Sport and Exercise Science Facilities

Our home at the Bay Campus

Swansea University is a dual campus university, with the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences home being at the Bay Campus. Sport and Exercise Science has high-quality facilities in the brand new Engineering Quarter.

The main sports facilities for all Swansea University students and staff are those at the Sketty Lane site, adjacent to the Singleton Park Campus.

The University’s Sketty Lane Sports Village houses numerous sports facilities, including 50m and 25m swimming pools, playing fields, indoor and outdoor athletics facilities, multi-purpose Uni-gym, fitness studios, squash and tennis courts.

Exercise Physiology Laboratory

The Exercise Physiology Laboratory is used for measurement in applied physiology. It provides a high quality experience-based learning environment for physiology related modules.

The Research Laboratory has the following facilities:

Range of exercise ergometers (e.g., treadmills, cycles, rowing, armcranks, isokinetic)
Range of body composition analysis techniques, including the BodPod, bioelectrical impedance analysis, near infra-red analysis and hydrostatic weighing
Range of anthropometrical measurement techniques
Ambulatory and laboratory-based expired gas analysis, electrocardiographic and haemodynamic analysis
Lung function assessment and analysis
Muscle function testing using multi-joint isokinetic dynamometry, force platforms and Ballistic Measurement System
Range of blood analysis equipment for the determination of metabolites, specific proteins and hormones

Biomechanics Laboratory

Home to a state of the art motion analysis system.

Using the laboratory facilities, full kinematic analysis of various complex movements can be performed.

Current research includes:

Biomechanical analysis of the competitive swimming start
Knee kinematics associated with ACL injury
Monitoring of fatigue and injury by magnetic stimulation and EMG response measurement
Post operative weight bearing instructions in orthopaedic patients

World-class sports facilities

Swansea University hosts a £20m sports village at the Sketty Lane site, adjacent to the Singleton Park Campus, that houses the following:

Sports Centre – 80 station modern gym, sports hall, climbing wall, squash courts
Indoor Athletics Centre – 6 lane 60m running track, jump pit, high jump, pole vault, throwing cage and javelin net
Wales National Pool – 50m and 25m pools
Outdoor Facilities – rugby and football pitches, all-weather tennis courts, water based astroturf pitches, 8 lane running track
Active Athletic Union – more than 40 Sports Teams who compete across the UK

Find out more on the University's sports village website.

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