Clarity and guidance to improve practitioner application and understanding of plyometrics - adaptations, movement strategy, exercise prescription and exercise progressions.

Prof JB Morin delivered an insightful presentation at the UKSCA 2024 annual conference, discussing the evolution of sprint mechanics and speed training over the past decade. Key topics included force-velocity profiling, sprint mechanics, and the importance of individualised athlete training.

Dr. Jonathan Hughes delivered an insightful presentation on eccentric training at the UKSCA 2024 conference, exploring its role in improving athletic performance across various sports. He discussed how eccentric training helps with deceleration and high-speed movements, emphasising the importance of using advanced methods to measure training transfer into performance gains.

This article aims to describe a systematic process used to screen an athlete with a predetermined movement deficiency limiting sporting performance.

This practical, interactive session will move through a spectrum of drills from warm up, controlled CoD into reactive CoD and finishing with reactive games.

Bill's presentation centres on WHY he arrived at his current model of reconditioning.

This presentation reviews the impact of school sport involvement on the holistic development of student-athletes, providing practical recommendations.

Sean Baker's presentation at the UKSCA's 2023 Conference outlines a traditional training week at a non professional sporting club, navigating the lack of structured strength training time slots.

Neil showcases his collaborative approach in working alongside swimming coaches to enhance swimmers' performance.

This practical workshop will explore wrestling methods from their application for contact preparation and developing robustness.

Dan Tobin, of Gloucester Rugby, session from the UKSCA's 2023 Conference examines theory and practice of 'power' training for elite rugby union players. Exploring ways to optimise gym based force-velocity qualities.

This session explores the science and practice of contact conditioning for sports performance, exploring frameworks for designing contact conditioning drills.

Damian Harper's session from the UKSCA's 2022 Conference discusses the significance of deceleration and braking for athletes involved in multi-directional sports, highlighting the physiological and biomechanical demands of these braking actions.

A lively session from UKSCA's 2022 Conference where experts Alistair McBurnie, Tom Dos' Santos and Damian Harper, discuss training change of direction while fielding questions from the audience.

Gareth's session will cover the back-to-basics training of Jeremiah Azu during lockdown.