Jayhawk Athletic Performance Lab
![A view of the gym within the Jayhawk Athletic Performance Lab](/sites/hses/files/styles/1_1_placeholder_/public/images/research/labs/JAPL/Gym.jpg?h=29234840&itok=ac-ECtSF)
![an overhead view of the Jayhawk Athletic Performance Lab](/sites/hses/files/styles/1_1_placeholder_/public/images/research/labs/JAPL/Lab%20Overhead.jpg?h=c9a55663&itok=u8sfwL9k)
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Our scope
Mission
Focus
Vision
![Jayhawk Athletic Performance Laboratory logo - KU Jayhawk left aligned](/sites/hses/files/images/2021/logos/JAPL-logo.png)
![Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance - University of Kansas logo with decorative design left-aligned](/sites/hses/files/images/2021/logos/Wu-Tsai-logo.png)
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
![Damjana Cabarkapa](/sites/hses/files/styles/portrait_col_lg_3/public/images/people/portraits/JAPL/Damjana-Cabarkapa2.png?h=de7b58d5&itok=dhkf0iBF)
Damjana Cabarkapa
![Dimitrije Cabarkapa PhD, CSCS*D, NSCA-CPT*D, USAW](/sites/hses/files/styles/portrait_col_lg_3/public/images/person-profile/DC%20Headshot%20Pic.png?h=9535a4e5&itok=9usI93mC)
Dimitrije Cabarkapa
![Joe DeLeo](/sites/hses/files/styles/portrait_col_lg_3/public/images/people/portraits/JAPL/Joe-DeLeo2.png?h=de7b58d5&itok=S9QHpLSk)
Joe DeLeo
![Drake Eserhaut](/sites/hses/files/styles/portrait_col_lg_3/public/images/people/portraits/JAPL/Drake-Eserhaut2.png?h=de7b58d5&itok=jlCmVvez)
Drake Eserhaut
![Andrew C Fry](/sites/hses/files/styles/portrait_col_lg_3/public/images/people/portraits/Fry-Andrew3.png?h=de7b58d5&itok=EtYvjmTL)
Andrew C Fry
![Quincy Johnson](/sites/hses/files/styles/portrait_col_lg_3/public/images/person-profile/Quincy%20Johnson%20E5.jpg?h=afb0b43a&itok=6AiweQ0Z)
Quincy Johnson
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Conor McNally
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Minh Nguyen
![Nico Philipp](/sites/hses/files/styles/portrait_col_lg_3/public/images/people/portraits/JAPL/Nico-Philipp2.png?h=de7b58d5&itok=zEMv9vMc)
Nico Philipp
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Angeleau Scott
![Chelsi Scott](/sites/hses/files/styles/portrait_col_lg_3/public/images/research/labs/SportExerPsy/members/Scott-Chelsi.jpg?h=de7b58d5&itok=kHdxpqkS)
Chelsi Scott
Yang Yang
Advisory Board
![Bob Alejo](/sites/hses/files/styles/portrait_col_lg_3/public/images/people/portraits/JAPL/Alejo-Bob.jpg?h=de7b58d5&itok=9mxulEFa)
Bob Alejo
![Andrea Hudy](/sites/hses/files/styles/portrait_col_lg_3/public/images/people/portraits/JAPL/Hudy-Andrea.jpg?h=de7b58d5&itok=TQcuilky)
Andrea Hudy
![Ramsey Nijem](/sites/hses/files/styles/portrait_col_lg_3/public/images/people/portraits/JAPL/Ramsey-Nijem.jpg?h=de7b58d5&itok=njM3tEhN)
Ramsey Nijem
![Mike Nitka](/sites/hses/files/styles/portrait_col_lg_3/public/images/people/portraits/JAPL/Mike-Nitka.jpg?h=de7b58d5&itok=7G064rNX)
Mike Nitka
![John Wagle](/sites/hses/files/styles/portrait_col_lg_3/public/images/people/portraits/JAPL/John-Wagle.jpg?h=de7b58d5&itok=2Fi2e2FA)
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.