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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Jon Goodwin (Fulham FC Academy): Developing game changing qualities.