Sports Biomechanist and co-founder of Forcedecks. PhD with 29 years experience with UK Athletics and Aspire Academy. formerly Head of Department at Salford Uni
Doha, Qatar
Joined March 2016
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Great effort pulling this together with an international collective of thought leaders on this very important and overlooked physical attribute
🚨 Delighted to see our latest paper now published in @SportsMedicineJ …
Assessing Deceleration Performance: Methodological & Practical Considerations
Now numerous protocols & technologies that can assess this highly important movement skill …
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.....Coming soon in DOHA
What are the key factors that underpin a winning high-performance system?
Matthew Favier, Director of Saudi Olympic Training Center, will address this question during his keynote session on Day 5.
Secure your spot, Register before 23 Oct, 2025 at isbs2025.com
#ISBS2025
......Coming soon in DOHA
Biomechanics might save Baseball!
Dr. Glenn Fleisig, Director of Biomechanics at the American Sports Medicine Institute & the winner of this year’s Geoffrey Dyson Award, will address this topic on Day 1 of #ISBS2025
Register now at isbs2025.com
Deadline: 23 Oct 2025
.......Coming soon in DOHA
Biomechanical heuristics, the secret sauce in return to play decision.
Dr. Lee Herrington, Senior Lecturer in Sports Rehabilitation at Salford University, will reveal the secret sauce during his keynote on Day 3 of #ISBS2025
Secure your spot, Register at isbs2025.com
Great news @DHMov, this will be a pivotal reference to anyone interested in one of the most overlooked physical attributes that has the potential to improve performance and reduce injuries
🚨 Delighted to see our latest paper has just been accepted in @SportsMedicineJ …
‘Assessing Deceleration Performance: Methodological and Practical Considerations’
Thanks to all the co-authors who have made amazing contributions to this topic 👏
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ISBS 2025 Annual conference details and Q&A
15:00-16:00 BST Tuesday 8th April
Part of our free-for-members 2025 Online Symposium
ALT Rony Ibrahim (Qatar University, Qatar) Paul Grimshaw (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar) Lina Majed (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar) Philip Graham-Smith (Manchester Metropolitan University; formerly Aspire Academy, Qatar) Moderators: Tim Exell (University of Portsmouth, UK) and Silvio Lorenzetti (Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland) Meet the organizing committee of ISBS 2025 during the symposium. We’ll introduce the exciting plans for this year’s conference in Qatar, themed “Innovation, Technology, and Tradition,” and share everything you need to know about key dates, venues, and what to expect in Doha. Bring your questions and join us as we look forward to welcoming the global biomechanics community to Qatar in 2025!
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Great to see this sys review + meta-analysis published in @SportsMedicineJ after years of work by the team @paulread1010 @Thomas_W_Jones @Marco_Cardinale @PhilipGrahamSm2
Available to read now via this link:
rdcu.be/ee6a8
I could call out even more limitations of the IMTP, which I believe is being adopted with no real understanding why...
Yes, it's a measure of strength (akin to lifting weights)..BUT.. it's a 'push-pull'... which bears minimal association with sports movements
Respect the work of these guys, but only @PhilipGrahamSm2 called out some limitations of CMJ.
I get it as the cornerstone of jump testing, but we don’t recognize it’s limits enough. It’s a medium speed SSC. Not fast like 5/10. Not fast enough eccentric for many sports.
...the IMTP does not give you 'max strength'... an isometric squat gives you higher forces (leakage through multiple joints and grip?)
... you cannot get consistent joint angles in IMTP (force-length) to compare across the squad (just check google for variation in position).
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Top three force plate metrics and what are they telling us: A view of 6 experts
@paulread1010, @JordanStrength, @DrChrisBishop, @PhilipGrahamSm2, @leidersdorf & @Dr_DanielCohen
sportsmith.co/articles/top-t…
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“A forgotten art in sports science”👑
Catch a glimpse of the new Premium Video from the LTAD Conference 2024, where @PhilipGrahamSm2 introduces a “forgotten art” of sports science — Needs Analysis💡
Watch the full lecture in the Premium Video Library:
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📢We're advertising for a Research Associate in Sports Biomechanics to support an @innovateuk funded project, working with @TomDosSantos91, @PhilipGrahamSm2, @NaomiDatson, @spswgreg and me at @McrInstSport 🇬🇧
🗓️Closing date 17th Dec, start Jan 2025
manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/va…
A slight change to the day job helping to curate this exhibition at the @McrSciFest. Come down to see what @McrInstSport @ManMetUni are doing to help reduce ACL injuries in female football. Great to be able to show how @VALDPerformance @forcedecks are being used to monitor jumps
I'd drop the 'S' and get coaches to focus more on the 'C'... start with a needs analysis of the sport/event, (key positions and movements in skills, mechanisms of main injuries) and focus on making them fit for purpose ... not just getting them strong on a lifting platform
Come join our team working on a great new tech that I reckon could be a game changer
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Great opportunity here. Please get in touch if you have any questions 👇
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Excited to see this published! Thanks @DrJuanMAlonso & @PhysioDMSilvan for the invitation to contribute.
If you work with developing athletes check out "Growth & Maturation in Adolescent Track & Field Athletics" w/ @paulread1010 @PhilipGrahamSm2 @Thomas_W_Jones @Marco_Cardinale
Spanning 160 pages ↘️ #OpenAccess
🆕 We are thrilled to unveil the much-anticipated ‘Olympic Special’ edition of the Aspetar Sports Medicine Journal.
🎯 Titled ‘Sports Medicine in Athletics’
Under the expert guidance of our Guest Editors, @DrJuanMAlonso , @Jenny_Jacobsson , and @DrPaulDijkstra , This edition features an exceptional compilation of articles Topics cover a broad spectrum, including:
🎯 Musculoskeletal injuries in athletics, innovative strategies for injuries and illness prevention, the evolving role of podiatry in athletics, crucial insights into mental health for athletes, and much more.
🔗 Download your free copy 👉 journal.aspetar.com/en/archi…
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Our faculty for the NEW IOC Diploma in Strength and Conditioning Program continues to grow with confirmed lectures from @LDeldicque @LSpriet @PhilipGrahamSm2 @OyvindSandbakk #iocdiploma #strength #conditioning #onlinelearning #distancelearning
