After months of inconsistent & unseasonal weather, this week has been typical in the extreme for April, with heavy showers providing intervals for the warm spring weather. This weekend, is a routine mid-April sporting weekend too, with the with the starter's tape lifting on...

I hope the last two posts discussing the differential diagnosis of hip & groin pain have been useful, as I know this is quite a complex area & one that I have found useful to revise. I have been trawling through references once more to supplement the information gleaned from...

Whilst the sun shines on Lee Valley, the rain pours down on Los Angeles - sorry guys! Meanwhile, those athletes that remain in the Pleasure Dome are enjoying an empty track & throwing area. Following on from my last blog discussing the differential diagnosis of sporting hip...

Yesterday, a large proportion of the athletes based at the UK Athletics’ Lee Valley Hi-Performance Centre flew out to California for a 6 week block of warm weather training. Almost on cue, the sun has come out & temperatures in North East London have soared, meaning that...

Following my recent posts & reflections on the Matthew Syed book, Bounce, which promotes his argument that success in performance is the result of 10,000 hours of purposeful practice, today's blog is dedicated to providing the counter argument to the theory. Ross Tucker is...

Disappointingly, the last two days have been somewhat of a write off. Whilst I was cycling back after work late on Wednesday night, I had a rather spectacular crash taking evasive action trying to avoid an ignorant moron, whom having made the decision that it was neither ...

The big year of competition starts here! Tomorrow the IAAF World Indoor Championships get under way in Istanbul, Turkey, with the women's high jump qualifications getting proceedings off to a leaping start at 09.30 local time. The GB team flew out yesterday morning...

The last few days have been somewhat of a whirlwind, as you may have noticed through my lack of updates! Between my work for UK Athletics & my private consultancy evening caseload, it's been a challenge fitting all the other aspects of my eventful life into the week's...

So the indoor season has just about reached its conclusion - yep, blink & you missed it! The GB team has now been picked for the World Champs which take place in Istanbul starting on March 9th & the full details of who will be on the plane can be found...

It's been a busy few days since I last wrote. Last weekend I was in Sheffield for the UK Athletics Olympics logistics meeting, which coincided with the UK Indoor Trials & Championships. The afternoon meeting was preceded by a medical team meeting focussed around the Insight...