Much interest has ?been given to Leicester City FC and the unbelievable improvement they’ve had the past couple years. As of this writing, they sit at the top of the Premiership.

One of my last posts gave us a video tour of Leicester FC training grounds and an insider look at what they’re doing on the sports performance side. Here’s more info from their Academy Director Kev Paxton via a recent webinar from Proformance Strength & Conditioning Network.? There’s some top class information in here and I’m excited to meet Kev in a couple weeks. Kev will be speaking on Age Related Performance Benchmarking as part of the Future Leaders Programme at the Proformance Child to Champion: LTAD Conference.?I will likewise be presenting at the conference alongside?Dr. Rhodri Lloyd,?Dr. Ian Jeffreys,?Dr. Neill Potts, James Baker, and?Simon Brundish.?To register for the clinic you can REGISTER HERE.

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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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