2024 Lecture Seminars
Joseph DeLeo (S&C Consultant and PhD Student University of Kansas and Co-Founder of @scienceofrowing).
Title: ‘Q&A session on Rowing S&C, Physiology and Sport Science’, 8 October 2024
View Seminar at: https://youtu.be/W2W2meNL6hY
Joe, a lifelong rower and strength coach, shared insights from his extensive experience in rowing and athletic training. A former varsity rower at The George Washington University, he later served as a coach for Syracuse Men’s Rowing and founded LEO Training in 2014. Through his business, Joe has worked with diverse rowing programs and interviewed numerous experts via his LEO Training podcast. Notably, he served as Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Portuguese rowing team, supporting their successful bid for the Tokyo Olympics. Currently, Joe is a PhD student in Exercise Physiology at the University of Kansas, continuing his research in sports performance.
Dr Kerry McGawley (Mid Sweden University).
Title: ‘An individualised approach to supporting female athletes’, 9 May 2024
View Seminar at: https://youtu.be/XCqJKh8zqgQ
Kerry is a professor in sports science at Mid Sweden University, an applied researcher at the Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre and the senior manager of the female athlete team at Orreco. Kerry is passionate about supporting and developing women in sport. Much of Kerry’s research is conducted in collaboration with national and international sports federations. In line with her research focus, Kerry leads on a M.Sc. program in Sports Performance and Athlete Health. She also tutors on high-performance coach programs. Kerry has published more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific articles and is an associate editor with IJSPP and IJSNEM. Outside of work, Kerry is keen amateur triathlete and has won several world championship age-group titles.
Dr Barney Wainwright, (Leeds Beckett, U.K.).
Title: ‘Aero 101'. 18 January 2024.
View Seminar at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJJtfLs0Zh8
Barney is an applied sports scientist who specialises in the integration of cycling biomechanics and aerodynamics to enhance cycling performance. Barney combines a role as a Senior Research Fellow at Leeds Beckett University, where he carries out research projects and supervises PhD candidates, with consultancy across the cycling industry to athletes, professional teams and equipment and clothing manufacturers. Barney is familiar with the high performance environment having provided direct support to Olympic athletes over 4 Olympic cycles and having been a member of Team GB support staff at the Athens and Beijing Olympic Games, as well as for Team Canada at the Vancouver winter Olympics.
Alex Wolf (Strength and Conditioning Academy, U.K.)
Title: ‘Adaptation Led: More than just effective programming’. 8 November
View Seminar at: https://youtu.be/KX6uSsZiOsI
Alex is the founder of Strength and Conditioning Academy which provides education and consultancy support around the technical and non-technical practitioner and leadership skills to governing bodies, sports teams, and direct to individuals. Alex is also the lead author and content creator for Science of Rowing, a monthly publication and resource translating science into practical application. Alex has spent over 20 years working in elite and high-performance sport having spent 15 years working at the UK Sports Institute. Alex spent five years as the UKSI Head of Strength and Conditioning overseeing 65+ coaches across 35+ sports. Alex spent a further two years as Head of Learning and Development, leading on the organisation learning and personal development of the entire organisation. Alex continues to consult widely to National Olympic Committees, Premier League football clubs, national coaching federations and to world-class athletes. Alex currently sits on the Coaching Commission for World Skate and on the Technical Panel for British Rowing Beach Sprints Programme. Alex has authored two books around rowing strength and conditioning and has strong interests in problem-solving and aligning training to performance outcomes which he has several peer-reviewed articles published.
