Position / Rank

Associate Professor

B.P.E.
M.P.E.(Brit. Col.)
Ph.D.(Alta.)

Professor Keith Russell’s main research interests include the physical effects of intensive training on growing athletes. Of particular interest are: the effects of training on strength, especially during the prepubertal and early pubertal years; the effects of training of range of motion; and the effects of intensive training in the sport of gymnastics.

Research & Scholarship

Papers in non-refereed journals

Muscle Tissue Part 2. The Growing Athlete. Vol. 6(3) Winter 2000.

Muscle Tissue Part 1. The Growing Athlete. Vol. 6(1) Fall 1999.

Consulting Work

Chosen by English Sports Council as an “advisor” to their World Class Performance Programme, 2000.

Professional Practice

Academic Related:

Mentor Coach to Manitoba Coaching Mentorship candidate David Sykes. 1999.

Professional Related:

Course designer and presenter. Level 4 Technical (Gymnastics) Coach Certification. Montreal. Quebec. May, 2000.

Planned workshops for next 4 years for SPEA conferences, coordinated 4 workshops this year, taught 1 workshop. Saskatoon, SK. May, 2000.

Lecture on measurement and testing of elite athletes to Women’s Elite Gymnastics Camp (W. Canadian athletes coaches). Saskatoon, SK. January, 2000.

Course Conductor Level 2 NCCP gymnastics (pommel horse, rings, parallel bars). Saskatoon, SK. November, 2000.

Series of presentations, Teaching boys gym classes, games for fun and for physical development, safety in gymnastics clubs. Alberta Gymnastics Association Annual Conference. Calgary, AB. November, 1999.

Course designer and presenter. Level 4 Technical (Gymnastics) Coach Certification. Montreal, Quebec. August, 1999.

Mentor Coach to Saskatchewan Coaching Mentorship candidate Markos Baikas. 1999.