Rate My Professor Ashley Cripps

Dr. Ashley Cripps serves as a Senior Lecturer and Program Coordinator for Sports Coaching and Leadership in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle campus. He completed his Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science (Honours), Graduate Certificate in University Teaching, and PhD at the University of Notre Dame Australia. His PhD, awarded in 2016, investigated the effects of maturational variation on the performance of adolescent Australian footballers and their progression through the Australian Football League talent pathway. Since 2016, Dr. Cripps has worked as both an academic and researcher within the School of Health Sciences & Physiotherapy. His teaching responsibilities include data analysis and experimental design, and functional anatomy. He is a member of Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSAM) and holds Accredited Sport Scientist Level 1 (ASpS1) status.

Dr. Cripps' research focuses on talent identification, athlete development, strength and conditioning, employee health and wellbeing, and work-integrated learning. He actively supervises postgraduate and honours students on projects aimed at improving health, wellbeing, and performance among athletes and employees, utilizing his extensive industry connections. Notable grants include the Research Grant Scheme (2022) for "Putting Nike to the test: Running Economy in female long distance athletes" ($9,988), CSIRO On Prime Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program (2019) ($4,000 performance bonus and Facilitator Award), Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation scholarship (2019) ($1,980), Learning and Teaching Office Seed Grant (2019) ($3,000), and Research Grant Scheme (2019) ($4,986). Key publications comprise "Longitudinal development of sprint performance and force-velocity-power characteristics: Influence of biological maturation" (Edwards et al., 2023, The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research), "Bi-modal work integrated learning experiences: Enhancing graduate attributes in exercise and sport science" (Cripps et al., 2023, International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning), "The impact of age and maturation on physical performance capacities in emerging adolescent surfing athletes" (Perejmibida et al., 2023, International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching), "Self-reported throwing volumes are not a valid tool for monitoring throwing loads in elite Australian cricket players" (Hoyne et al., 2022, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport), and "Strength Training for Long-Distance Triathletes: Theory to Practice" (Baldwin et al., 2022, Strength and Conditioning Journal).