The high performance community is small, innovative, and constantly evolving. We work with the smartest practitioners in the world and like to pick their brains on their industry observations and predictions. This episode features Grant Downie, Head of Performance at Manchester City FC Academy, and explores what makes a successful academy, early specialisation, Grant's philosophies and career transition, and whether academy roles are becoming more desirable.

High Performance Practitioners

Grant Downie, Manchester City FC

The high performance community is small, innovative, and constantly evolving. We work with the smartest practitioners in the world and like to pick their brains on their industry observations and predictions. This episode features Tony Strudwick, Head of Performance at Manchester United FC, and explores selling sports science to coaches, training athletes not spreadsheets, being a better practitioner, reducing noise for the self-managing athlete, managing transitions of managers, and the next big thing.

Tony Strudwick, Manchester United FC

The high performance community is small, innovative, and constantly evolving. We work with the smartest practitioners in the world and like to pick their brains on their industry observations and predictions. This episode features Paul Brice, Senior Biomechanist at the English Institute of Sport, and explores the coordination and management of biomechanical support to the British track and field teams, optimal mechanics for an explosive athlete, and Paul's career path.

Paul Brice, UK Athletics

The high performance community is small, innovative, and constantly evolving. We work with the smartest practitioners in the world and like to pick their brains on their industry observations and predictions. This episode features Nick Levett, Talent Identification Manager at The Football Association, and explores defining talent identification, unconscious bias, the importance of psychosocial traits, club recruitment of children and examples of talent development success.

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Grant Downie, Manchester City FC

Tony Strudwick, Manchester United FC

Paul Brice, UK Athletics

Nick Levett, The Football Association