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2025 SHPRC Lecture series

Neil Shanks

Title: From Stronger to Stronger: A Decade of Evolving Performance Planning in Swimming 12 November 2025

View Seminar at: https://youtu.be/ytSmE1eAMVk

Neil is the physical preparation lead for Scottish Swimming and a seasoned leader and performance strategist with 13+ years of experience in elite sports. Neil designs, delivers, and monitors strategic physical objectives aligned with national outcomes for Scottish Swimming. As the National Lead for recent Olympic and Commonwealth Games cycles, Neil excels in building relationships with diverse stakeholders, including National Governing Bodies, coaches, clubs, and practitioners.

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Sean Husband (PhD researcher), Sport Ireland Institute. 

Title: Cycling position optimisation: research and application to elite sport”.  Friday, 8 November 2025  

Sean Husband is based in the Sport Ireland Institute and conducts his positional research on Olympic, Paralympic and development program cyclists. Sean’s background is primarily in endurance physiology having worked with British Triathlon in the lead up to the Tokyo Olympic games.

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