Jayhawk Athletic Performance Lab
Our scope
Mission
Focus
Vision
Collaborations & Services
- Develop educational opportunities for KU students through internships and coursework;
- Collaborate with KU departments and units;
- Collaborate with other universities in the U.S. and abroad;
- Collaborate with corporate partners;
- Collaborate with secondary school systems across Kansas; and
- Create educational opportunities via conferences, visiting professors or students.
Research Team
Caleb Bean
Dimitrije Cabarkapa
Joe DeLeo
Drake Eserhaut
Andrew C Fry
Quincy Johnson
Cassie McDonald
Conor McNally
Minh Nguyen
Sam Norwood
Madi Rink
Angeleau Scott
Chelsi Scott
Yang Yang
Advisory Board
Bob Alejo
Andrea Hudy
Ramsey Nijem
Mike Nitka
John Wagle
Opportunities for Students & Fellow Researchers
Students studying exercise science or exercise physiology, or students with an interest in sport science at the University of Kansas are welcome to become members of the Jayhawk Athletic Performance Laboratory research team. Bi-monthly meetings are held to discuss and evaluate ongoing and future projects and collaborations with all interested individuals. Student research activities range from assisting with data collection and analyses, to writing and presenting results at professional conferences, or developing projects of their own. In many cases, students help write scientific manuscripts for publication, or internal white papers designed to provide rapid feedback to coaches and athletes. Interested parties are always welcome to contact our lab to discuss collaborations or visitations.
- Sport-specific training, techniques & data analytics (basketball, baseball, track and field, diving, football)
- Motion capture system (motionomics, sport technique)
- Resistance exercise (training methods, responses and adaptations)
- Sprinting, stiffness, and yank (force analysis)
- Accelerometry
- Psycho-physiology
- DARI markerless motion capture system
- EliteForm & Bio-Pac data acquisition system
- Large format force plates & multi-channel position transducers
- ForceDeck force plate system
- Noah basketball system
- iHack Attack baseball pitching machine
- Stalker ATS radar · Strive accelerometry system
- A2P instrumented medicine ball
- BioPac EMG system
- Bertec 3-D force plate
- Pro-Spot free weight system
- High-speed camcorders
- Woodway Force 3.0 Treadmill
- Keiser pneumatic leg press
- Batting cage, pitching lanes, radar gun & MLB Blast batting technology
- Basketball court,
- Electronic sprint/agility timing system
- Video motion capture software
- Tendo/FitroDyne dynamometers
- Phlebotomy & salivary collection capabilities
- Muscle biopsy & hormonal assay capabilities
- Free weights, power racks, weight releasers & chain resistance
The Jayhawk Athletic Performance Laboratory is part of the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance. The Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance is studying the principles of peak athletic performance in order to transform human health and help all people to achieve their full potential. The Alliance is launching a unique public-private scientific collaboration with six research institutions:
- Stanford
- University of Oregon;
- University of Kansas;
- University of California, San Diego;
- Salk Institute; and
- Harvard Medical School with Boston’s Children Hospital.
The new Alliance brings together a team of scientists to study athletes of varying ages, genders, ethnicities, and abilities to discover the biological principles that govern optimum performance—from the molecular level to the whole body. By uncovering these principles and applying them to peak performance, injury prevention, and tissue repair, we can make optimal health more accessible to all people.
- Sport-specific training, techniques & data analytics (basketball, baseball, track and field, diving, football)
- Motion capture system (motionomics, sport technique)
- Resistance exercise (training methods, responses and adaptations)
- Sprinting, stiffness, and yank (force analysis)
- Accelerometry
- Psycho-physiology
- DARI markerless motion capture system
- EliteForm & Bio-Pac data acquisition system
- Large format force plates & multi-channel position transducers
- ForceDeck force plate system
- Noah basketball system
- iHack Attack baseball pitching machine
- Stalker ATS radar · Strive accelerometry system
- A2P instrumented medicine ball
- BioPac EMG system
- Bertec 3-D force plate
- Pro-Spot free weight system
- High-speed camcorders
- Woodway Force 3.0 Treadmill
- Keiser pneumatic leg press
- Batting cage, pitching lanes, radar gun & MLB Blast batting technology
- Basketball court,
- Electronic sprint/agility timing system
- Video motion capture software
- Tendo/FitroDyne dynamometers
- Phlebotomy & salivary collection capabilities
- Muscle biopsy & hormonal assay capabilities
- Free weights, power racks, weight releasers & chain resistance
The Jayhawk Athletic Performance Laboratory is part of the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance. The Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance is studying the principles of peak athletic performance in order to transform human health and help all people to achieve their full potential. The Alliance is launching a unique public-private scientific collaboration with six research institutions:
- Stanford
- University of Oregon;
- University of Kansas;
- University of California, San Diego;
- Salk Institute; and
- Harvard Medical School with Boston’s Children Hospital.
The new Alliance brings together a team of scientists to study athletes of varying ages, genders, ethnicities, and abilities to discover the biological principles that govern optimum performance—from the molecular level to the whole body. By uncovering these principles and applying them to peak performance, injury prevention, and tissue repair, we can make optimal health more accessible to all people.
Jayhawk Athletic Performance Lab Stories
University of Kansas HSES Research well represented at NSCA National Conference
KU researcher Dr. Dimitrije Cabarkapa honored with the NSCA 2024 Young Investigator Award
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Andrew Fry
