FMPA Virtual Conference 2021 Meet the Speakers

FIGHTING FOR ORDER AMONGST THE CHAOS - PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

VIRTUAL 2021

FRI 11TH JUNE FREE for all FMPA Members

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MEET THE SPEAKERS

DR DARREN DEVANEY Psychologist

Arsenal FC

Darren is the Lead for Academy Psychology at Arsenal Football Club, and has been at the club for almost 4 years. He previously worked with the England & Wales Cricket Board’s National Development Programme, where he also completed a PhD investigating the holistic support needs of elite youth cricketers. Darren is passionate about how individual player’s growth as people provides the foundation for sustainable performance, the importance of psychologically informed support systems around our players, and for the grounding of player support in sound psychological principles. Darren’s presentation will focus on how he has experienced psychology input being impactful at the level of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), as opposed to limiting input to players on a one-to-one basis.

LUKE JENKINSON Head of Sports Science & Academy Medicine

Derby County FC

Luke Jenkinson has been working as a Strength and Conditioning Coach in applied sport since 2009. Graduating with a 1st class degree that included strength and conditioning, while also undertaking UKSCA accreditation, Luke became Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach at Sheffield United for 6.5 years whilst also completing a Masters that looked to critique acute chronic workload.

Luke is currently an Associate Lecturer at the University of Derby since 2013. Luke joined Derby County Football Club in 2016, initially as Head of Academy Strength and Conditioning. In 2019 this role developed to Head of Sports Science and Academy Medicine. The role is unique in the fact that Luke is tasked at overseeing the physical development department from under 9 through to 1st team to ensure continuity through the phases. In 2018 Luke began a doctorate at Liverpool John Moores where he is currently investigating the application of isometric exercises in dynamic team invasion sports. Luke has experience of coaching athletes in a range of disciplines including soccer, cricket, field hockey, climbing and bodybuilding.

MATTHEW PORTAS Lead Physical Performance – Education

The FA

Dr Matt Portas is a football biomechanist and has particular interests in improving movement efficiency, reducing injury risk and planning and monitoring of training load. Matt has provided consultancy to professional football for over 15 years and works for the Football Association, tutoring UEFA A licence and Physical Performance Coach courses.

Matt has lectured in higher education for 17 years and is a Principal Lecturer, University Teaching and Senior Fellow of the higher education academy. He has a leadership role in developing and improving effective learning environments and supporting learner transitions.

For over 25 years Matt was a gymnast and then a coach within the sport of gymnastics. The experiences, coaching skills and knowledge developed in these 25 years in the sport have been invaluable in his academic career and in the roles he has fulfilled subsequently in professional football.

JAMES MORTON Professor of Exercise Metabolism

Liverpool John Moores University

James is a Professor of Exercise Metabolism & Nutrition at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). James’ specific research interests focus on the molecular and cellular responses of human skeletal muscle to acute and chronic exercise and the impact of diet and nutrition on modulating these responses. To date, he has authored over 130 research publications in the fields of sports nutrition, physiology and metabolism as well as numerous books / book chapters on these topics. In addition to research, James also works in elite professional sport in both sports physiology and nutrition support roles. From 2010-2015, he was the performance nutritionist to Liverpool FC and also specialises in providing nutritional and conditioning support to a range of professional boxers, MMA athletes and jockeys. James was also the Head of Nutrition and Physical Performance for Team Sky between 2015 and 2019 having led the nutrition strategy for the 2015 , 2016, 2017 and 2018 Tour de France victories. He is also the Director of Performance Solutions for Science in Sport (SiS). Dr Rodas Font is a specialist in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Barcelona, a Doctor of Medicine and a specialist in Sports Medicine as well as a research on issues related to Sports Medicine with several publications of his own. He is an ideologist of the comprehension training scheme of the athlete in all areas of the club and for all sports, from training to its final stage. Dr Rodas Font currently directs a permanent staff of professionals in the field of high performance sports in different disciplines.

• Medicine and Surgery Physician , Barcelona Autonomous University 1980-86 • Sports Medicine Specialist , Barcelona University 1987-89 • Doctor of Medicine (PhD), Barcelona University 2002 • Sport Physician at High Performance Center (CEARE). Barcelona (1987-2001) • Head of Medical Department at Spanish Hockey Federation. Madrid (1993-today) • Sports Physician at Spanish Olympic Committee (Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney, 2000) • Member of Medical Commission of Spanish Olympic Committee from 2013-today • Sports Physician and Researcher at Leitat Technology Center, Terrassa (2010-today) • Sport Physician in Medical Department at FC Barcelona. Barcelona (2003-today) • Team Doctor of the 1st team of soccer FC Barcelona. Barcelona (2003-2007) • Team Doctor 1st team of basketball FC Barcelona (2008-2015) • Medical Head of Barça Sport Innovation Hub, FC Barcelona (2016-today) • Medical Head Sports and Exercise Medical Unit, Clinic Hospital and Sant Joan de Déu Hospital , Barcelona (2017-today) • Medical Associate Professor Barcelona University (2018-today) Mark Leather qualified as a physiotherapist in 1983 where he spent 4 years in the NHS before moving into professional football. He spent over 10 years in the FA Premier League including 6 years as the Head Physiotherapist for Liverpool FC whilst he dedicated over 20 years working as a Head physiotherapist for Sunderland FC, Preston North End, Burnley, Brighton and more recently, as Head of Performance and Medicine at Bolton Wanderers.

Away from professional football, Mark has also worked as the Head Physiotherapist at Wigan Warriors RLFC and worked at the Commonwealth Games in 1986 and the World University Games 2007. He was formerly the Physiotherapist for the England Futsal Team, lectured for the Football Association and has acted as a Consultant Physiotherapist for IPRS a leading company in injury treatment and prevention services.

Following a previous successful spell in higher education at Edge Hill University, Mark took a role at the University of Central Lancashire as Course Leader in MSc Football Science & Rehabilitation & Senior Lecturer in Sports Medicine and Therapy.

Alongside this, he is the Director at Mark Leather Physiotherapy Ltd and a guest columnist for both The Times & Daily Mail newspapers commenting on sport related injuries.

DR GIL RODAS Head of Medical Area, Barca Innovation Hub

FC Barcelona

MARK LEATHER Senior Lecturer in Sports Medicine and Therapy

University of Central Lancashire

PROFESSOR WARREN GREGSON Head of Sports Science,

Aspire Academy

Warren is currently Head of Sports Science at Aspire Academy/Qatar FA and has worked as a consultant to a number of Premier League clubs, national football associations and key stakeholders in the game. Warren is a Professor of Exercise Physiology in the Football Exchange and Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University and has published over 90 scientific publications in peer reviewed journals. Current research interests include the mechanisms underpinning post exercise recovery interventions and their influence on performance restoration and training adaptation, player loading (match-play and training) and the development of strategies for monitoring player fatigue.

SPONSORED BY MATHEW PEARSON Head of Performance & Research

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

FRANKIE HUNTER Head of Fitness

Middlesbrough FC

I have worked in elite youth and senior football for over 10 years, gaining a wealth of experience in analysis and also coaching. Currently I am Head of Performance and Research at Wolverhampton Wanderers, where I lead on the analysis provision across the first team and academy. Before this I worked as the lead first team analyst, with my main focus being on opposition analysis and match preparation, and also as the Head of Academy analysis prior to joining the first team.

Career history before Wolves:

Duhail Sports Club Analyst / Assistant Coach – Reserve Team 2015-2016

QFA, Qatar / ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence Performance Analyst / Opposition Scouting 2008 – 2015

Blackburn Rovers FC Academy Coach & Performance Analyst 2007 – 2008 Frankie is a Sport Scientist who currently works at Middlesbrough Football Club as Head of Fitness. Having graduated from The University of Hull in 2010, Frankie enrolled on a Masters by Research working with Hull City Youth Team between 2010-2012. This was later published in the International Journal of Sports Medicine in 2014 termed ‘Individualisation of Time-Motion Analysis: A Method Comparison and Case Report Series’. After completion, Frankie spent almost 3 years at Southampton starting as an Intern in the Academy and finishing as 1st Team Sport Scientist in 2014.

Since then, roles have included Head of Science and Strength & Conditioning (Middlesbrough Football Club), Head of Science (Everton Football Club), Head of Academy Science & Medicine (Hull City) & Exercise Scientist (The FA).

Frankie is hoping to start her UEFA A Coaching Licence to continue her passion of coaching and to have a greater insight into the Technical & Tactical side of the game to support her career.

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