Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Mike Hopkinson
Lecturer
Mike is a lecturer in Sport & Exercise Science and Sport Performance courses at Leeds Beckett University and a course leader of the BSc Sports Performance course.
Mike is completing a PhD within tackle injury mechanisms in elite rugby league and is also a performance analyst for the England Korfball national team. He has previously worked as a graduate teaching assistant within Leeds Beckett, a biomechanics research assistant at University of Central Lancashire and a strength and conditioning coach at elite rugby league club. He has a strong interest in performance analysis and is currently utilising video analysis methodology within research to better understand complex events, such as the tackle event in rugby league within his PhD thesis.
Mike has previously presented at the International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport conference in Budapest, Hungary, winning the Routledge young researcher of year award at the conference.
Current Teaching
Sport and Exercise Science course:
- Major independent study (BSc & MSc)
- Biomechanical Principles of Human Movement
- Biomechanical Determinants of Sports Performance
- Personal, Professional and Academic Development
- Biomechanics of Strength and Injury
- Employability in Sport and Exercise Science
Sport Performance course:
- Human Movement
- Biomechanics and Performance Analysis
Sport and Exercise Therapy course:
- Fundamental of Biomechanics for Sports Therapy
Research Interests
Mike has a strong interest in performance analysis and is utilising video analysis methodology within research to better understand complex events, such as the tackle event in rugby league as part of his PhD. However, Mike would like to apply this methodology to other sports and develop research projects in the near future.
Ask Me About
- Rehabilitation
- Sport
- Sports injury