Snippit Sports Science Podcast

Hi everyone,  Today's episode I review a paper that uses Salivary Alpha Amylase and Cortisol as biomarkers to help explain competition readiness is athletes.  As both of these metabolites can now be analysed real-time this has great advantage.  The paper I review is called: Salivary alpha-amylase response to competition: relation to gender, previous experience, and attitudes. Journal: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2006 Jul;31(6):703-14. Epub 2006 Apr 18. Authors: Kivlighan KT1, Granger DA.   Snippit is sponsored by EliteForm, which brings together cutting edge sports science technologies.  Thank you EliteForm for making Snippit possible. Please visit https://eliteform.com and check out their products, StrengthPlanner and PowerTracker.   Please subscribe to Snippit:  ► http://snippitscience.com  ► https://snippitscience.podbean.com  ► https://soundcloud.com/snippitscience  ► http://bit.do/snippititunes  ► http://bit.do/snippitspotify  ► http://bit.do/snippityoutube  ► http://bit.do/snippitnewsletter  ► http://feed