Database of International Performance Practitioners + Researchers
American systems of strength and conditioning/athletic development are painfully limited and are generally just regurgitations of previous systems. American coaches rarely look outside the states, the NSCA, the CSCCa or whoever is popular on Twitter for insights and inspiration.
I was of the same mindset until 5 or 6 years ago when I heard Keir Wenham-Flatt on a podcast and realized that it was possible to be proficient in all domains of S&C and improving all 5 biomotor abilities commensurately and appropriately did not require hyper-specialized knowledge.
Strength and power are only 2 parts of that equation, but if you were to walk into any training facility in the US, you would think strength and power were more important than the sports athletes were actually training for!
Legitimate speed development resources have started to pop up more recently but even those leave gaps where biomechanical efficiency gets overlooked in favor of “running fast.”
Bioenergetics might as well be foreign policy to most coaches who would rather have their athletes push sleds for conditioning than think critically about what the purpose of conditioning actually is.
If you’re an American practitioner and you’re sick of the same Twitter S&C influencers putting out iterations of the same S&C nonsense, it’s time to exit the echo chamber.
I have compiled a database of international practitioners that run the entire continuum of performance from academic, research, S&C, physio, and everything in between.
Resource
Handle
URL
Content
sportsmith
@sportsmithhq
everything high performance
Robbie Bourke
@robbiebourke
Podcast
LTAD network
@ltadnetwork
comprehensive LTAD resource
Natalia Verkhoshansky
facebook.com/natalia.verkhoshanksy
All things Verkhoshansky
HIIT Science
@hiitscience
all things bioenergetics
Alan Couzens
@alan_couzens
endurance sport/athlete monitoring/HRV
Stephen Cheung
@EELBrock
https://brocku.ca/applied-health-sciences/kinesiology/faculty-research/faculty-directory/stephen-sau-shing-cheung-ph-d/
Exercise + heat/environmental ergonomics/foremost authority on heat/exercise
Des Ryan
@DeasunO
High Performance Team Building
Setanta College
@SetantaCollege
Formal ed in S&C/HPC
James Morehen
@James_Morehen
Sport Nutrition
Speedworks Training
@speed_works_
All things speed development
Alan Murdoch
@speedworksbath
speed, agility, rehab
Lorena Torres
@lorenatorres07
Sports Science/Athlete Monitoring
Sian Allen
@drsianallen
https://t.co/IiS9nPXLK2
Data Science/Tech/Human Performance
Science of Multi-Directional Speed
@sciofmultispeed
All things COD, Agility, MDSD
Martin Buchheit
@mart1buch
https://martin-buchheit.net
Bioenergetics
Frans Bosch Systems
@fboschsystems
All things coordinative
Mick Hughes
@mickwhughes
ACL rehab expert
Jonas Dodoo
@eatsleeptrain_
All things speed/power
ASCA
@the_ASCA
Australian S&C Association
Dave McDowell
@dsmstrength
Monitoring/MS Excel/Google Sheets guru
Dylan Hicks
@dylhicks
Biomechanics
James Baker
@jamesbaker_8
LTAD/S&C
Marco Altini
@altini_marco
All things HRV
Informed Practitioner in Sport
@informedinsport
Comprehensive HP resources
Alex Natera
@alex_natera
nateraperformancesolutions.com.au
Strength/Power/Isometrics
Sophia Nimphius
@DocSoph
COD/Agility/Perception-Action
Clive Brewer
@clivesportsandc
none
S&C/High Performance
Mladen Jovanovic
@Physical_Prep
High Performance/Data Sci/Athlete Monitoring
JB Morin
@jb_morin
Speed/T&F/Sports Sci
Matt Watson
@McInnesWatson
Plyometrics
Strength Coach Network
@strcoachnetwork
https://strengthcoachnetwork.com
All things S&C
Angela Coon
@angecoon
All things Charlie Francis
Craig Pickering
@craig100m
Sports Sci/Research Reviews
Carmen Bott
@carmenbott
Science+Practice of S&C
Ted Lasso
@TedLasso
none
How to be a decent human being AND coach
Samuele Marcora
@SamueleMarcora
Psychobiology + exercise
Ross Tucker
@scienceofsport
Ex Phys research + practice
Stephen Seiler
@stephenseiler
Bioenergetics/endurance sports
John Kiely
@simplysportssci
Best S&C mind in the world
Gareth Sandford
@gareth_sandford
Bioenergetics/Sports Sci
Trent Stellingwerff
@tstellingwerff
Sports Sci/Endurance Sports
Matt Jordan
@jordanstrength
All things strength + power