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Contact Details

Telephone: +44 (0) 1243 816307

Fax: +44 (0) 1243 816080

Office: N201

Email: m.smith@chi.ac.uk

Education

1987 BA (Commendation) Sports Studies. West Sussex Institute of Higher Education

1998 PhD University College Chichester (Southampton University).

Personal Introduction

Marcus first arrived at Chichester in September 1984 when the University was known as the West Sussex Institute of Higher Education and have been here ever since. After completing his first degree in 1987 he started working with the sport of amateur boxing via a grant received from the Sports Council Sports Science Support Programme. Over the years his role developed from boxing project assistant to sports science manager. During the period 1987-2004 he attended 2 Olympic Games, 2 Commonwealth Games and numerous World and European boxing Championships. In parallel to the boxing work he became a Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology in 1996 and Field Leader in Exercise Physiology in 1998. He later completed his PhD in 1998 that investigated ‘Sport Specific Ergometry: Physiological demands of amateur boxing’.

In 1999 he began work with Clem Burke (drummer with the rock/pop group ‘Blondie’). This collaboration has resulted in the Clem Burke Drumming Project and the first published data profiling the physiological demands of playing the drums during rehearsal and in concert. The work is currently being extended to highlight the potential health benefit of drumming as a mechanism for fighting child and adult obesity.

Marcus is currently in the process of writing research papers and working with colleagues on producing strategies for the University that will contribute towards the preparation of British athletes preparing for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Recent visit to the 11th Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Congress, see gallery above.

Current teaching

For the coming academic year, I will be responsible for the following modules:

Undergraduate

• Issues in Sport and Exercise Science
• Sport in Extreme Environments
• Independent Project
• Sports Performance (amateur boxing)

Postgraduate

• Sport and Exercise in Extreme Environments
• Support Placement
• Research Project

Administration

• Field leader in Exercise Physiology
• Sport and Exercise Science Routeway Leader

Research Interests

• Manipulation of body mass and its impact on sports performance
• Physiology of Rock drumming

Publications (2005-present)

Dyson, R., Smith, M. S, Fenn, L. and Martin, C.(2005) ‘Differences in lead and rear hand punching forces, delivered at maximal speed relative to maximal force, by amateur boxers’. Proceedings of Biomechanics International Symposium, Beijing, China

McMorris, T., Swain, J., Smith, M. S., Corbett, J., Delves, S., Sale, C., Harris, R.C., & Potter, J. (2006) ‘Heat stress, plasma concentrations of epinephrine, norepinephrine, 5-hydroxytryptamine and cortisol, perception of mood state and working memory’. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 61, 204-215

Smith, M.S.(2006) ‘Physiological profile of Senior and Junior England international boxers’. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine , CSSI, 74-89

Smith, M.S. and Draper, S. (2006) ‘BASES Physiological Testing Guidelines: Section 2 – Sport Specific Procedures’, Taylor and Francis, Routledge

Dyson, R., Smith, M.S., Martin, C. and Fenn, L. (2007) ‘Muscular recruitment during rear hand punches delivered at maximal force and speed by amateur boxers’. Proceedings of International Conference of Biomechanics in Sport, 591-594

Kempton, M., Ettinger, U., Schmechtig, A., Winter, E., Smith, L., McMorris, T., Wilkinson, I., Williams, I., Williams, S and Smith, M.S (2007). ‘Effects of acute dehydration on brain morphology in healthy humans’.  Human Brain Mapping (e-publication, December)..