Today we proudly welcomed back former pupil, Layla. Layla now attends Royal Ballet School and kindly visited us to inspire current pupils and share her journey so far. Layla spoke so well, helping pupils to think about how aspirations are achieved. #risingstar @ktconditioning

🚨New Paper Published🚨 Challenges & Solutions to Supporting Physical Literacy in Youth Sport ⚽🏀🏉🎾🏏🏑🥍🏸🏃‍♂️ We hope this article stimulates reflection for organisations and practitioners within youth sport and are happy to engage in any discussion link.springer.com/article/10…

Excited to announce our @CentreForCAPL @Carnegie_Sport @TheGSAL Knowledge Transfer Partnership Position is available PHYSICAL LITERACY LEAD - details 👇👇 Deadline - 8th June PLEASE SHARE vacancies.leedsbeckett.ac.uk…

‼️ 3 weeks until the @CentreForCAPL @Carnegie_Sport Physical Literacy in Schools Conference 🏫Promoting Children’s Health and Happiness through Movement, Sport and PE 📅Friday 23rd May 2025 Book: onlinestore.leedsbeckett.ac.…

Congrats @ab__coaching on the submission of your @Carnegie_Sport PhD thesis 👏👏

Congratulations DR @JamesEarle89 👏👏 Completed his @Carnegie_Sport DProf Sport titled ‘(Re)Designing a Sports School Scholarship Programme’ Privilege to supervise with Ian Cowburn Thanks to @AndrewAbraham11 & @JamesDugdale for the thorough viva 👍

Congratulations Dr Kevin Shattock (@TheFiveWsPod) on passing his @Carnegie_Sport professional doctorate today 👏 Project - Using a BPS Lens to Explore S&C Coaching Practice🏋️‍♂️🧠 Thanks to examiners @DrChrisSzedlak & Alex Dinsdale Proud supervisor with @tom_mitch3

Congratulations @TheFiveWsPod 👏 Pleasure to support your @Carnegie_Sport DProf Sport journey Enjoy the 🍺 it’s well deserved 👍

Our latest paper reviewing S&C higher education in the UK 🇬🇧 provides a snapshot of course structure and content across UG and PG levels. shorturl.at/AKFEG @anthonyturneruk @j_d_hughes @trainingimpulse @ktconditioning @JamesKeenanDU

#FastFriday Developing Fast, Fit and Fatigue Resistant Youth Athletes w/ @jhettler24 @ktconditioning Online: journals.humankinetics.com/v…

🚨OPEN ACCESS🚨 bit.ly/46EAR53 3rd paper from PhD published in #IJSSC exploring performance, potential, and athleticism in youth soccer. Hopefully of interest with considerations for judging future potential! Thanks co-authors @ktconditioning @S_Emmonds @AdzKerr

Study 3 from my PhD now published in Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 📚 “Motor Competence, Physical Fitness, Psychosocial, and Physical Activity Characteristics in 9- to 14-Year-Olds: Sex Differences and Age and Maturity Considerations” tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… 🧵 👇🏻

Study 3 from my PhD accepted for publication in Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (@SHAPEAmerica) 📚 🔍 Kudos to all @Carnegie_Sport colleagues who supported with data collection, and to @ihjcowburn @Joe_Eisenmann @Tom_Sawczuk @ktconditioning for their supervision 🤝🏻

🚨I have created a thread on my key reflections and accountability points that I believe we should be able to start to collectively answer at the next LTAD conference if we are serious about youth health concerns. @ktconditioning @ffionthompson @Carnegie_Sport @CentreForCAPL

What a day @Carnegie_Sport @leedsbeckett 🤩 Such a buzz about the place as hundreds of professionals came together to learn from each other and exchange ideas. Topics included ✅ physical literacy ✅ LTAD ✅ active learning ✅ CPET and POM ✅ Partnerships and collaboration 🤝

Associations Between Motor Competence and Physical Activity, Physical Fitness and Psychosocial Characteristics in Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis @Carnegie_Sport @ab__coaching @ffionthompson @nicholsonsandc 📰61 studies; n = 22,256 adolescents 📝27 different assessments of motor competence🤸‍♂️ were used, with 31 studies utilising product-orientated (i.e. outcome) assessments Key Findings: Motor competence was associated with: physical activity (r = 0.20 to 0.26) muscular strength, cardiovascular endurance (r = 0.03 to 0.60) speed (r =  − 0.31), agility (r =  − 0.37 to 0.41) psychosocial characteristics (r = 0.07 to 0.34) weight status (r =  − 0.36 to − 0.10) 📰ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article…