Ep 8 - High performance research group - Nordic hamstring curl

Today's episode we are speaking to Liam Noll who is currently completing his research on how to ensure firefighters return to work with ability to perform when it matters. Liam's research Consensus on tasks to be included in a return to work assessment for a UK firefighter following an injury: an online Delphi study | SpringerLink Identifying current uses of return to work screening tests and their effectiveness of reducing the risk of reinjury in athletic occupations – A systematic review - ScienceDirect Psychosocial barriers and facilitators for a successful return to work following injury within firefighters | SpringerLink Healthcare | Free Full-Text | Inter-Rater and Intra-Rater Reliability of Return-to-Work Screening Tests for UK Firefighters Following Injury (mdpi.com)

Today on the performance round table we are speaking to lee waters. Lee has been lecturing for the past 10 year and of which he has been working predominately within sports psychology. On this episode we discuss lee’s research on the benefits of eye training and the impact this has on decision making. 

Episode 8 of the performance roundtable podcast – Today we have a snippet from our high-performance research group. On this episode we review Effects of Different Inter-Set Rest Intervals during the Nordic Hamstring Exercise in Young Male Athletes while also taking a deeper look into the Nordics as a whole. I would  Just like to thank Rob, Scott, and Ryan for coming on for this monthly review

Episode 7 of the performance roundtable – today we speak to Michelle Zanini about his current research on strength training for endurance runners.  Michelle highlighted that top level runners may not have had exposure to weight training and how this may be a missed opportunity for not only injury prevention but improving running performance.   If you’re currently working with long distance athletes or a long distance athlete your self give this a listen as you may be holding yourself or your athlete back from reaching their potential.

Episode 6 of the performance Roundtable podcast –   On today’s episode  we have Nathan Griffth , Nathan is currently doing his prof doc at the university of Birmingham, where he is looking to create a model for deceleration within team sports as currently this is overlooked in the research. In an industry where opportunities are limited, we discussed how Nathan worked his way into his current role as head of academy at oxford united. And ways that coaches can impact their own professional development.

Episode 5 of the performance roundtable podcast, today we have John Hale who is a sports engineer currently doing a Phd Focusing footwear tennis.  The ask a researcher series objective is to provoke the minds both coaches and researchers to critic their own practice.  Although the focus of Johns work was on the effect footwear has on the athlete’s ability to slide and how different court surfaces effect this, the principles can apply to numerous areas.  such how do we choose foot wear during training based surfaces were using, the session outcomes and the athletes currently movement capabilities.   It always a pleasure to speak to former team mates, so on that lets get to the podcast.

..Episode 4 of the Performance Roundtable Podcast: this episode is the first of the “ask a RESEARCHER series, in this series we discuss up and coming research. With e purpose to provoke and inspire other researchers and practitioners to delves deeper into there own understanding of these topics Today I will be talking to Steve nightingale, Steve has worked in a variety of sports at the highest of levels, with a passion for ice hockey. Regardless of the sport you coach the use of GPS is becoming more entwined in the decision-making process than ever but are you using it effectively. Steve’s research is just the tip of the iceberg but after speaking with him I am looking forward to where this may lead. And the potential applications within tactical periodization model

in today's episode we speak to Keir Wenham-Flatt,  Keir has vast amounts experience working elite sports. we cover how to integrate sprinting and wrestling training to development and prepare our athletes. we also delve into how new coaches can add value when connecting.     

In this podcast we talk to  Graham Mills , David Johnson and Dr Sean Cumming about the challenges of maturation in youth football. we cover screening and bio banding from an applied and research  perspective

on today episode we talk to Christian smith and his approach to performance nutrition. we cover nutrient  timing , Carb loading and what the role of an performance nutritionist looks like in the future.