Simon Harries is an accomplished performance coach, holding a PhD in Human Physiology from The University of Newcastle and accredited as an ASCA Elite L3 S&C coach. He currently serves as the Head of Strength & Conditioning at the NSW Institute of Sport, where he leads a team of Strength & Conditioning coaches to develop and deliver world-class per…

Dan is an Accredited Strength & Conditioning Coach with the UKSCA. His experiences spans Professional, Olympic and Paralympic sports in both the UK and the USA, working in sports such as Rugby Union, Rugby 7s, and Major League Baseball. His work with the Team GB Rugby 7s teams took him to Rio in 2016 where the team placed Silver, and Tokyo in 2021 …

Ben Norcott is an ASCA Level 3 Elite coach specialising in Human Performance. Ben's career spans various industries, including Rugby Union, League, Defence and Law Enforcement. He has worked with numerous organisations, including the Australian Federal Police, Royal Australian Air Force, Rugby Australia, ACT Brumbies, and Vikings Rugby. He is curre…

Nathan Spencer is an innovative and passionate practitioner with over 10 years experience developing and coordinating cutting edge strength and conditioning, sports science support and end stage rehabilitation service to elite athletes across the world at the professional level. Currently the Strength & Power Coach at the St. George Illawarra Drago…

Tim Suchomel has a PhD in Sport Physiology and Performance from East Tennessee State University. He is currently an associate professor of exercise science and the program director for the Sport Physiology and Performance Coaching graduate program at Carroll University. In addition to his teaching, Tim is the Director of the Carroll University Spor…

Brendan Inkster obtained a Masters degree from the University of Technology – Sydney researching applied biomechanics and then went on to work with the Manly Sea Eagles (NRL) in rehabilitation and sports science. After a stint with the New Zealand Warriors (NRL), Brendan is now working for the Parramatta Eels (NRL) where he has gone from the rehabi…

Gavin Pratt is currently the Director of Strength & Conditioning for the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas. He is an accredited ASCA Elite L3 coach and holds a Masters in Exercise Science (Strength & Conditioning) from Edith Cowan University. Prior to this role, he was the Performance Manager at EXOS in Shanghai, China. This involved working w…

Dr Lachlan James is a Senior Lecturer, Sport Scientist, Course Coordinator of the Master of Strength and Conditioning degree at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, and an ASCA Professional L2 coach. He has published over 40 peer reviewed articles including 25 as first or senior author. Lachlan currently supervises 7 PhD students with researc…

Mike McGurn is Head of Athletic Performance at Queens University in Belfast. He has a BSc in Sports Science from Temple University in Philadelphia, U.S.A. and an ASCA Professional L2 accreditation. Mike has worked for over 20 years in Professional Sports as a S+C coach preparing athletes and players for 3 World cups, 3 Olympics, EPL, Commonwealth G…

Leading a multidisciplinary team at the Australian institute of Sport, Ross has over 25 years strength and conditioning experience working across multiple sports and organisations. Since 2004 at the AIS working with development and elite athletes across sports including netball, boxing, taekwondo, judo, athletics, cycling, rowing, basketball, moder…

Sarah Hervert has a PhD in Sport and Exercise Science from James Cook University and is an ASCA Associate L2 Coach. She specialises in strength and conditioning for team sports, injury prevention and rehabilitation and has a keen interest in advocating for S&C in the wider community from adolescents through to older athletes. Following the completi…

Nathan Parnham is the Head of Performance Development at Brisbane Grammar School. His career spans over two decades having set up multiple school athletic development programs across the country, to working in professional sport in the NRL and the Rugby Australia Women’s 7s. Nathan is a bestselling author of The Sporting Parent - an invaluable reso…

Glenn Stewart is a physical and personal skills preparation specialist and manager. He has extensive experience as a S&C specialist and spent two decades developing Australia’s leading athletes and sporting teams professionals to international standards. He's a skilled researcher in physiology, biomechanics and team performance measurement. Glenn h…

Des is one of the leading youth coaches and performance managers in sport and a world-renowned practitioner and speaker in the field of youth athletic development. In joining Setanta College, Des contributes to the College’s mission to deliver industry defining Education, application and insight to communities at a local and global level. Des joine…

Professor Chris McLellan is the Vice President of Sports Performance at the Florida Panthers in the National Hockey League (NHL) and Professor of Exercise and Sports Science at the University of Southern Queensland. He is also the co-founder of Horyzen Performance LLC offering bespoke athlete profiling and strength and conditioning services to prof…

Gareth Webber is a Strength and Conditioning Coach from Cardiff in the U.K. He has a BSc in Sport & Exercise Science and MSc in Exercise Physiology from Loughborough University and is a ASCA level 3 PCAS Elite coach. He has been involved in high-performance, professional sport for over thirteen years and has worked in three national institutes and …

James Wild is a research & development and speed consultant with Harlequins Rugby Club and as a Lecturer in Applied Sport Science at the University of Surrey. Using a blend of physical preparation and biomechanics techniques with skill acquisition and motor learning principles, James has worked with coaches and athletes across a full spectrum of ab…

Dr. Chris Gaviglio has been involved with elite sport for over 20 years working across multiple Winter and Summer Olympic sports and professional football codes in both the northern (Bath Rugby) and southern hemisphere (Queensland "Maroons" Rugby League team, Wallabies – Australian National Rugby Union team and Gold Coast SUNS AFL). More recently, …

Alex Calder is the Head of Sports Science with Houston Dynamo, competing in the Major League Soccer (MLS). He is an accredited Level 3-Elite Coach with the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA), as well as holding accreditations through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and Collegiate Strength and Condition…

Scott hails from Northern Ireland where he started his career as an S&C coach with the Sports Institute of Northern Ireland. Having worked with multiple sports, he ultimately became Physical Preparation Lead for British Swimming. He oversaw significant transformation of several swimmers through to Rio 2016, including multiple Olympic, World, Europe…

Stephen Smith is the Human Performance Optimisation Program Manager for the RAAF at Amberley and Townsville. In this role, he is responsible for the integration of performance enhancing projects across high risk roles within the organisation. Previously, Stephen worked for the New South Wales Institute of Sport for 11 years, finishing his time ther…

Paul Downes is the Head Of Athletic Performance and Pathways at Moana Pasifika Super Rugby Franchise in New Zealand. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh and is an accredited Strength and Conditioning Coach with the UKSCA and ASCA. Within his 18 years applied coaching experience he has worked with developmental and elite athletes in…

Martin Buchheit is a very passionate strength and conditioning coach that progressively developed into an applied sport performance scientist, with a main emphasis on football (soccer). Martins (>200 publications) focused on intervention strategies and profiling assessments that may improve players’ physical and technical potential, using a scienti…

Janina Strauts is currently the Lead Physical Preparation Coach for the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia (OWIA). Based in NSW, she spends most of her time working with the NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) at both their Sydney and Jindabyne facilities. In this role she oversees the S&C support for the winter national network spanning across multi…

Dr. Mark Abel, is a Professor and Director of the First Responder Research Laboratory in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Abel conducts research to improve the safety, health, occupational readiness of firefighters and law enforcement officers. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journa…

Boyd Epley is one of the most decorated strength coaches in history and is the recipient of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (PCFSN) Lifetime Achievement Award. Lindy’s National College Football magazine named him one of College Football’s Top 100 Most Important People of the Century after his training program helped produce…

Ben Serpell is a strength and conditioning coach with the Geelong Cats, an adjunct associate professor at the University of Canberra and Senior Lecturer at University of New England. He completed his PhD through the medical school at the Australian National University, investigating musculotendinous stiffness and lower limb injury. He has since sup…

Ranell is the founder of the Academy of Sport Speed Australia (ASSA), and is a S&C Coach with a specialty in speed. Through her private coaching, Ranell has helped hundreds of athletes modify their physical qualities and biomechanics to maximise speed performance. Ranell is in her 6th year as S&C Coach for GWS Fury (Netball) and 3rd year as the Spe…

Mitch Pemberton has a Bachelor in Sport and Exercise Science (James Cook University), Master in High Performance Sport (Australian Catholic University), and is a level three ASCA(PCAS: Elite), ASCC (UKSCA) and CSCS (NSCA) accredited coach . Mitch has held coaching roles at the Brisbane Broncos, Scotland Institute of Sport and at the ACT Academy of …

Emily Wilson has a master’s degree in Exercise Science (Maj. Strength and Conditioning) from Edith Cowan University and is an Accredited ASCA Level 2 S&C Coach. She was the strength and conditioning coach for the South Sydney Rabbitohs Harvey Norman Women’s rugby league team for the past 3 years as well as the 2020 Sydney Roosters NRLW team. Aside …

Darren Burgess is currently the High-Performance Manager at Adelaide Football Club. Previously, he was the high-performance manager at Melbourne Football Club and prior to that, Darren’s roles have included Director of High Performance at Arsenal Football Club, High Performance Manager at Port Adelaide Football (AFL) Club, Head of Sports Science fo…

Kelly Penfold is a Physical Performance coach at the QLD Academy of Sport, currently working with Men’s field hockey, triathlon and race-walking. She has been involved in athletic development from grassroots to professional and Olympic sports, including three years as the strength and conditioning coach for the QLD Women’s State of Origin Team. Her…

Tim Rogers has been a strength and conditioning coach since 1991, working across a number of sports including stops in the NRL, international Rugby, Australian Institute of Sport, NSW Institute of Sport (twice) and has had stints in Malaysia, China, Samoa, New Zealand (twice) and France (thrice). He is currently back in Malaysia and alongside this …

Dr Courtney McGowan is an applied sports scientist currently lecturing in exercise and sport science at the University of Tasmania. Courtney is also the physical preparation coach for Surfing Tasmania and collaborates with various organisations to conduct applied research in the areas of performance physiology and athlete preparation. Prior to her …

Phil Moreland comes to Royal Air Force Human Performance & Safety (HPS)from his role as the head of strength and conditioning at the NSW Institute of Sport where he managed the delivery of physical preparation services to institute supported sports and athletes. Phil has dedicated 31 years to the field of high-performance sport, having led a number…

Alex is currently employed by the Brisbane Broncos working with their NRL Squad. He first worked as a High Performance Manager at the Canberra Raiders in 2000. Over the following 20 + years in the NRL he worked at the Melbourne Storm (2003-2013), Brisbane Broncos (2014-17) and the NZ Warriors (2018,19). His proven ability in S&C was recognised with…

Nik has a Masters degree in Exercise Science from the Edith Cowan University. He has worked with professional basketball teams both nationally and internationally for a total of 23 years - 13 years in the Australian NBL (West Sydney Razorbacks, Sydney Kings, South Melbourne Dragons & Melbourne United) and 10 years in the Chinese CBA (Dongguan Leopa…

Dylan Hicks is a PhD candidate in Exercise Science at Flinders University, Adelaide. He is currently completing his thesis focused on Force-Velocity Profiling and has undertaken research with the Seacliff Hockey Club and the Adelaide United W-League team. Dylan is also the Head of Physical Education and High-Performance Academy Coordinator at Cardi…

Natalie holds a Masters in Exercise and Sport Science (Sydney University) and is an ASCA Level 2 Professional Coach. She currently works a lecturer in Sports Performance at the Australian College of Physical Education, and is the Penrith Panthers Premier League Netball S&C Coach. From 2010 to 2020 she held roles at NSW Institute of Sport in Sport S…

Klinton Hoare is an experienced strength and conditioning coach with a demonstrated history working in the professional training & coaching industry, leading systems, and pathways towards long term sustainable athletic development.Currently employed by the Gold Coast Titans working as the High-Performance Manager, Klinton’s 20plus years’ experience…

Glenn Corcoran is the manager of the Bond University High Performance Training Centre and holds a Master Exercise Science (S&C). He is an ASCA Level 3 and PCAS-Master coach, and NSCA CSCS and RSCC*Emeritus. Glenn is a Life member of the ASCA, and was the 2019 ASCA Professional Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year. Glenn has over 30 years of …

David Joyce is an internationally recognized leader in human performance, strategy and decision making. He holds Masters degrees in both Sports Physiotherapy and Strength & Conditioning, as well as an MBA. He has worked with hundreds of elite athletes, including multiple world and Olympic champions and in multiple sports around the world.Nowadays, …

Dan Howells is a strength & conditioning coach accredited through the UKSCA and NSCA. He has worked in elite sport for over 15years, with experience in preparing athletes in Olympic and professional settings, having previously worked for the English Institute of Sport, Wasps Rugby, England 7s and the Houston Astros Major League Baseball team. He al…

Andrea Hudy is the Director of Sports Performance for women’s basketball at the University of Connecticut. She has recently returned to UCONN after spending nine-plus years there earlier in her career. Prior to this, Andrea was the Head Coach, Basketball Strength and Conditioning at The University of Texas and before coming to Texas, Hudy served as…

Nicolai is a Strength and Conditioning Specialist with New South Wales Institute of Sport. She has just finished working with High Performance Sport New Zealand as the lead S&C of the Women’s Blacksticks Hockey team and previously with New Zealand Rowing in the elite and U23/Junior pathways. Nicolai has previously worked in a multitude of sports an…

Lachlan Wilmot has been working in the fitness industry going on 15 years, working with both the general population and elite level athletes. After completing a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science, Lachlan continued his education, completing his Honours thesis in Sports Science. Lachlan spent 8 years as the Senior Athletic Performance Coach spec…

Nathan Parnham is an athletic development coach based in Brisbane, Australia. He is currently the Director of Strength and Conditioning at Brisbane Grammar School and has worked at Parramatta Eels (NRL) and Aussie 7s (Rugby Australia) and with athletes across a variety of sports from the Australian Netball League, A/W-league's, NRL, Super Rugby, Ru…

Donna Miller has worked in the S&C industry for over 10 years, working both privately, in team settings and the high school setting. Her background includes working in Suburban (Lindfield) and Shute Shield Rugby Union (Eastwood & Randwick), NSW U16s Schools Rep Squads (2014-2015), Jersey Flegg Rugby League (U20s) (2017-2019), as well as being part …

David has been preparing Olympic and professional athletes for competitive success for over 10 years. He started his S&C career at the Queensland Academy of Sport in 2010. For a little over 6 years, he developed his coaching skills and knowledge as he worked with athletes from a wide range of Olympic sports. After the 2016 Rio Olympics he made the …

Brett Bartholomew is a keynote speaker, performance coach & consultant, best-selling author, and Founder of Art of Coaching™. His experience includes working with athletes both in the team environment and private sector along with members of the United States Special Forces and members of Fortune 500 companies. Brett is also a self-published, best-…