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Texas Tech University, Department of Kinesiology and Sport Management, Sports Performance Lab (YSPL), Directed by Dr. Yasuki Sekiguchi, Optimizing Heat Response & Hydration, Athlete Training & Recovery Monitoring

Want to join our team, Sports Performance Lab at Texas Tech University?? ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘We are looking for one PhD and one master st...
09/29/2026

Want to join our team, Sports Performance Lab at Texas Tech University?? ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

We are looking for one PhD and one master students starting 2027 fall semester!! ๐Ÿคฉ

Our research is focusing on Sports Science, especially
โœ… Maximizing Performance in Extreme Environment
โœ… Utilizing Environmental Stress to Enhance Performance and Recovery
โœ… Optimizing Hydration Status and Understanding Its Effect on Performance and Health
โœ… Training Load and Recovery Monitoring and Its Application

If you are interested, please send your CV and Cover Letter to: [email protected]

We are performing many interesting studies and projects working with great people ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™Œ

Please share!! ๐Ÿ‘

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Our new publication โœ…โœ…โœ…Looking at how the methods of fluid replacement (oral vs. IV), leading different thirst sensation...
09/21/2026

Our new publication โœ…โœ…โœ…

Looking at how the methods of fluid replacement (oral vs. IV), leading different thirst sensation levels, impacted executive function and mood!!!

Oral (low thirst) vs. IV (high thirst)
No difference in executive function and POMS
Oral: โฌ‡๏ธ perceived performance decrement
Oral: โฌ‡๏ธ difficulty concentrating
Oral: โฌ‡๏ธ total ESQ

Another interesting results in hydration!!! ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง

Great job, our former master student, Alan Ky, for publishing his master thesis!!! ๐Ÿ‘

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It was great to do the sunset hike with a lab group!!๐Ÿฅพ Beautiful views, great team building, and having fun time outside...
09/14/2026

It was great to do the sunset hike with a lab group!!๐Ÿฅพ Beautiful views, great team building, and having fun time outside of the lab too!!! ๐Ÿ˜‰

Beat the Heat (we finished before it got too hot)โ˜€๏ธ and Stay Hydrated๐Ÿ’ง

Grateful for this new team (including people who could not make it to the hike)!!!๐Ÿ˜Š

This is the Sports Performance Lab 2026-2027 Academic Year Team!! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘Director Dr. Sekiguchi Three PhD researchers Two Ma...
08/31/2026

This is the Sports Performance Lab 2026-2027 Academic Year Team!! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘

Director Dr. Sekiguchi
Three PhD researchers
Two Master researchers
Seven Undergraduate researchers

For graduate students, we are welcoming a new PhD student, Mark Tutton, and a new master student Riley Parrish to our team this year!!๐Ÿคฉ For undergraduate students, we are adding three new researchers!!๐Ÿ‘

Great team and we are excited for what we can do this year!!! ๐Ÿ‘†โšซ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ด Letโ€™s having fun!! ๐Ÿ˜‰

Representing our lab presenting the research at NSCA National Conference!! ๐ŸคฉGreat job, ALEX BROJANAC Sports Performance ...
07/12/2026

Representing our lab presenting the research at NSCA National Conference!! ๐Ÿคฉ

Great job, ALEX BROJANAC

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The first season that we worked with the entire Texas Tech Track and Field Team very closely throughout the season was a...
07/07/2026

The first season that we worked with the entire Texas Tech Track and Field Team very closely throughout the season was amazing ๐Ÿคฉ Four Big 12 Team Championships and several individual national champions!! ๐Ÿ†

Great interdisciplinary team with coaches, athletic trainers, strength and conditioning coaches, medical doctors, nutritionists and us as the sports science team!!! Always having great discussions about how to apply evidence to practice with them!! ๐Ÿ˜‰

Excited for next season too!! ๐Ÿ‘โšซ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ด๐Ÿ‘†

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We have trained and tested a Professional Middle Distance Runner, Moad Zahafi sponsored by adidas, who is competing inte...
06/17/2026

We have trained and tested a Professional Middle Distance Runner, Moad Zahafi sponsored by adidas, who is competing internationally (e.g. World Athletics Championship, Diamond League) and a former NCAA champion, for the past two months in our lab!! ๐Ÿค๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ‘

We integrated heat training as part of his regular training and saw a lot of improvements in performance and fitness as well as thermoregulatory outcomes!!!๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

Integrating heat training into athleteโ€™s regular training is getting more and more popular and his cutting-edge approach is noteworthy!! ๐Ÿ˜‰

Good luck for the season!! ๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿ”ดโšซ๏ธ

๐Ÿ† Prepare for Every Environment!!

Very excited to publish our new publication to MSSE!! ๐Ÿ™Œ Looking at how dehydration impacts neuromuscular performance๐Ÿคฉ Ti...
06/10/2026

Very excited to publish our new publication to MSSE!! ๐Ÿ™Œ Looking at how dehydration impacts neuromuscular performance๐Ÿคฉ Timely for about starting soccer World Cup ๐Ÿ˜‰

โœ…Dehydration decreases muscle size even before exercise!!
โœ…Dehydration decreases early RTDs (30-100), but not RTD 200 and Peak Torques!!
โœ…Dehydration decreases landing mechanics, which is associated with greater injury risks!!

Thank you to and to fund this study!!

Prepared for every environment โšซ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ด๐Ÿ‘†

Great success at ACSM in Salt Lake City last week!! ๐Ÿคฉโœ… Dr. Sekiguchi moderated a Hydrayion and Heat Stress thematic post...
06/01/2026

Great success at ACSM in Salt Lake City last week!! ๐Ÿคฉ

โœ… Dr. Sekiguchi moderated a Hydrayion and Heat Stress thematic poster session!! โ˜บ๏ธ
โœ… 5 Poster presentations!! ๐Ÿ‘
โœ… Alex acknowledged her Gatorade Sports Science Institute Sports Science Award!! ๐Ÿ‘
โœ… Great to catch up friends and colleagues and make new connections!! ๐Ÿ˜‰

Additionally, Dr. Sekiguchi was named as a new Fellow of ACSM at the reception!! ๐Ÿ‘ Thank you for the help and support to him for this milestone!! ๐Ÿค

Such a fun conference ๐Ÿ”ดโšซ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘†

Dr. Sekiguchiโ€™s first (two) PhD students graduated this week!!! ๐Ÿคฉ Huge congrats to Dr. Marcos Keefe and Dr. Ryan Dunn fo...
05/16/2026

Dr. Sekiguchiโ€™s first (two) PhD students graduated this week!!! ๐Ÿคฉ Huge congrats to Dr. Marcos Keefe and Dr. Ryan Dunn for this achievement!!! ๐Ÿ‘

So grateful for both of them coming to Sports Performance Lab for their PhD journey and building and expanding the lab together!!! ๐Ÿ˜‰ Without them, our lab would not be the same as today for sure ๐Ÿ‘

Good luck for the next step as a tenure-track assistant professor (Marcos) and a postdoc at world-class lab (Ryan)!!! Most importantly, they are going to places where they can do what they want to do as next steps!! ๐Ÿ™Œ

We also celebrated another huge milestone for our master student, Alex, to complete her MS!!! โ˜บ๏ธ Her contribution and commitment to our lab was significant to perform all projects!!! She is going to be a PhD fellow at a very competitive athletic program next, and we are very happy for her future!!! ๐Ÿค

Congrats to all and enjoy your special moments!!! ๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿ”ดโšซ๏ธ

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