Topics covered will be tailored to the attendees but can include:

What we know (and don't know)

Warming up – why we don’t need to pretend to be lizards

Doing the basics well – the missing link

Recovery – it’s an activity not just resting

You can’t go wrong getting strong!

Load management – keeping track of things – developing the skill in young athletes through to experienced athletes

Autoregulation – teaching body literacy and your inner voice

Falling – falling down to warm up, teaching falling mechanics

Individualisation – female athletes, youth athletes, older athletes

Benchmarks – what to measure and why

Return to sport following injury – getting strong again is the easy part

Gadgets – are they worth it?

Considerations for training for trips

Making a comeback in later life, or from injury

Seasonal transitions and why they are normally badly handled,especially in the UK

Injury prevention interventions that actually work

Deconditioning/reloading/peakingFlexibility/technique

Please bring bouldering kit as the day will include some practical elements.