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Profile: Simon Rea

Simon Rea

Biography

I am a Senior Lecturer on the Sport and Fitness award at the Open University. I have worked full time as an academic contributing to the development of modules in the BSc (Hons) degree since June 2007. I have written content on many areas of sports science including sports nutrition, biomechanics, strength and conditioning, exercise physiology, sport psychology (motivation, leadership and team dynamics) and reflective practice. Since 2019 I have worked as an Open Media Fellow for WELS Faculty supporting the development of content for BBC/OU co-productions and for the OpenLearn website. I have also been involved authoring/co-authoring 14 text books related to sports science and in 2019 published a book Careers in Sports Science which is related to my main research area. I am currently co-authoring a book titled Optimising female athletic performance for Routledge and updating my Sports Science: A complete introduction for a second edition to be published in 2023. I have taught in Higher and Further education since 1993 and most recently spent time working for a private company training personal trainers. I have also worked as a performance coach in first class cricket advising players on nutrition, psychology and physical conditioning. Research interests My research interests lie within applied sport science with a particular focus on employability in sport science related occupations. Some of the articles Simon has written for OpenLearn can be found here:http://www.open.edu/openlearn/profiles/sjrr3#author_bio Publications Rea, Simon (2019). Careers in Sports Science. Oxford, Adored Publishing. Rea, Simon (2015). Sports Science - A Complete Introduction. London, John Murray Learning. Teaching interests My main teaching interests are in sport nutrition, exercise physiology, strength and conditioning and work-based learning. I have chaired production of module E119 Working and learning in sport and fitness and am currently reserve chair. I have authored a Badged Open Course titled Supporting Female Athletic Performance for OpenLearn due for release in July 2022.