thepossibility of sharing office servicesis under active exploration; andmutual collaboration in turn withthe Association of CharteredPhysiotherapists in Sports Medicine(ACPSM) has been negotiated inthe warmest possible spirit. I havehigh hopes that the resulting, three-stranded, ‘Inter-Professional Forum’will be publicly announced beforeour July AGM. (This Forum is notto be exclusive: other organisationswith consonant objectives will beencouraged to apply to join, butthe three founding bodies willretain the right to accept or rejectsuch applications.)

An equally important collaborationhas been with the UK SportsInstitute (UKSI). A BASES/UKSIPartnership Agreement was signedin December and, on the BASESside, placed in the hands of theSports Science Special Committeeto operate. They and theequivalent UKSI team hit theground running, and extremelyimportant and valuable joint

activities are already in operation.The Buddy Scheme, wherebyyounger Sports Scientists will workclosely with established ones in theservice of World Class Sports, isparticularly exciting. Seriousconsideration of whether ourAccreditation Scheme needs to beupgraded, to serve the needs ofelite sport, is also under way –though the absolute condition isthat nothing must be done whichwould make the scheme lesssuitable for BASES membersconcerned with Exercise andHealth. With that in mind, let mewelcome within this sameparagraph BASES’ participation inthe Exercise Professionals’ Groupof the Association for CardiacRehabilitation (BACR), formallyconstituted in April. Anotherprofession with which BASES is inclose touch is Nutrition. Thequestion whether any moreformalised relationship will befruitful must, however, await theNutrition Society’s finalisation of itsown ‘accreditation’ (their word isRegistration) scheme.

Internationally, a proposal enablingindividuals to become JointMembers of BASES and theEuropean College of SportScience (ECSS) will be put to theforthcoming AGM. Liaison withthe Australian Association isgrowing, and a structure forWorld collaboration within a fewyears seems foreseeable. Internalmodifications related to some ofthe foregoing include moreflexible interpretations of therules for Accreditation, where ithas been less than clear whichSection has been mostappropriate. After a year ortwo’s experience, these willprobably issue in rewritten formalcriteria, but to attempt therevision at this juncture would behasty. Training for those about tosupervise the professionalexperience of younger membersis now coming on stream, and

steps to counter the risks ofsexual abuse in sport andexercise science are being activelyconsidered. Several book-levelBASES publications are in thepipeline, beginning with neweditions of our Biomechanical andPhysiological Testing Guidelines,which will thus be able to reach awider market. Our magazine,BASES World, goes from strengthto strength, guided now by anEditorial Board reporting to theExecutive. A proposal for a newAssociation journal, the AppliedSport and Exercise Scientist(ASES), complementing theJournal of Sports Sciences buthandled by the same publisher,will be before the coming AGM.So, I hope, will one allowing us toappoint a Chief Executive Officer(CEO), who would have authorityto act on the Executive’s behalf inmany matters currently requiringdirect involvement by one of theElected Officers. If such anappointment is made it will bepart of an office expansion, whichis overdue but cannot yet belastingly afforded. (The presentinvaluable third staff member issubsidised for six months througha government scheme.) There is,however, a chicken-and-eggrelationship between staffing andmoney: in the new Whitehall-encouraged climate, of contractfunding by central agencies suchas UKSI and the Health Service, afull-time, business-minded CEOhas much more chance ofincreasing the Association’s non-subscription income than ElectedOfficers with entirely differentday jobs.

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This report covers the period fromSeptember 2001 to the start of June2002. This nine month period hasseen a great deal of activitypredominantly focused on severalpriorities developed in two meetings(12/12/01 and 3/4/02) betweenBASES and the UKSI following aformalised agreement to workcollaboratively to better supportWorld Class athletes and coaches.

The UKSI has a remit to enhancesystems of support for World Classathletes and coaches, invest inpeople who can support suchindividuals and disseminateknowledge that will enhanceperformance.

These areas of interest map onperfectly to three priorities agreedby BASES and the BOA when thejointly signed Memorandum ofCollaboration was signed in 2000.At that time there was widespreadagreement that the qualityassurance systems (BASESaccreditation and BOA registration)required further consideration,additional methods were requiredto provide CPD and developmentopportunities for scientists onBASES SE, and mechanisms wereneeded to develop and disseminateperformance enhancing knowledge.

Given that the BASES-UKSIagreement formally contained a listof ‘key personnel’ from bothpartners, the SSSC has effectivelyoperated with a small ‘action group’who have reported back to the fullSSSC for comment or to seekwider counsel. In addition, the SSSChas sought the advice of the BASESChair, Development Officer and ECduring the formative stages of someof the novel ‘project funding’ bids.

Quality Assurance – Andy Jones(BASES) and Tom Collingridge(UKSI) have worked as one on adevelopment project designed toreview the current BASESaccreditation system with a view tomaking a proposal to the July 2002AGM to improve the system forthose wanting to work with WorldClass athletes and coaches. Theyhave collectively interviewed awiderange of people (egperformance directors, nationalcoaches, and scientists working withWorld Class athletes), and Andy is inthe process of formulatingrecommendations to go to theBASES EC in June for possibleconsideration at the AGM in July. Ifthese ideas are accepted bymembers at the AGM, it is assumedthat BASES and the UKSI will submita proposal for UK Sport funding tosupport the annual costs of theadditional work associated with anenhanced QA system that isdesigned to dovetail with the BOAregistration process, and better meetthe needs of elite sport.

This is an element of the thinkingwhich will be published more fullyin the Corporate (or ‘Five-Year’)Plan, which is now being finalised.A more entrepreneurial outlook,one hopes resulting in a strongerfinancial base, is one key element.Enhanced Membership Services, ofwhich ASES and a more uniformlyhigh standard of SupervisedExperience are examples, willpretty crucially depend on this.Modifications of Accreditation, tosuit the needs of potentialemployers in both Health-relatedExercise and Sport – but therebyto make much more likely theinsistence of those employers onfilling their posts with BASES-Accredited people – will beanother strand. In keeping withthis, BASES will seek particularly toexpand its membership in thecommercial and full-time servicefields; it is not, at present, an

association of academics, but it istoo often still thought to be, andthis image must be changed.Nevertheless, continued work withthe Quality Assurance Agency, toensure an ever-upward trend in thestandards and applicability of Sportand Exercise Science degrees andother training (perhaps including‘kite-marking’) is likely to beanother feature of the comingyears. Scrutiny of the Association’sinternal structure will continue,though I myself remain profoundlyunconvinced that substituting twoapplications (Exercise v. Sport) willbe an improvement on fourdisciplines (Psychology,Biomechanics, etc). Fresh minds willbe applied to the question, perhapsassisted in their assessment bysome outside funding. Returning,however, to my starting point, in allactivities except the most internal,BASES wishes to collaborate with

other professional associations, notpretending to be able to standapparently aloof; each professionsupporting exercise and sport hasits own excellent traditions and itsown self-respect but – whetherone is thinking of the best serviceto the individual client/patient or ofpolitical influence – we are moreeffective when we fully co-operate.

It remains for me to expressdelight at the year’s best news ofall – Prof Clyde Williams’willingness to stand as Chair Elect,and his being elected unopposed.In such respected and wise hands,BASES can surely not fail toprosper? I thank Clyde with all myheart for undertaking this task, andwish him the greatest possiblesuccess.

Prof Neil SpurwayChair of BASES


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Buddy Scheme – Matt Jevon(BASES) and David Lasini/ScottDrawer (UKSI) developed asuccessful UK Sport funded projectto provide supervised World Classwork experience for individuals onBASES SE while simultaneouslymeeting the needs of specificsports or Home Country SportsInstitutes (HCSIs) as well as theUKSI. BASES members will beaware that those interested in theBuddy Scheme were encouragedto make an application in April2002. Fifty-one applications werereceived and 19 applicants wereinvited to interview for ninepositions in canoeing, cycling,swimming, rowing, the ScottishInstitute of Sport (2) and theWelsh Institute of Sport (3).Successful candidates have beennotified and they will start onspecific projects shortly withsupport from both a BASES andsport/HCSI supervisor. Assumingthat the three-way monitoring andreview procedures reveal positiveoutcomes, it is likely that thisproject will be extended in futureyears.

Education and ProfessionalDevelopment – Neil Fowler, asChair of the BASES E&TCommittee, has been working

alongside colleagues from sportsmedicine, coaching and the sportscouncils to develop a cross-cuttingprogramme that will meet theneeds of specialist groups as wellas providing opportunities forintegration and the exchange ofideas between all athlete supportpersonnel.

Coaching Conference – Andy Borriehas actively represented BASES ina series of meetings focused onpreparing for the next CoachingConference. A programme is nowemerging and sport scientistsworking with World Class sportswill need to make sure that theirgoverning bodies request an invitefor them to attend the conference.

Knowledge Development andDissemination – Greg Whyte, fromthe BOMC, is leading this particularinitiative, although there has beenlimited progress to date.

Performance Impact and SportScience Audit – Sarah Rowell, MattJevon and Tom Collingridge areworking toward producing aproject brief for a sport scienceaudit to provide additionalinformation about the scientistscurrently supporting World Classathletes and coaches. In addition,all three colleagues have discusseddeveloping another project that

will, over time, ensure that theperformance impact of sportscientists can be more readilyembedded in NGB planning andmonitoring procedures.

My thanks to all those SSSC andUKSI colleagues who have workedconscientiously on the aboveprojects. I have also beenencouraged by the speed withwhich the Association has beenable to adapt to the ‘projectculture’ without losing sight of thedemocratic process and the needfor ‘due process’. Assuming thatthe membership endorses thedecisions taken by the SSSC andencourages further developmentsin this respect, BASES will need tofurther reflect on its managementand administration structures. Ifthese are to support additionalprojects that benefit athletes andcoaches, BASES members and afunding organisation, there is everylikelihood that they will need tochange to reflect the requiredprofessional and fast-acting projectmanagement role envisaged.

Prof Les Burwitz Chair of the Sports Science SpecialCommittee


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BASES received £20,000 fromUK Sport to provideservices that would support

high performance sport in thefollowing key strategic areas:

• Providing expert advice onsport science support andresearch questions posed byworld-class sports.

• Ensuring the undergraduateprovision in sport science islinked to vocational andprofessional competences insport science.

• Promoting, reviewing andquality assuring the services ofsport science practitionersthrough the accreditation andsupervised experienceprogrammes.

• Promoting and quality assuringthe sport science support andresearch services deliveredthrough physiology laboratoriesvia the accreditation scheme.

The work that BASES undertookduring the year in support of theseobjectives was welcomed by UKSport as it further demonstratedBASES commitment to seeing UKsport performers achieveexcellence on a world stage. Italso demonstrated BASEScommitment to the aligning ofcommon work areas with itspartner agencies, the UKSI, BOAand UK Sport, so that the benefitsto performance sport weremaximised. A further £20,000 hasbeen secured for 2002–03 tosupport a BASES work programmedesigned to enhance UK Sport’sprimary role for providing cohesionand direction for high performancesport at a UK level. It has beenframed on the light of theDecember 2001 PartnershipAgreement with the UKSI.Theprogramme has a broad focus onassisting the development ofpeople, knowledge and systemsthat support world-class sport. It iswritten on the premise thatenhancing performance involvesboth direct scientific support andthe development of underpinningknowledge.

• BASES will continue to providea range of continuedprofessional developmentservices for sport scientistsworking with or aspiring towork with high performancesports. These services willinclude a supervisedexperience programme,educational workshops andsymposia, an annualinternational conference and apeer-reviewed applied andresearch publication.

• BASES will continue to assistwith the sport science supportrequirements of world-classsports, and any researchquestions they may pose in thefuture.This will require theBASES sport science specialcommittee to meet on a regularbasis with the UKSI, HCSI, andNGB Performance Directors.

• BASES will continue to providean accreditation scheme forfacilities and for individual sportscientists. BASES will seek toreview and where appropriatemodify this scheme in line withthe UKSI World ClassGuarantee system across theUKSI network.

• BASES will continue tofacilitate communicationamongst those actively engagedin research and support in thesport and exercise sciences.

It is BASES intention that in thelong-term, the positive partnershipbetween BASES and UK Sport bedeveloped into one of contractor-client, where UK Sport as the clientdecides that BASES as thecontractor is best suited to theprovision of a particular servicethat supports and positivelyimpacts upon high performancesport.This form of contracting willprovide BASES with anopportunity to negotiate not onlywith the client, UK Sport, but alsowith the end user of the service,the athlete and coach.This is adouble contract concept that willprovide for greater potential forconsumer involvement and userled services. This new form ofworking partnership should ensurethat BASES and UK Sport worksynergistically, securing a long-termcompetitive advantage for the UK’selite sport performers.

Jeremy CooperBASES Development Officer

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It can be frustrating when publicpolicy doesn't seem to matchwhat the scientific evidence

shows, and I have heard severalcomments over the year expressingdismay at the speed of change. Itwas no doubt a frustratingexperience in the 1960s, when theUS Surgeon General's Report onthe harmful effects of smokingemerged, to get focused publicpolicy and the resources thatfollowed for smoking cessationinterventions.The same is true now:our agenda is gaining momentum.We had the US Surgeon General'sReport on Physical Activity in 1996,and we saw the Dose-ResponseSpecial Issue of Medicine & Sciencein Sport & Exercise (2001, June, 33(6 Supplement) published last year.Last year we also had the latestNational Audit Office Report onthe prevalence of Obesity in theUK, and the launch of the NationalQuality Assurance Framework forExercise Referrals. In the Autumnthis year we can look forward to aUK, Chief Medical Officer's Report(coordinated by the Exercise &Health Science Dept at BristolUniversity with input from mainlyBASES members) on the evidencefor the effects of inactivity on healthand quality of life. So I would say tocolleagues in BASES, resources arestarting to go into jobs forgraduates, research funding andtraining but we have some years togo before they match those forsmoking cessation (despite thesimilar population attributable riskassociated with inactivity andsmoking).

BASES has an important politicalrole to play in moving this agendaforwards, and has much to offer andmuch to gain from such activity. OurExercise Science strategy articulatesthe need for collaboration and thisreport identifies a number of ways

in which this has happened this yearand will continue to do so, with linksto the National Heart Forum, andthe British Association of CardiacRehabilitation in particular. I alsoreport on how the NQAF andother initiatives are helping to raisestandards in the fitness industry andleisure and health services.

This year we have gainedrepresentation on the NationalHeart Forum, and a number ofBASES members are providing aninput into a newly formed 'PhysicalActivity Alliance' (subject torenaming) convened by the NHF,with an emerging set of priorities.Top of that list is likely to be topush the government to develop aNational Strategy (in England) forpromoting physical activity, in linewith practice in Northern Ireland,Scotland and Wales. BASESmembers have played central rolesin the development of thosestrategies and English colleagueslook forward to playing an equallyprominent role in the comingyear(s).The National Heart Forum(www.heartforum.org.uk), as aregistered charity, has almost 50member organisations (including allleading medical and health groups,associations and bodies). As anindependent body it has thepotential to directly influencegovernment policy which cansignificantly impact on careers forour future exercise professionalsand scientists. BASES input ensuredthat the Physical Activity Alliancehas an agreed mission to promotehealth in the broadest sense andnot just tackling CHD.

It is now just over a year since The National Quality AssuranceFramework for Exercise Referral Systemswww.doh.gov.uk/exercisereferralswas launched by the Secretary of

State for Health, Alan Milburn, andit is time for a moment to reflecton its impact and what the futurehas in store. BASES (through theExercise Science SpecialCommittee) jointly provided thelead to initiate and produce thissignificant policy document.

Systems: The document has beenwidely disseminated by theDepartment of Health to offerguidelines for best value and bestpractice for exercise referral withina rapidly changing health careservice. Questions about who,where, when and how are broadlyanswered in the generic NQAFand for those outside the world ofservice delivery in health care (eg.,leisure operators) this has been ofgreat value.The document appearsto have elevated the status andimportance of placing exercisereferral schemes within HIMPS(health improvement programmes)and a number of other topicalframeworks (eg. National ServiceFramework–NSF for CHD). Indeedon 20 May this year the Dept ofHealth hosted a nationalconference for senior local andregional policy makers in the NHSto review how the milestones forphysical activity in the NSFs werebeing met, and exercise referralschemes were one of the keyapproaches. Referral pathways havebeen restricted in the past and it isexciting to see evidence-basednon-pharmaceutical treatmentsgain acceptance and recognitionwithin the NHS. I think the NQAFhas helped to clarify the distinctionbetween advice orrecommendation for exerciseversus referral for exercise: forexample, the term 'exercise onprescription schemes' appears tobe less frequently used. Firstly,there was confusion that it was theGPs prescribing exercise, andsecondly, the model was to testsomeone's fitness and prescribe



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The BASES-AGED projectwhich began two years agowas expecting to conclude

with the International Society ofAgeing and Physical ActivityConference at Loughborough in

2003. Unfortunately, due topersonal circumstances for theleading person in the organisingteam, it has just been decided towithdraw from hosting the event.This is a big disappointment for all

concerned and at the time ofwriting, no alternative had beendecided.We had earmarkedfunding to support a BASESSymposium.

exercise.The focus has shifted tochanging the complex dimensionsof physical activity behaviour thatmay impact on different aspects ofhealth, within a national agenda, toreduce inequalities in health status.This behaviour change facilitatorrole requires specialist skills.Thistakes me on to people orpractitioners.

People: The NQAF can haveminimal impact on opening up newreferral pathways for people withdifferent medical condition if theskills of exercise practitioners, todeliver the exercise programmesor physical activity counselling, donot match the needs of thepatients. GPs need assurance thatthe people to whom they refer willdo no harm to patients and this isa challenge when they havetraditionally only referred to thosein the professions allied tomedicine.The NQAF made specificreference to the Register forExercise Professionals (REPS),suggesting that all exercise referralschemes should have someone onthe Register at level 3 within threeyears.Thankfully, the REPs becamelive on 1/1/02 and we now havethe infrastructure, through theFitness Alliance, to catch up withprocessing applications for all levels

(1,2 and 3). Over 10,000 peopleworking in the Fitness Industry aresigned up to be on the REPs,through initial corporate support,with the vast majority of people atlevel 2. Contact REPs for moreinformation on 0845-6016067 [email protected] . Although theNQAF is only a set of guidelines, intime I would not want to be partof a referral scheme whichemployed an exercise practitionernot at Level 3 on the REPs as aminimum, for legal reasons.

BASES has representation on theTechnical Expert Group of theFitness Alliance and there are someissues about the level of trainingneeded to work with specialpopulations as an exercisepractitioner. Standards in the fitnessindustry are generally low andunfortunately the TEG has spentmuch of its time consideringstandards of qualifications at level2. If you offer training courses thenyou may want to map them againstNational Occupational Standardsand gain recognition by the TEG.Students could then gain access to the REPs.

The Exercise Science meeting inLoughborough last April highlightedthe need for an annual conferencefor exercise scientists. I becameaware that the BHF NationalCentre for Physical Activity andHealth were considering aconference and we can now lookforward to a joint BASESconference this year on 25September, which will hopefullyattract over 300 delegates.Themain focus is on exerciseprogramming for specialpopulations (with both physicaland/or psychological health), withkeynotes from senior policymakers, health professionals,exercise practitioners and scientists,with a series of workshops acrossa range of medical conditions.

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I must thank John Buckley for thefollowing report coming after amost successful initiative which israpidly gaining momentum.

Over 200 delegates attended thisjoint conference between BASES,The Association of CharteredPhysiotherapists in CardiacRehabilitation (ACPICR) and thePhase IV Cardiac Rehab’ InstructorNetwork (Phase IV-IN).The two-day conference kicked off with theeminent Emeritus ProfessorAdrianne Hardman, speaking onthe role of exercise in lipidmetabolism management. As usual,for Professor Hardman, themessage and concepts were putacross in the simplest of terms butwithout sacrificing any of theacademic rigour. Jenni Jones(ACPICR rep’ of the BACR-EPG), aPhysiotherapy Lecturer fromBrunel University, followed with anenlightening presentation ofconsiderations of water-basedexercise in cardiac patients.Twokey points were highlighted inJenni’s presentation. Firstly, thatthere was a paucity of informationon physiological responses towater-based activity in thispopulation and certainly somescope for some valuable research.Secondly, that due to the significantchanges in hydrostatic pressurefrom simply being immersed inwater, the potential for increasedcirculatory pre-load on the heartat least raises a ‘yellow light’, whenrecommending swimming as anactivity for cardiac patients. Herpresent research certainlyhighlighted some important pointsover concerns of controllingexercise intensity during water-based activity, where work-ratescan be relatively high, especially for

less skilled swimmers, and thatperceived exertion was dampenedcompared to land-based activity atthe same intensity.This wholesession was Chaired by Dr NeilOldridge from Indiana StateUniversity, one of the world’s mostrenowned experts on theeffectiveness of exercise basedrehabilitation. Dr Oldridge praisedthe coming together of the threeprofessional groups, something hehad not seen before, even in theUS! This was music to the ears ofJenni Jones (ACPICR), AnnieHolden (Phase IV-IN) and JohnBuckley (BASES), the conferenceorganisers and present committeeof the BACR-EPG.

The first afternoon was filled byindividual sessions of BASES,ACPICR and Phase IV-IN, of whichpart of the session was spentcanvassing interested members tobe representatives on the BACR-EPG committee.Thirty BASESmembers were present andchaired by John Buckley and NeilSpurway, they also discussed anddebated the role of exercisescientists within cardiacrehabilitation. One of the mainissues was the level of qualificationof the exercise scientist. All wereagreeable that the BACR Phase IVqualification was an excellentcertificate to have in addition to aSport & Exercise Science Degree.Other proposals includedcanvassing those universities, whichoffered courses in exercise andcardiovascular health and diseaseso that the BACR and cardiacrehabilitation services would beaware of these institutions, whenconsidering the employment ofexercise science support.Thewhole delegation was thenbrought back together, to beinformed by leading figures in eachof the three professional groups;

Dr. Jenny Bell on behalf of theBACR and the Phase IV-IN, SallyHinton on behalf of the ACPICRand Prof. Neil Spurway on behalfof BASES.

The evening banquet and dance atthe historic Keele Hall proved tobe a huge success in the inter-professional social collaboration ofthe three groups.

Day two included morningpresentations on exercise andheart failure by Dr Ann Taylor(Physiotherapy Researcher) and DrJenny Bell covering keymisconceptions in the prescriptionof exercise. Some salient pointswere provided for immediate useby the delegates when they nextsaw their patients/clients.Themiddle of this day was filled withpractical workshops on assessingpatients using a shuttle walk withambulatory ECG monitoring(tutor: Jenni Jones), a debate onwhat actually defines Phase III andPhase IV cardiac rehabilitation(tutors: Gareth Mapp and FionaLough), mental healthconsiderations in cardiacpopulations (tutor: Prof. AdrianTaylor) and measuring and usingMETs when considering intervalversus continuous exercise (tutor:John Buckley).



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The conference was closed by DrNeil Oldridge, reviewing theevidence of the past two decadeson the effectiveness of exercise-based rehabilitation. Oneof the interesting points was that home-based activity has proved tobe as beneficial as standardoutpatient structured sessions.What was really apparent was thatall exercise practitioners should beforever grateful to Dr Oldridge, forwithout him, none of us wouldhave the basis to justify ouremployment.

The EPG committee andconference organisers (Jenni, Johnand Annie) would like to thank allfor the support and are pleased toannounce that a new committee isbeing formed with expertphysiotherapists Fiona Lough(Addenbrookes Hospital,Cambridge) and Judy Jolliffe(Exeter University), and JohnBuckley (Keele University) andDebra Richardson (De MontfortUniversity/Bedford PCT).We areawaiting the appointment of thePhase IV-IN representatives.

It may appear that my reports aremainly about policy.To redress that,it is worth noting that the past yearprovided much to celebrate forExercise Science in the ResearchAssessment Exercise.The growth insubmission of work/researchactivity on health-related aspectswas noted by the review panel.While some members of ourparent disciplines choose toundermine our credibility as asubject (see letter to editor in theTimes Higher Ed, 24 June, 2002)and worthiness to receive their'previously protected' RAE funding,there is no doubt that our outputis making a considerable impact onnational health and leisure policyand the national research agenda. Iwas delighted to see Dr AndrewCraig (former Chair of ExerciseEngland and co-author of theNQAF) on the RAE panel as an'end-user' of exercise scienceresearch.To maintain this credibility,

and indeed draw on researchfunds, we must, as exercisescientists, maintain our links tonational priorities (see ExerciseScience Strategy atwww.bases.org.uk). Indeed, at leasttwo of the five* RAE institutions(Liverpool John Moores and MMU)have focused on the internationalpriority to consider the role ofexercise in ageing.The challenge forBASES is to create the forum inwhich our leading ExerciseScientists will present their work,and bring workshops under theBASES umbrella.

I would like to thank all those whohave put themselves forward tohelp BASES achieve its aims withrespect to Exercise Science. If youwant to support your professionalAssociation, then please visit ourwebsite, consider our ExerciseScience Strategy (seewww.bases.org.uk), and putforward some ideas.This doesn'thave to be done formally but Iguarantee that you and yourorganisation/institution will becredited with the ideas and assistedin taking them forwards, whether itbe with developing newtraining/education, a researchnetwork, a political opportunity toincrease resources into an initiative,or raising the profile of BASESnationally or internationally.

Finally, I would also like to thankSteve Bird and Precilla Choi for alltheir efforts over the years inadvancing Exercise Science in theUK, as they depart down under.They will be missed.Thanks also toall those involved in theforthcoming CommonwealthGames Scientific Conference whohave worked hard to ensure thatthe programme has a strong healththeme.

Prof Adrian Taylor Chair of the BASES Exercise ScienceSpecial Committee

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Prizes for excellent researchare awarded each year at theBASES annual conference

and we would like to thankSportesse,Taylor & Francis andSportspages for their continuedgenerous financial support.Thefollowing members receivedawards at the 2001 Newportconference.

Nigel GleesonEffects of a fatigue task on indices ofelectromechanical delay of kneeflexors in men and women

Audrey DuncanMotor control of eccentric musclecontractions in landing

Kenny McMillanIsokinetic profiles and jump testing ofprofessional youth soccer players

Chris SprayCognitive processes in physicaleducation: Instrument validation andrelationships with goals

Deborah WelfordNear infared spectroscopy does notprovide a valid measure of changes inthe lactate threshold due to training

Heidi MeehanThe role of non-training stress in thedevelopment of the overtrainingsyndrome

Melanie BurrowsThe menstrual cycle and immunestatus

Warren GregsonThe effects of pre-warming on themetabolic, and thermoregulatoryresponses to prolonged intermittentexercise in moderate ambienttemperatures

Gillian LiggettThe validity and reliability of thechildren and youth self-perceptionprofile

Jonathan SmithThe transiency of goal involvementstates within matchplay: An eliteplayer case study

The Annual Conference atthe University of WalesCollege, Newport

addressed the theme of Sport andexercise in the Real Millennium –Our Way Forward.The Keynotespeakers were selected on thebasis of their ability to speak to thetheme and they all managed thisadmirably. Professor CeliaBrackenridge confronted us all withthe contentious issue of abuse ofathletes which provided much foodfor thought over the followingthree days. Dr Mel Siff enlightenedus with his perspectives onbiomechanical considerations instrength and conditioning, whileProfessor Tom Rowland pointed usin the right direction whencoaching youngsters. Our finalkeynote was Professor Rod

Dishman who provided an updateand a look at the future withregard to exercise adherence andits relationship to depression orthe alleviation of depression. Therewas also a special invited lecturefrom Professor Roland Rensonwho brought us a message fromthe future and the significance ofsport and exercise in the thirdmillennium.

As well as the overarching theme,each day had a particular approach.Day 1 saw a partnership withsports coach UK linking theperspectives of the coach and theperformer with Day 2 aimed at theelite athlete and the sport andexercise scientist. Health andexercise promotion wereaddressed on Day 3. Such anapproach encouraged a widerparticipation from some of ourallied professions and brought adifferent slant to many of thesessions. A total of 50 oral

presentations and 60 posters wereavailable throughout the three days– a testimony to the growth anddevelopment of the area of sportand exercise and BASES overrecent years.

The social side of the conferencewas not forgotten with thereception on the opening daybeing held at the Caerleon RomanBaths Museum, combined with atour of the amphitheatre andRoman barracks. Wine, olives andbread were served al fresco in trueRoman style after a demonstrationof surgical techniques available atthe time of the Romans inCaerleon. While the conferencedinner was unable to dance to theWild Women band, a suitablesubstitute was found which soonhad delegates dancing in the aisles.

Dr Hilary Matheson2001 Conference Organiser



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It has been an interesting andchallenging year as Chair of thisCommittee. I am convinced that

the future health and status ofBASES is in many ways intimatelylinked to the work of the E+Tcommittee. In this report I willbriefly outline what the committeehas achieved over the last year,explain the plan for the comingyear and also set out the keyelements of the mid- to long-termeducation and training plandeveloped over the last two years.

The E+T committee’s most visiblework is through the workshopprogramme.There is a certaindegree of overlap between theprevious year’s workshopprogramme and this, so it is difficultto be precise about how manyworkshops have run in the year.The committee have tried toensure that a good range ofworkshops have been organisedand we are in a position nowwhere we feel confident of ourability to run twelve workshopsper year across a range of areas ofinterest. In the current programme,published in March there are 12workshops listed and it is hopedthat more will be added during thecourse of the year.

The workshops run in the last yearhave averaged approximately 30delegates and allowed thegeneration of a small workshopsurplus.This has been ploughedback into the programme to coveradministrative costs, marketing etc.The committee intend to look atthe financing of workshops andgive due consideration to issuessuch as cross-subsidy and reducedrates for students etc.

The committee would like toextend their thanks to all thosecolleagues around the countrywho have hosted workshops. It isonly though the time, effort andexpertise of the membership thatwe can run a successfulprogramme.

In the last year the committee havedeveloped a new system for theorganisation of workshops and thisnow seems to be working well.Wenow have a central booking andadministrative process wherebyexpressions of interest, applications,details and other paperwork are allhandled by the BASES Office.Thismeans that it is now possible toaccurately monitor the attendancenumbers, feedback reports etc forworkshops. Jane has done a sterlingjob in ensuring that this has runsmoothly.

My concern about the workshopprogramme is that it is still ratherad hoc and reflects the interests ofpotential hosts more than theneeds of the wider membership.With increasing workloads in

Higher Education and competingpressures it may prove harder andharder to put together anattractive programme in thisfashion.You will see below in thefuture plan that the committee areinvesting time and effort to makethe programme more strategic.

One of the less visible, but none-the-less important,developments of the last year hasbeen the establishment of linksbetween the BASES E+Tcommittee and those of variousother organisations.We have areciprocal arrangement with BASEMwith representatives sitting in oneach other’s meetings to seek areasof common ground and to preventduplication.This should in the nextsession allow for the commonworkshops to be hosted and greatercross-fertilisation of ideas etc to themutual benefit of all.

As Chair of the E+T committee Ihave also been involved with theUKSI in a ‘Partner OrganisationCommittee’ focused on educationand training.This committee hasrepresentatives from UKSI, BOA,NSMI, scUK and BASES.Therehave been three meetings to dateand from these a number of actionpoints developed. Although thecentral focus for UKSI has been‘World Class’ and how the variouspartners can help to contribute tosupport the various initiativestherein, the main advantage forBASES is potential to shareexperiences and lock into a wellfunded system to offeropportunities for education andtraining.The next twelve monthswill be interesting from this aspectand I would hope that next year’sannual report will have much tosay on this link.

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During the next year there arethree main issues which theeducation and training committeewill need to address:

• The development of asustainable, strategic workshopprogramme

• The further development oflinks with partner organisations

• The implementation of theeducation and trainingframework

The development of a sustainable,strategic workshop programme

Earlier in the report I said that themain limitation of the workshopprogramme to date has been its adhoc nature.This needs to beaddressed by the formulation of acentral ‘curriculum’ of keyworkshops which address issuesconsidered by the professionalbody to be of critical importance,for example child protection, equalopportunities etc.These wouldform the core of the workshopprogramme with the traditionalrange of ‘special interest’workshops offered around this. Todo this effectively there will needto be input from a range of othergroups and committees withinBASES, for example theAccreditation Committee,Supervised Experience etc.

Consideration should also be givento moving away from the commonmodel of a one or two day face-to-face workshop. Online, ortext-based materials could be usedto deliver all or some of thismaterial. If this is viable thenapplication could be made to uk sport for project funding tofacilitate this.

The further development of linkswith partner organisations

Ongoing discussions with UKSI willstart to have an impact in the nextyear and will lead to new ideas andopportunities for education andtraining. Not only for BASES totrain its own membership butpotential for BASES to become aneducation and training provider toother partner organisations.

Through the partner organisationsgroup there will developopportunities for joint workshopsand other projects. Involvementwith these partners should allowgreater opportunities for BASESmembers to access a wider rangeof education and training. I wouldalso hope over the next twelvemonths to start to establish linkswith other agencies, particularlywith an exercise focus.

The implementation of theeducation and training framework

The education and trainingframework, developed 18 months

ago, is a wide-ranging future visionof an integrated education andtraining scheme extending fromthe undergraduate experience topost accreditation. Progress needsto be made in the next year onimplementing this plan.

The first important step in thisprocess is the introduction of ascheme for ‘approving’undergraduate programmes, withthe creation of a new membershipcategory of ‘Graduate member’.This is not a new idea but one thathas been gathering momentumwith the expansion in the numberof Sport and Exercise programmesin Higher Education. During thenext year the education andtraining committee, in consultationwith the membership, will draft aproposal for how such a systemwould operate and the criteriawhich would be used. No doubtthis will be a difficult task and thechallenge to the committee is toseek wide counsel in developingthe plan. It is hoped that by thenext AGM a proposal will be readyfor discussion.

Dr Neil FowlerChair of the BASES Education andTraining Committee



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Field Assessments – TheFundamentals

British Olympic Medical Centre12 June

Gait analysis

NRCP, Cheltenham & Gloucester,13 June

An introduction toCounselling Skills

University of Northampton,14 June

Research Ethics in Sport& Exercise Science

Northumbria University, Newcastleupon Tyne,12 September

Communicating theResults of BiomechanicalAnalyses to the Clients

Crewe & Alsager Campus,Manchester MetropolitanUniversity, 21 September

High PerformancePhysiology

British Olympic Medical Centre,26 October

Working with Teams

Bolton Arena Sports EducationTheatre, 30 October

Evidence Based Practice

Bolton Arena Sports EducationTheatre, 31 October

Scaling

Sheffield Hallam University,TheCentre for Sport and ExerciseScience, 9 November

Working with YoungPerformers – Cases andConsiderations

Loughborough University,20 November

Statistical Data Analysisin Biomechanics

Sheffield Hallam University,TheCentre for Sport and ExerciseScience, 28 November

There were a total of 49applications for supportaccreditation and a total of

66 applications for the BASESsupervised experience programmein 2001–02.These figures represent a12% increase from the previous year.

There were six applications forlaboratory accreditation and re-accreditation in 2001–02. Therewas one new application foraccreditation from the KingstonUniversity and five applications forre-accreditation. The re-accreditations came from theUniversities of Brighton, Exeter,Wales at Bangor, Ulster atJordanstown and the UniversityCollege, Chichester. In total thereare 28 BASES accredited physiologylaboratories throughout the UK.

DisciplineRegistered R&S

Accredited2001–02

Registered on SE2001–02

Biomechanics 24 11

Interdisciplinary 20 7

Physiology 154 81

Psychology 135 163

Total 333 262

Table 1. Accreditation and supervised experience details – facts and figures

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Summary of facts from the lastfour section reports in theBASES World plus any

strategic development ideas fromthe sections.

This report provides a briefoverview of the main work of theBiomechanics section for the year2001/2002.The Biomechanicssection continues to grow with 246members this year, a small increaseof 14 members.The accreditationfigures, however, are a cause forconcern.We have seven membersaccredited for research andsupport, six members accreditedfor support and ten membersaccredited for research.Thisrepresents an overall decrease innumbers, due to expiry ofaccreditation, over the year. I hopethat BASES Accreditation is atarget for all applied workers andresearchers in biomechanics. I urgeall Biomechanics section membersto consider accreditation as part ofyour professional development. Ona positive note our numbersregistered for SupervisedExperience have increased from sixto eleven. For those that are notin a position to apply foraccreditation, the supervisedexperience route provides anexcellent opportunity to worktowards this goal, particularly nowthe UKSI and BASES provide theopportunity for World Classexperience on the new BuddyScheme.We do however needthose accredited to support theSupervised Experience scheme byoffering their expertise and time tohelp others work towardaccreditation.

Thanks go out to the electedmembers who have served thesection through variouscommittees and liaison activities.Adrian Burden, Carl Payton, FredYeadon, Simon Coleman andStuart Miller for their commitment

to the Accreditation andSupervised Experience committee.Thanks to Roger Bartlett for hiswork on the Accreditation andFellowships committee. Neil Fowlerhas continued his role as Chair andSection representative on theEducation and Training committee.Neil is leading some importantwork on a proposal for BASES toendorse degree programmes inthe UK, as well as putting togetherour CPD programme. Remember,if you have a workshop idea, pleasecontact Neil or myself to discuss it.

The Sports Science SpecialCommittee has been served byAdrian Lees, who will be steppingdown at the end of this year. Iwould like to thank Adrian for hisparticipation in this important role.Thanks also to Lance Doggart forhis input into the Exercise ScienceSpecial committee, anotherimportant role that sectionmembers can play.

And last, but not least, thank you toCeri Diss for her support assection secretary over the last year.Work continues towards thepublication of the updatedBiomechanics Guidelines.Thankyou to Roger and Carl for leadingthis project.

The 2002 Student conference wasan excellent conference.Biomechanics/Performance Analysiswas well represented andcongratulations to Zoe Brenchleyet al (University of Teeside) andTom Casserley (University CollegeChichester) for their sectionawards for oral and posterpresentations, respectively.

I hope to continue as Chair (ifelected) for the year 2002/2003.During this year I would like toraise the profile of thebiomechanics section amongstsports scientists and the widersports community. I aim to do thisby launching the section websitewith the help of Mark Goss-Sampson, promoting and activelyencouraging supervised experienceand accreditation, encouraging UKBiomechanists to present at theBASES conference andrepresenting your views at theExecutive meetings.

Finally, I would like to propose a'resurrection' of the Eastermeetings. As a student I thoroughlyenjoyed the interaction of UKBiomechanists at these events.Toavoid conflict with the main BASESconference, I would like to proposethat this meeting is focused atapplied work, supervisedexperience and workshops.

I look forward to your support atthe section AGM.

Dr Mike LauderChair of the Biomechanics Section



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Remember the ancient Chinesecurse – ‘may you live in interestingtimes’ – we certainly have over thelast year.

The Interdisciplinary section strategydocument has driven a large part ofactivity and focus within the sectionthis year.We have tried througharticles in BASES World, throughopen debate at executive level'upwards' to raise the profile andvalue of an interdisciplinary approachto sport & exercise science.Tosupport this work I greatly welcomeand thank the authors of thesection’s equity plan, CeliaBrackenridge and Hilary Matheson.Although the workshop programmehas been light this year I have highhopes that our more activeinterdisciplinarians will be spreadingthe gospel at a range of the morerecent workshops advertised.Certainly the demand from sportand exercise domains continues tobe for interdisciplinary support, whilstID researchers flourish.

Aside from my direct responsibilitiesas chair, I have been heavily involvedwith the exciting and collaborativework with the UKSI.This has led to anumber of projects which help bringour organisations closer together andreinforce the robustness of BASES asthe professional body for sport andexercise science. On the exercisefront I have again been pleased tosee many members of 'team ID'continuing to lead on nationalinitiatives.Accredited ID numbershave risen again (look out Mike!) andthe interest in ID SE is growing daily.

Thanks must also go to the IDrepresentatives who have put somuch into the different work andcommittees of BASES this year. Mywork has been made much easier byyour commitment andprofessionalism. I look forward tomeeting you all at the AGM andembarking on year two of ourstrategy.

Times are exciting, but I wouldn'thave it any other way.

Matt JevonChair of the Interdisciplinary Section

It is customary in annual reports toacknowledge and thank sectionmembers for the contributions to thesection's activities and indeed thoseof the Association in general. I seeno reason to depart from thistradition. Before I do so however, Iwould like to outline what to me arekey developments that have occurredduring the past ‘short’ year and so putinto context the contributions ofvalued colleagues.

For those in higher education, theResearch Assessment Exerciseprovided a formal declaration of thestate of research in sport andexercise science. For many, thisdeclaration has profound effects andin the main, considerable pride canbe taken from the outcome.Structures associated with UK Sport,the home countries' organisationsand institutes, the British OlympicAssociation,World Class Plans andthe like continued to presentchallenges, especially for appliedscientists. The recent Soccer WorldCup, imminent CommonwealthGames that follows our conference,Athens Olympic Games and othermajor sporting events provide foci forour endeavours. The welcome rise ininterest in exercise science, debateabout accreditation of sportnutritionists and dietitians andstrength and conditioning specialistschallenge our criteria and proceduresfor accreditation. I see these as majorissues that have to be resolved.

The student conference was ahighlight because the science andpresentation were commendable.There was abundant evidence tosuggest that sport and exercisescience is in the hands of able andcommitted young researchers andpractitioners.

It is against this background that Ioffer my thanks to members of theaccreditation committee, Dr IanCampbell, Professor Jo Doust,Professor Roger Eston, Dr AndyJones and Dr Alison McConnell. Iappreciate especially the care withwhich they consider applications foraccreditation and supervisedexperience to ensure fairness.Similarly, Dr Richard Davison has

been equally diligent on theAccreditation and FellowshipCommittee. Thank you also toRichard Godfrey for your work onthe Education and TrainingCommittee and to Dr Keith Tolfreyfor much valued support as sectionsecretary.

Congratulations to members of thesection who were either accreditedor reaccredited and to those staffwho contributed to the accreditationor reaccreditation of their respectivelaboratories. You can take pride inyour achievements.

Thank you to section members whohave either hosted or co-hostedworkshops in the last year.Workshops are a vital part of ourcontinued professional developmentyet their organisation and deliveryplace considerable demands onorganisers.

Thank you to all members for yoursupport and suggestions and I lookforward to another year as chair ofour section.

I also acknowledge the considerablehelp I have received from ouradministrative staff Jeremy Cooperand Jane Bairstow. Their cheerfulnessand abilities in the face ofextraordinarily challenging demandscontinue to impress me.

Finally, I take this opportunity toacknowledge our outgoing chair ofthe Association, Professor NeilSpurway. It is hard to believe thatNeil is retired because his vitalitybelies his age. His teaching, researchand personal qualities are exemplary.Neil, you have served the Associationwell. I am sure I speak on behalf ofall my colleagues when I extend toyou my thanks for all that you havedone for BASES and offer mysincerest best wishes for a long andwell deserved retirement.

Prof Edward WinterChair of the Physiology Section

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This has been a very satisfying yearon the equity front. Based on therecommendations of the EquityAudit conducted in 2000–01 theExecutive’s Equity Plan has beeninstigated. One priority of the planwas the Association’s conferenceawards. As a result of a thoroughreview there will now be fewerconference awards and a series ofnew awards recognising thediversity of activities in which BASESmembers participate is beingintroduced. Watch out forannouncements of these during thecoming year and please do not beshy about putting yourself forwardin response to my call forvolunteers to judge these awards(BASES World, March 2002).Thanks to awards working partymembers Val Cox,Tim Holder, AndyLane, Carl Payton, Rob Shave andKeith Tolfrey for all their hard work.

Another priority was fellowshipsand the Executive reviewed thefellowship application andnomination guidelines resulting inrevised and much improveddocuments. This remains work inprogress so feedback is welcome.There is not space to discuss theentire equity plan but hopefully theabove will have given you a flavourof the work under way. Noteverything has progressed asquickly as originally hoped,sometimes due to a lack offinancial resources and sometimesdue to time limitations in anorganisation whose Executive arevolunteers. To try to deal with thismore of the work is now beingdevolved to Sections who have orare putting together their ownequity plans. I hope these will beenthusiastically received bymembers who will becomeinvolved in instigating them.

Dr Precilla ChoiEquity Representative

This report provides a briefoverview of the main work of thePsychology section for the year2001/2002.

The Psychology section continues tobe active with many of its membersseeking professional developmentsupported through the supervisedexperience programme (currently atotal of 163 members) and othershaving achieved accredited status foreither research and support(currently a total of 135). Itcontinues to be a credit to thesection’s members that an increasingnumber of accredited individuals aresupporting the development ofthose who wish to become sportand exercise psychologists throughthe supervised experienceprogramme.

Thanks go out to the elected andco-opted members who haveserved the section through variouscommittees and liaison activities.TaraEdwards, Chris Harwood, BrianHemmings,Will James, Lynn Johnson,

Ian Maynard, Mark Nesti, ChrisShambrook and Sandy Wolfson fortheir commitment to theAccreditation and SupervisedExperience committee. NanetteMutrie for work on theAccreditation and Fellowshipcommittee and her valuedcontribution to the work with ourEuropean partners in FEPSAC aswell as liaison with the BritishPsychological Society.Tony Westburyhas continued to provide sectionrepresentation on the Education andTraining committee and co-ordinating the ongoing workshopprogramme. Debra Richardson hasprovided section representation onthe newly formed British Associationof Cardiac Rehabilitation – ExerciseProfessionals Group continuing thesubstantial work completed byAdrian Taylor and many otherBASES members in the ExerciseScience field. Finally to BrianHemmings who, as the secretary, hasprovided excellent co-ordination forthe activities of the section.

The section has continued its workin linking with professional partnersto help promote and develop thearea of Sport and ExercisePsychology. Developments continuewith the BPS which should result ina Memorandum of Collaboration inthe very near future, as well aswork with FEPSAC, the BOA andAAASP. In addition to this thesection has continued to developworking relationships with specificsports such as the FootballAssociation. Such liaisons offer greatpotential in providing opportunitiesfor experience and potentialemployment within the sportingworld as psychologists.

The developments made over thelast year have continued to build onestablished procedures and projectsand have provided newopportunities to grow in an everexpanding and exciting area of thesport and exercise sciences.

Dr Tim HolderChair of the Psychology Section



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It is only when collating materialfor a report such as this that theendeavours and progress made

by the Association in the past yearbecome truly apparent. So to bebrief I have selected just a fewitems for comment.

Certainly the release of the RAEresults with all its implications forfuture research has been onefeature of the year. UndoubtedlyBASES members can be justlyproud of the progress made indeveloping research in the UK andcongratulations go to allconcerned. However for me, theyear has had an applied feel. This isillustrated by the new BASES/UKSI

Buddy Scheme which providesgreat opportunities for thosewishing to develop a career inapplied sport science. A furtherillustration that applied sportscience has arrived is theagreement with the F.A. toestablish a diploma and certificatein sport psychology for football.

Maintaining the applied theme thenew workshop programmeprovides an excellent vehicle forprofessional development and in theforthcoming year the Associationshould have its long sought afterapplied sport and exercise journal(ASES). In my view such apublication is much needed to

disseminate good practice andprovide the information needed forthose who have an applied interestin our field.

In conclusion the work of theassociation progresses through theefforts of its members. In this Iwould use the analogy of a duck;that is, steady progress is apparenton the surface but it’s only whenyou look under the water that youappreciate all the work that isgoing on. So I would close byasking more members of all levelsof experience and across all fieldsto contribute to share this load.

Prof Steve BirdHonorary Secretary

The period April 2001 –March 2002 has beenanother period of consistent

expansion for the Association interms of its membership base.This growth is illustrated in Table1ands reflects the growing profile ofBASES as the lead professionalbody for sport and exercisescientists in the UK.

The Executive Committee hascontinued to work hard to ensurethat the services provided to themembership have real value. Thequarterly publication, BASESWorld, has continued to providean interesting and livelycommunication medium for themembership.The regular supply ofcurrent job vacancies in the sportand exercise sector has helpedmany members with careerdirection and progression and thenew website at www.bases.org.ukis continually being improved toprovide members with currentinformation on our workshopprogrammes, conferences andseminars, accreditation issues, linksto related organisations and jobopportunities emerging in thesport and exercise sector.

Year ending 31 March Membership totals

1997 1158

1998 1452

1999 1831

2000 2326

2001 2619

2002 2925

Table 1. BASES Membership during the period 1997-2002

We have continued to work closelywith a number of academic publishersto ensure that there are discountsavailable on selected academic sportand exercise science publications andbegun work on updating thephysiological and biomechanicaltesting guidelines.These should beavailable for the membership earlynext year.We have also continued todevelop our profile in the sport andexercise industry by investing in tradestands and having a presence at keynational conferences.

In the coming year we intend toprovide the membership with aproposal for an applied journal.

This will be the association’spublication and will focus on thedissemination of performance andhealth impact research information. Itis anticipated that this publication willhelp inform the development of thesport and exercise sciences.

Finally, we also intend to investigatejoint membership issues with ourinternational partner associations inAustralia, New Zealand and Europe. Itis our hope that these discussions willlead to reciprocal membershipservice benefits.

Jeremy CooperBASES Development Officer

31.3.02 31.3.01£ £

Income:BASES BOA Symposium Grant 7,500 –

Sports Council grant 20,000 20,000

Membership 63,040 54,262

Accreditation fees 4,970 6,180

Journal of Sports Sciences royalties 8,991 8,367

Conference receipts – Newport 12,887 9,000

Advertising and mailshot income 26,453 24,488

Publications and other income 2,461 2,698

Workshop income 11,142 1,175

HEA – Aged project income 12,222 12,928

169,666 139,098

Other income:Bank interest receivable 628 2,549

170,294 141,647

Expenditure:Salaries, management chargesand pension costs 54,304 52,266

Meeting expenses and travel costs 12,107 20,368

Accreditation costs 1,759 –

Office expenses 48,010 29,336

Newsletter and brochures 36,375 21,045

Workshop expenses 9,895 –

Conference expenses 2,471 2,645

BASES BOA Symposium costs 5,602 –

UK Sports Institute costs – 1,025

HEA – Aged project costs 4,360 8,461

Equal opportunities project – 2,150

Public relations exercise 4,157 13,998

Sundry expenses 1,231 890

Audit and accountancy – current year 1,200 1,200

Audit and accountancy – prior year 304 179

Staff training and development 1,458 3,235

Inter-disciplinary section budget – 1,932

Legal and professional fees 823 1,250

Computer support and maintenance 215 1,956

184,271 161,936

(13,977) (20,289)

31.3.02 31.3.01£ £

Finance costs:

Bank charges and interest 828 689

Brought forward (14,805) (20,978)

Depreciation:

Fixtures and fittings 427 171

Computer equipment 2,233 1,323

2,6601,494

NET LOSS (17,465) (22,472)

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This year we increased our income by £28,000, and Imust thank everyone who helped bring this money in.Each and every member has of course contributed

with membership fees, and our membership numbers havecontinued to rise.We are also grateful to UKSport for their£20,000 contribution last year, and for agreeing the samefigure for the coming year.There has also been a great deal ofVOLUNTARY hard work by people organising workshops andother events.The conference at Newport gave a total profitto BASES of over £12,000, which was an excellent figure.

Overall we have achieved our aim of reducing our reserves toa total of approximately £30,000.This reduction is in line withInland Revenue recommendations for maintaining our not-forprofit status and gives us a good working capital from whichto strategically develop our activities.We have also applied forVAT registration to help service the ‘contract culture’ intowhich we are moving. For the current financial year it is theaim of the Executive to ‘break even’ financially, so we need toincrease our income streams accordingly.The office staff playan important role here. Far from being simply responsible forroutine administration, they play an increasingly proactive rolein developing ways to raise the profile of BASES and ingenerating income.

With work still taking place on the BASES 5 year plan, thenext 12 months will see a review of the way we finance anumber of areas of our work and a very interesting andchallenging year for the organisation lies ahead.

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATIONOF SPORT & EXERCISE

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