Rate My Professor Brock Freeman

Dr Brock Freeman serves as a Lecturer in Exercise and Sport Science within the School of Health Sciences at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle campus. He completed his PhD at Federation University Australia, investigating the role of sprint training in hamstring injury prevention for field sports athletes, from March 2018 to March 2021. Freeman also holds a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science (Honours). He is recognized as an Accredited Exercise Scientist through Exercise and Sports Science Australia and possesses a Level 2 strength and conditioning coaching qualification from the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association. His career trajectory encompasses his current lecturing position since November 2017, sessional academic roles in the Department of Human Movement and Sport Sciences at Federation University since April 2018, and practical coaching experience as a Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Greater Western Victoria Rebels since November 2017. Previously, he worked at the Maribyrnong Sports Academy across multiple sporting programs and contributed to the Victorian AFL Talent Pathway.

Freeman's research specializations include sprint training, hamstring injury prevention, and youth strength and conditioning. His key publications feature 'The effects of sprint training and the Nordic hamstring exercise on eccentric hamstring strength' (The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 2019), which has received 129 citations; 'Sprinting and hamstring strain injury: beliefs and practices of professional physical performance coaches in Australian football' (Physical Therapy in Sport, 2021, 33 citations); 'Common high-speed running thresholds likely do not correspond to high-speed running in field sports' (Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 2023, 17 citations); 'Preseason and In-Season High-Speed Running Demands of 2 Professional Australian Rules Football Teams' (Sports Health, 2025); and 'Development of a speed program for elite junior Australian Rules football players' (Journal of Australian Strength and Conditioning, 2021). Additional contributions include conference papers such as 'A comparison of acceleration and maximum speed sprint training on eccentric hamstring strength and hamstring muscle architecture' (Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2021) and 'ARE STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACHES DEFINING HIGH-SPEED RUNNING APPROPRIATELY?' (World Congress of Science & Football, 2019). With over 150 citations, his work impacts sports science by informing sprint mechanics, injury prevention strategies, and high-speed running definitions in field sports. Freeman teaches Functional Anatomy (HLTH1010) and Strength & Conditioning, and maintains memberships in Exercise and Sports Science Australia and the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association. He has also authored an opinion piece on preventing hamstring strains in field sports for The Courier, Ballarat.