Jon Goodwin is currently Academy Head of Sport Science at Fulham FC. He was previously S&C National Lead for the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee. He led the creation of the BSc and Distance Learning MSc in S&C at St Mary’s University, Twickenham. He has over 20 years of coaching, teaching and researching across athletics, weightlifting, S&C and biomechanics.

In this episode Jon discusses:

• Changing the culture at Fulham to focus on personal bests and individual progress.

• Updating their multi sport sampling model within the academy.

• Developing game changing qualities in speed and change of direction.

• What gets covered by the game and what needs specific attention to develop.

• Why he changed their model of pre season training.

You can keep up to date with Jon via his twitter account: @jonnie_mechanic.

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