The strength and conditioning practices and perspectives of coaches and athletes, across different sports, countries, and levels.

Abstract

This critical review includes a portfolio comprising seven outputs, published in international peer-reviewed journals from 2020-2022. The connected theme between outputs is the practices and perspectives of strength and conditioning (S&C) coaches, sports coaches, and athletes across different sports, countries, and levels. This theme links substantially to the author’s experience in higher education and applied settings. Each output provides primary evidence for the selected sports and populations, including extensive information on participant demographics, strength, power, speed, programing, physical testing, and technology use. Within each output the results are comprehensively discussed, offering rare insight as to whether the S&C practices and perspectives of S&C coaches, sports coaches, and athletes are research-informed or if anecdotal methods are preferred. Collectively these outputs create an important resource for practitioners and researchers in S&C, which can be used as a point of reference, guidance, or comparison. The findings from each output have been disseminated through conference presentations, higher education teaching resources, and industry collaborations, leading to an incremental impact being made regionally (Hong Kong) and internationally.

Date of Award	15 Aug 2022
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	Coventry University