This post outlines four key pillars that underpin the responsibilities of an applied sports scientist.

In "Why Trust Science?" Oreskes highlights five required themes to produce reliable knowledge. Each are discussed in relation to performance

It is our duty as scientists to maintain doubt, consider the (un)certainty, and update our beliefs on the basis of new evidence.

“Naïve interventionism” describes intervening, based on an urge to help, without weighing up the potential harm of such an intervention.