Improving movement, strength training, and the academy > first team transition in football with Callum Walsh, Ally Harris & Chris Haslam

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Callum Walsh, Ally Harris and Chris Haslam for the Championship Football Roundtable. Callum is Senior Physical Performance Coach at Huddersfield Town FC, Ally is Head of Performance at Fulham FC and Chris is Head of Athletic Performance at Brentford FC. I do love these roundtables and especially the ones involving practitioners who work in football. These three guys know each other pretty well so there was plenty to discuss before, during and certainly after recording. We covered lots of areas in this episode and hopefully we covered areas of interest to those wanting to work in football and also those that already do.

If you enjoyed this Championship Football Roundtable, these episodes may also be of interest - Youth Football Roundtable & Senior Football Roundtable

Hope you enjoy this Championship Football Roundtable with Chris Haslam, Callum Walsh and Ally Harris.

In this episode we discussed...

• Who are Callum Walsh, Ally Harris & Chris Haslam (background, education and experience)
• Improving movement
  • 'He doesn't move very well'... Philosophy
  • Working with large groups
  • Player understanding
  • Where does it (whatever 'it' is) fit in the schedule?
• Academy transition
  • The impact new academy structures have had on first-team operations
  • Load management
  • Psychological and emotional impact
• Strength training
  • Philosophy
    • Adjustments based on managers
  • Educating players & staff
  • Fitting it in
    • Pre and post-game lifting
  • What does it look like?
• Innovation in football

Callum can be found on Twitter @Walshy2123, Ally can be found on Twitter @AlastairHarris and Chris can be found on LinkedIn.

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Enjoy

PP