I’ve taken club visits at some of the biggest clubs in the world and found them to be invaluable for the information you can gather. You get to see what really goes on and talk to the coaches and practitioners helping the clubs. Sometimes it’s been extremely underwhelming. In others, I’ve left with new ideas and my mind blown. In all cases, the experience has been very eye opening. Here’s a nice walkthrough of the Leicester City FC medical & sports science facility. Leicester City is at the top of the Premiership as of this post.

If you’re interested in finding out?more about Leicester City FC, you have an opportunity to learn from Kevin Paxton at the Long Term Athlete Development Conference hosted by Proformance?on April 9-10 (with special FREE pre-conference lectures on April 8th). Kevin will be speaking as part of our Future Leaders Program on “Age-Related Performance?Benchmarking.” I’ve looked at the slidedeck already and know that it’s going to be a knockout lecture.

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Mike Young

Director of Performance at Athletic Lab

Mike is the Head Fitness Coach for the North Carolina Courage and North Carolina FC. He is also the owner and Director of Performance at Athletic Lab sports performance training center. He previously served as the fitness coach for the Vancouver Whitecaps and Carolina Railhawks. He has a PhD in Biomechanics, an MS in Coaching Science, and a BSS in Exercise Physiology and has coached Olympic and professional athletes in Skeleton, Track & Field, MLS and NASL Soccer, PGA Golf, NFL Football, MLB Baseball and Olympic Weightlifting. He has lectured around the world and authored 2 books and dozens of research and coaching articles.

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