Nimai is an Associate Professor in Sport Performance Analysis and is well known in his discipline. At Middlesex University, he leads the development and delivery of highly regarded MSc courses in Sport Performance Analysis, both on-campus and online distance education versions. Nimai's curriculum development experience is extensive and international, having created and delivered undergraduate and postgraduate courses in several countries, including India, Croatia, Lithuania, and America. He is a research-active academic who publishes regularly and presents his work at prestigious international and national conferences. Please click on the 'Research Outputs & Interests' tab to see more.
Nimai is committed to addressing underrepresentation in Sport Performance Analysis. He has designed and run innovative EDI mentorship programs in collaboration with leading industry partners. You can read more here, here, here and here. Nimai is highly engaged with industry and has established research projects and placement opportunities for his students with major international governing bodies and sports associations, as well as with professional and elite teams across various sports, including Olympic and Paralympic teams in collaboration with UK Sports Institute. Please click on the 'Funded Research & Knowledge Exchange Projects' tab to see more.
Nimai's contributions to the development of International Accreditation frameworks for both applied and academic performance analysts are widely recognised, as are his organisational skills in leading international conferences and workshops. He currently serves on the Executive Committee of the International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport (ISPAS), where he actively works to advance the field of Sport Performance Analysis.
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Nimai is Programme Leader for the MSc Sport Performance Analysis and Online Distance Education MSc in Sport Performance Analysis courses and is module leader for:
Nimai also supervises masters dissertations and several postgraduate research students at both PhD and MSc by Research (MRes) levels.
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Conference proceedings book (n=3)
Book Chapters (n=1)
Conference presentations (n=29)
Presented at over 29 international and national conferences.
Invited talks (n=14)
Nicholls, Scott B. and James, Nic and Wells, Julia and Parmar, Nimai (2022) Performance analysis practice within Olympic and Paralympic sports: a comparison of coach and analyst experiences. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport , 22 (3). pp. 343-351. ISSN 2474-8668
Kojman, Yasmin and Beeching, Kelvin and Gomez, Miguel-Angel and Parmar, Nimai and Nicholls, Scott B. (2022) The role of debriefing in enhancing learning and development in professional boxing. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport . ISSN 2474-8668 (Published online first)
Villiere, Alexandre and Mason, Barry and Parmar, Nimai and Maguire, Niamh and Holmes, Danny and Turner, Anthony N. (2021) The physical characteristics underpinning performance of wheelchair fencing athletes: a Delphi study of Paralympic coaches. Journal of Sports Sciences , 39 (17). pp. 2006-2014. ISSN 0264-0414
Turner, Anthony N. and Parmar, Nimai and Jovonoski, Alex and Hearne, Gary (2021) Assessing group-based changes in high-performance sport. Part 2: effect sizes and embracing uncertainty through confidence intervals. Strength & Conditioning Journal , 43 (4). pp. 68-77. ISSN 1524-1602
Turner, Anthony N. and Parmar, Nimai and Jovonoski, Alex and Hearne, Gary (2021) Assessing group-based changes in high-performance sport. Part 1: null hypothesis significance testing and the utility of p values. Strength & Conditioning Journal , 43 (3). pp. 112-116. ISSN 1524-1602
Consultancy, Research and Knowledge Transfer Funded Projects with:
2022/23 (£263.3k)
2021/22 (£47.6)
2020/21 (£170.4)
2019/20 (£54.6k)
Consultancy (£7.5k)
Conferences and Workshops at Middlesex University:
2019
2017
Nimai currently sits on the Executive Committee of the International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport (ISPAS) and is responsible for management of the society and leads on accreditations, courses and events.
Conference Organising Committees (n=10)
ISPAS World Congress of Performance Analysis of Sport XIII & 13th International Symposium on Computer Science in Sport 2022, Vienna, Austria, September 2022
9th International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport Workshop and Conference & 5th IACSS Conference, Virtual, University of Vienna, Austria, August 2021
8th International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport Conference & Workshop, Budapest, Hungary, September 2019
ISPAS World Congress of Performance Analysis of Sport XII, Opatija, Croatia, September 2018
Middlesex University Research Students Conference, London, England, September 2018.
7th International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport Workshop, London, England, September 2017
ISPAS World Congress of Performance Analysis of Sport XI, Alicante, Spain, November 2016
6th International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport Workshop, Carlow, Ireland, April 2016
ISPAS World Congress of Performance Analysis of Sport X, Opatija, Croatia, September 2014
5th International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport Workshop, Manchester, England, April 2014
