ISSUE ONE - November 2012

Contents

Page 3 Highlights

Page 4 Swimming

Page 5 Badminton

Page 6 Basketball

Page 8 Golf and Hockey

Page 9 Table Tennis

Page 10 Athletics and Cycling

Page 11 Netball, Sailing and

Squash

Page 12 Individual Athletes

Page 13 Hub Sites

Page 14 Physiotherapy

Page 15 News in Brief

“To provide high quality

support to Derbyshire’s

emerging talented sports

performers, to enable them

to achieve greater success

on the national and

international stage and to

enhance the reputation of

Derby and Derbyshire.”

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• DIS Performance Manager Andy Wood appointed. Former GB Badminton

Performance Director Andy was Badminton Head Coach at the Sydney,

Athens and Beijing Olympics. He coached Simon Archer and Joanne Goode

to Britain’s first Olympic badminton medal, a bronze in Sydney in 2000, and

Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms to their silver in Athens in 2004.

• Lead Strength and Conditioning Consultant Nick Ward appointed. Nick

has worked with organisations such as Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton,

Hartlepool United FC and Newcastle United Academy.

• Lead Physiotherapy Consultant Lynda Daley appointed. Lynda has worked

for England Hockey, GB Weightlifting and GB Wheelchair Tennis, and was

the Venue Medical Manager for the North Greenwich Arena (O2) for the

2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

• Former international badminton player Donna Kellogg, who represented

Great Britain at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, appointed to develop

the Team Derby Performance Programme. Donna will mentor students who

are awarded scholarships through the performance programme and ensure

close links with the DIS.

• DIS lead coaches have been appointed in basketball, badminton, golf,

hockey, table tennis and swimming and they are all working with athletes in

these sports on a weekly basis. The basketball and table tennis coaches

are joint appointments with the University of Derby.

• Three strength and conditioning coaches have been appointed - Luke

Storey, Paul Joyce and Spence Brown. Two associates, Tim Lawrenson and

Donna Kellogg, have also been appointed and they are now each working on

a regular basis with squads and athletes.

• Three physiotherapists, Jenny Knibbs, Carl Butler and Rachel Royer, have

been appointed to provide physiotherapy services to DIS athletes.

• 76 athletes from 12 sports are now members of the DIS and are receiving

coaching and sports science/medical services on a regular basis. Some

noticeable performance improvements have already been seen.

• To date more than 60 athletes have started appropriate and

professionally-led strength and conditioning programmes - which they

would not have had access to without the support of the DIS – and more

than 500 hours of S&C coaching has already been delivered.

• A medical support programme has been established, allowing athletes to

receive high quality support with initial assessment and treatment usually

within 24 hours.

• A voucher system has been set up to allow athletes to access free

physiotherapy sessions on a needs-led basis. Each athlete may access up

to ten sessions. To date around 70 hours of physiotherapy have been

delivered to athletes.

• A monthly DIS Coach Forum has been established to allow lead coaches to

share information and best practice. The coaches are also now regularly

attending CPD opportunities together.

• Hub sites have been established at the University of Derby and Brampton

Manor. The delivery of strength and conditioning and medical support

services are being coordinated through these two sites.

Highlights so far....

Andy Wood

Nick Ward

Donna Kellogg

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Swimming

• Jodie Hawksworth, (16) England/GB Junior International

• Kane Haggett, (21) GB International

• Kevin Wallbank, (16) Multiple National Finalist

• Imogen Clark, (13) National Silver Medallist

• Abbie Wood, (13) National Gold Medallist

• Tyler-Anne Black, (15) National Qualifier

• Sarah Vasey, (16) Multiple National Finalist

• Ben Goodall, (16) GB Junior International

• James Latham, (16) Multiple National Finalist

• Hannah Jones, (15) 3rd ranked Junior GB

Supported athletes

Andi Manley – Swimming

Performance Coach

Andi Manley, head coach of Derbyshire’s

performance squad Derventio eXcel, is the

Swimming Performance Coach for the

Derbyshire Institute of Sport, leading its

swimming programme. Andi, who joined

Derventio eXcel in 2009 and is also involved as

a coach in the GB Junior International

Programme, is working to improve the

performance of Derbyshire’s emerging

swimmers.

Andi said: “The support DIS has provided our

programme is fantastic and has come at such an

important time for Derventio eXcel and the

swimmers of Derbyshire. There has been an

impact on so many levels - the facility provision

in pools at Moorways, Etwall, Ripley and

Matlock has been fundamental to ensuring we

can provide the correct training programme for

all our athletes.

“There has been a clear coach and athlete

education programme which is already reaping

rewards both in and out of the water. Lastly the

sports science and sports medicine support is a

resource that ensures the swimmers are the

most ‘athletic’ I have ever seen them and are

given physio and rehabilitation support by a

team that we know and that understand the

demands of our sport. ”

“We have seen results already in the short

term but more importantly are laying the

foundations for continued national and

international success for many seasons to

come. As a total package, DIS has made a

huge impact to Derventio and has given us

long term stability and support.”

• Eleven swimmers have been selected for the England Talent Squads:

Elle Pryce, Imogen Clark, Abbie Wood, Jamie Ingram, Oliver

Davidson, Imogen Morris, Kevin Wallbank, Ben Goodall, Sarah Vasey,

Hannah Jones and Kane Haggett.

• Four swimmers have been selected for AASE - Advanced

Apprenticeship for Sporting Excellence: Jodie Hawksworth, Kevin

Wallbank, Molly Renshaw, Sarah Vasey.

• Molly Renshaw has been selected for British Swimming’s World Class

Development Squad and also for AWPP (Aspiring World Performers Programme).

• Derventio coaches Kim Hill and Mark Tanner have been selected as

coaches on the England Talent Programmes.

• Coach Andi Manley has been nominated by British Swimming for the

UK Sport Elite Coaches Programme – subject to approval from UK Sport.

• Kane Haggett has been selected to swim for Great Britain in the

Flanders Cup in Antwerp, Belgium in January 2013.

• Lewis White chosen as part of British Swimming’s World Class

Disability Development Squad.

• Molly Renshaw has been selected for the Great Britain Senior Team

to compete in the European Short Course Championships in Chartres,

France in December 2012.

Recent Successes

Jodie Hawksworth Kane Haggett

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Badminton

Supported athletes

• Daniel Hong, (15), Top 12 in country

• Josh Hong, (14), Top 15 in country

• David Hong, (11), Top 6 in country

• Ragna Mularczyk, (13), Top 10 in country

• Tiara Samuel, (14), Top 8 in country

• Sophie Brealey, (14), Top 15 in country

• Grace King, (12), Top 3 in country

James Boxall – Badminton Performance Coach

Former international badminton player James Boxall is the Badminton Performance

Coach for the Derbyshire Institute of Sport, leading its badminton programme.

James, who is now one of the England Junior Coaches, is working to improve the

performance of Derbyshire’s emerging badminton players. James is also Head Coach

of the Derbyshire Badminton Performance Centre, a Derbyshire Junior County

Coach and National Talent Coach. He is a former Junior International and was a

European Junior U19 medallist and National Junior Doubles and Mixed champion,

and also competed on the many Major Senior International Tournaments such as All

England and the Danish Open as a full-time player and member of the National

Senior squad based at Milton Keynes.

Recent Successes Daniel Hong – Reached the semi-final of the Cardiff U17 gold star singles.

Tiara Samuel – Reached the quarter finals of the U19 Wycombe Open (three

years young) beating the 4th rank player her age.

Sophie Brealey - Senior women's singles champion. Made debut in senior

county team.

Josh Hong – Reached the quarter final in the singles at the Cardiff U17 gold

tournament.

Grace King - Represented England in Denmark. Played a crucial role in the

team which won a bronze medal in the team event.

Grace King and Tiara Samuel

James said: “So far the DIS programme has had a major impact on my players. They have become far more

professional and it has inspired them to push themselves even harder to try to become the best player they

can be. I have seen huge all round improvements.

“Players are much more responsible for their training and much more professional. They also have increased

their work rate as they know how lucky they are to have this opportunity. The results will keep getting

better but the main thing I've noticed is how much closer we are getting to those players above us and some

of the players are starting to establish themselves as in the top group in their age. ”

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Tiara Samuel

Basketball

James Maudsley - Basketball

Performance Coach

James Maudsley is the Basketball

Performance Coach for the Derbyshire

Institute of Sport , leading its basketball

programmes and the University of Derby

Men’s Basketball club.

James, who led the Derby Trailblazers to win

the EBL Men's National Trophy as Head Coach

earlier this year and spent two years working

with the Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball

team, is working to improve the performance

of Derbyshire’s emerging basketball players.

James’ role includes establishing a process for

identifying, developing and monitoring

talented players, working with GB coaches to

nominate potential GB players, and supporting

selected basketball players within the DIS

with a strength and conditioning programme.

James also organises and delivers coaching to

the University of Derby Men’s Basketball

Team, with the aim of improving performances

and results in BUCS competitions.

James said: “I’m delighted to be part of the

Derbyshire Institute of Sport. We have a

number of talented players for the Derby

Trailblazers who can only benefit from the

support which the DIS offers. We have seen

many of our most gifted players offered

scholarships at universities in America in the

past few years, meaning Derbyshire is losing

some of its talent, but with the additional

support to them from the DIS and the

partnership with the University of Derby and

hopefully they will see that America isn’t the

only option.”

Derby Trailblazers welcome new player

from America thanks to partnership

with University of Derby and DIS

The Derby Trailblazers basketball team has welcomed a new player

from America, thanks to its partnership with the University of Derby

and the Derbyshire Institute of Sport (DIS).

Nick Rose has joined the team from Colorado, USA, on a partially-

funded scholarship programme with the University of Derby. Nick

will play a season for the Derby Trailblazers while at the university

and will also play for the university's Team Derby Basketball team.

Nick was a Division Three All American at Colorado College, and

was a major contributor that completely transformed the

programme from a team that struggled to win a game to a team

which beat the Division One Air Force Falcons.

During his time playing for the Derby Trailblazers and the Team

Derby basketball team Nick will be supported by the DIS, which

provides athletes with access to high quality strength and

conditioning, sports science and sports medicine services within

Derbyshire. He will be coached by James Maudsley, who is the

Basketball Performance Coach for the DIS, Head Coach at Derby

Trailblazers and coaches Team Derby Basketball.

Also joining the University of Derby programme will be two players

from the Derby Trailblazers U19 National Colleges Championship

winning team, Benson Arogbo and Tom Brown. Both players have

been involved with the Division One programme at the Trailblazers

and will continue to develop at university and National League level.

The vision is to continue to develop the link between Trailblazers

Academy based at Derby College and Noel Baker School, and the

University of Derby. The goal is to see more players progress from

the junior age groups at the Trailblazers through the academy and

then remain in Derby and study at the University of Derby.

Derby Trailblazers player Rema Lascelles has already been reaping

the benefits of the support which the Derbyshire Institute of Sport

provides, having received some vital physiotherapy support. With

only a few weeks of the 2011/2012 season remaining, Rema suffered

a potential season ending ankle injury. But thanks to physiotherapy

support from Carl Butler and his team, Rema was able to play a part in

the Final Fours where the team finished as runners up, and went on to

be selected for the U20 GB Mens squad for the European

Championships. Rema has been with the Trailblazers programme from

Mini's (U12) right the way through to being the starting point guard

for the National Trophy winning team. 6

Derby Trailblazers player reaps benefits of

physiotherapy support from DIS

Supported athletes

• Ricardo Guddemmi, (16), EBL Division 1 player and former England U16 player

• Martin Gayle, (23), EBL Division 1 player and Former England U18 International. National Trophy Winner

• Nick Rose, (23), US Import, D3 All-American

• Benson Arogbo, (19), EBL Division 1 player and U19 National Colleges Winner

• Tom Sherlock, (31), Former BBL starting 5 player

• Luke Daykin, (19), EBL Division 1 player and U19 National Colleges Winner

Recent Successes

• Derby Trailblazers won the England Basketball

National Cup and finished 3rd in the national league

• U18 player given a full basketball scholarship in

Hawaii

• Qualified to the quarter finals of National Cup

competition • Qualified to the quarter finals of National

Trophy competition • Nick Rose awarded part-time scholarship

at University

– averages 20 points per game

• Benson Arogbo scored 21points in first

University BUCs game, where the team

won 85 – 46

Nick Rose

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Hockey

Golf

Golf Performance Coach appointed by

Derbyshire Institute of Sport

Steve Astle, Head Instructor of the East Midlands Golf Academy, has

been appointed as Golf Performance Coach for the Derbyshire Institute

of Sport (DIS), and will lead its golf programme for the next two years.

Duncan Woods - Hockey Performance Coach

Former England and Great Britain hockey player Duncan Woods is the Hockey

Performance Coach for the Derbyshire Institute of Sport.

Duncan, who earned 90 Caps and competed at two Commonwealth Games,

winning a bronze medal in 1998, is working alongside current hockey coaches at

club and regional and national level to help further develop the most talented

junior players in Derbyshire.

He is also working with coaches in the county to identify a performance level

group of players to receive additional targeted support, and is providing

additional “hands on” coaching to the performance group to develop their

technical and tactical skills.

Duncan said: “I’m really excited to be part of the Derbyshire Institute

of Sport. A number of Derbyshire players are currently playing for

England or Great Britain at age group level and I will be working

closely with other coaches in Derbyshire to ensure that those

players can reach the next level.”8

Steve, who is also Head Coach for Derbyshire (DUGC) Boys and Lead Coach for

the Derby College Performance Golf Programme, will work alongside current

coaches at club, regional and national level to help further develop the most

talented young players in Derbyshire.

The part-time role will include identifying a performance level group of players

to receive additional targeted support from the DIS and developing a system

within the county to increase the regular coaching, guided practice and

competition support to these players.

Steve, (37), will also work with other coaches in Derbyshire who are producing

talented players to establish a group of coaches driving golf performance, as

well as developing links with colleges and University of Derby to strengthen

their golf clubs and programmes. Steve, from Derby, is also Head of Instruction

at Lee Westwood Golf Academy and received the Derbyshire PGA Professional

of the Year Award 2012.

• Robin Pearson, (12), ranked No.23 nationally at U13 level

• Matthew Webster, (11), ranked No.101 nationally at U13 level

• Alex Tiley, (13), ranked No.45 nationally at U15 level

• Tim Denby, (15), ranked No.135 nationally at U18 level

• Callum Goodwin, (14), ranked No.158 nationally at U18 level

• Jake Meikle, (17), ranked No.50 nationally at U18 level

• Isobel Ashley, (16), ranked No.10 nationally at U18 level

Supported athletes

Gareth Herbert - Table Tennis

Performance Coach

Former professional table tennis player

Gareth Herbert is the Table Tennis

Performance Coach for the Derbyshire

Institute of Sport, leading its table tennis

programme.

Gareth, who won two gold medals at the

Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002,

is working to develop and improve the

performance of Derbyshire’s elite table tennis

players within the DIS through regular weekly

coaching, and is establishing a process for

identifying, developing and monitoring

talented players.

Gareth is also organising and delivering

coaching to the University of Derby Table

Tennis Club, with the aim of improving

performances and results in BUCS

competitions.

Gareth said: “Derbyshire has a number of

very talented young table tennis

players, including Liam Pitchford who

of course competed at the 2012

Olympic Games, and I’m looking

forward to working with the county’s

best players to help them follow in

Liam’s footsteps.”

As well as enjoying a successful career as a

table tennis player, Gareth has also been a

table tennis coach for a number of years,

working with players at every level from

grassroots to elite performance.

Recent Successes

Isobel Ashley has been offered a contract to play for

the Aquestil club in Duga Resa, Croatia. She played in

the Stockton-on-Tees 4 Star tournament (highest

standard national open tournament) where she

reached the final, losing 3-2 to Nicole Hall from Wales

who represented Wales at the

European Youth Games.

Table Tennis

Isobel Ashley

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Jake Meikle

Cycling

Athletics

Katie Byres represented the GB & NI senior team at the World Championships in Istanbul in March 2012 and the GB

& NI Junior team at the World junior Championships, Barcelona in July 2012. She won her first senior medal - a silver at

the UK Senior Indoor Championships in Sheffield - in February 2012.

Recent Successes

• Jay Rarazda – Achieved a PB of 10.9 in 100m, 4th at English Schools, Silver at Northern Indoors and qualified for

the final of the UK Indoor Championships.

• Katie Byres (U20 Pole Vault) -1st, UK Women's League Premier Division.

• Dominic Chambers – Won Bronze at UK School Games and Gold at UK Indoor Championships.

• Yasmin Miller – Gold at UK Indoor Championships – 60m hurdles, Gold at UK Championships – 100m hurdles.

Supported athletes

• Katie Byres, (19) Pole Vault – Ranked No.2 in UK

• Dominic Chambers, (16), 800m – Ranked No.2 UK

• Kelsie Hutchinson, (16), Discus and Hammer

• Yasmin Miller, (17), 110m hurdles – Ranked No.2 in UK

• Jay Rarazda, (16) 200m – Ranked No.8 in UK

• Naomi Reid, (18), Triple Jump – Ranked No.2

• Judah Simpson, (19), 100m – Ranked No.10

• Jess Turner, (16), 400m hurdles – Ranked No.2 in UK

• Hannah Blount (15-years old – Youth A Category) – National track cycle

champion in 500m time trial

• Rosie Blount (17-years old– Junior Category) – National track cycle

champion in 500m time trial

• Adam Morewood (12-years-old) – won gold at the EBU European MTB

Championships

• James Shaw - Won the Desselgem Open road race in Belgium

• Kim Bent – (BMX Cruiser) – Took fifth place at the UCI 2012 BMX World

Championships

• William Cheaney – Took 11th place at the 2012 MTB XC National

Championships (Youth Male)

DEVELOPMENT SPORT

Supported athletes

Katie Byres

Hannah Blount

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• Isobel Beighton - Successful at England U17 Trials, member of

Loughborough Lightning NTL Squad

• Tyler Bexton - Member of Loughborough Lightning NTL Squad

and Regional and Premier Pennine teams

• Jessica Smith - Member of Loughborough Lightning NTL

Squad

Supported athletes

NetballDEVELOPMENT SPORT

• James Hadden - Finished 4th Junior (U21) at the 2012 Worlds

• Joshua Haynes – Won gold in the Splash Class at the British

National Championship

• Alice Woodings - Selected to represent GBR at the Laser

Radial U21 Womens Europeans, finished 10th British girl

• Toby Woodings - Competed at the National School Sailing

Association Regatta, finished in 7th place overall in the Youth

Radial

Supported athletes

DEVELOPMENT SPORT

• Ashley Davies - Selected to play for England at the European

Championships and the World Junior Individual and Team

Championships, but unable to compete due to injury

Sailing

SquashDEVELOPMENT SPORT

Supported athletes

Ashley Davies

Alice Woodings

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Individual Athletes

The Derbyshire Institute of Sport is also currently supporting

a number of individual athletes:

Caroline Povey – Olympic Trap Shooting

Caroline represented Great Britain at the World Cup in Tucson, Arizona

earlier this year. She was part of a team of three women and three men to

be selected, and finished in a World Cup career high of 9th place and as the

top British competitor.

Caroline said: “Competing against the best shooters in the world, many of

whom would compete in London 2012 was a fantastic experience and I

hope to be selected to represent Great Britain again during 2013.”

Ellie Koyander – Skiing

Ellie competes on the FIS World Cup circuit for freestyle moguls skiing.

This year she achieved a Top 20 World Cup finish and she is ranked No.30

in the world. Ellie competed at the Winter Olympics in 2010, becoming the

youngest female member of Team GB, and she is now aiming to be a medal

contender at the next winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in 2014.

James Machon – Skiing

Derbyshire freestyle skier James Machon is half way to qualifying for the

Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics after taking 20th place at the FIS World Cup

in New Zealand. 21-year-old James, from Bamford, competed at the first

Olympic qualifying event for ski halfpipe at Cardrona in New Zealand, and

did enough to keep him on course on his journey to the Winter Games

despite injury.

James said: “The BOA qualifying criteria is 2 x Top 20 results in World

Cups and I came 20th in the first one which was the result I needed as

part of the qualification process for Sochi 2014, so I'm really pleased.

The week before the competition I was learning a double flip and had a

crash, which bruised my sacrum bone and a ligament in the gluteus

maximus. I was able to ski through the pain and secure 20th place, and

after needing a top 20 result as part of the qualification process I’m

relieved the tactics of a conservative run paid off, and every bit of

training over the last five months has been worthwhile.”

There are six more qualifiers between now and the Olympics, with the next

qualifier in Park City, Utah, in December.

Hannah Jones - Snooker

This year Hannah has won the World Ladies U40 Northern Snooker Shield,

the World Ladies Northern Snooker Plate, the World Ladies British Open U

40 Shield, the EABA U19 Ladies Championship and the Derbyshire Ladies

Snooker Championship. Hannah was also placed third at the European

Team Championship and was a semi-finalist at the European Ladies

Snooker Championship.

Ellie Kayander

Hannah Jones

James Machon

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Caroline Povey

Plans to further develop

‘hub’ sites after busy first

six months

The first two ‘hub’ sites for the DIS at the University of Derby and

Brampton Manor have enjoyed a busy first six months since the

official launch of the DIS, and plans are also in place to further

develop services offered at both sites.

The University of Derby has recently begun work to refurbish an

existing building to create a high performance strength and

conditioning facility, which will provide a base for DIS athletes as

well as a unique opportunity for athletes on the University of

Derby’s new Performance Programme.

Meanwhile at Brampton Manor in Chesterfield, DIS athletes who

use the facility are given free membership and the DIS is given free

use of the facility for strength and conditioning specific

workshops.

Brampton Manor also recently held a fundraising event to support

DIS athletes. Staff at the gym at Brampton Manor have also been

offered free CPD to enable them to provide strength and

conditioning support to DIS athletes outside of programmed

session times.

The facility management team are also currently analysing the

potential to develop its training environments to become more

performance related. Additional ‘hub’ sites are also being

explored, to allow for a more local approach. Discussions are

currently being held with the University of Derby’s Buxton campus,

John Port School in Etwall and Derby College.

A physiotherapy suite is also being developed at the university to provide standard access times

for when DIS athletes can receive treatment and advice.

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Physiotherapy

The demand for physiotherapy treatment throughout the

summer has been very variable across sports, mainly due to

the fact that some sports and athletes have been

undertaking much more intensive phases of training than

others.

But as coaches and athletes are becoming more aware of the

physiotherapy services available more are making use of them. A

physiotherapy base has recently been established in a medical room

within the Medical Suite at the University of Derby. Appointments are

currently available three evenings per week, and there is potential to

extend working hours if demand increases. This site provides a

temporary physiotherapy facility until such a time as the proposed DIS

hub site - that will house a gym, medical area and offices - becomes

available.

If any athlete who is supported by the DIS sustains an injury, their coach can refer them to the clinic for a physiotherapy

opinion. The physiotherapist will then assess the injury and will either advise the athlete how to self-manage the

problem or the required number of treatment sessions to resolve the problem will be provided. If the injury is

significant, the DIS physiotherapy team can advise on an appropriate specialist referral.

A voucher system for physiotherapy access has

been introduced. Vouchers will be distributed to the

coaches to make it easier for them to

manage physiotherapy referrals.

Carl Butler and Rachel Royer are the two physiotherapists who are leading on treatment delivery and they have also

started to implement a screening programme for all DIS athletes. All athletes will be invited to attend for a musculo-

skeletal profiling assessment that will allow potential issues such as poor posture, reduced flexibility, muscle

imbalances or other anomalies to be identified.

If anything that could lead to injury or performance problems is found, athletes will be told and

provided with a corrective exercise programme.

The physiotherapy team will also liaise with the S&C coaches so that the teams can work together to supervise and

progress the athletes pre-habilitation programme with the aim of reducing the risk of injury and contributing to the

enhancement of sporting performance.

Lynda Daley

- Lead Physiotherapy Consultant

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News in Brief

DIS Table Tennis players take on

Midlands team

A group of table tennis players who are supported by the

DIS put their skills to the test in a number of matches

against players from the Midlands regional team.

The tournament, staged at the Colin Deaton Table Tennis

Academy, saw the DIS players take victory in a number of

the matches.

DiS athletes given nutrition

advice from top sports

nutritionist

Elite Sports Nutritionist Freddy Brown has delivered a

nutrition session to DIS athletes. Freddy is currently

working with professional rugby clubs and the RFU, and

the English Institute of Sport, and has been involved with

GB wrestling, GB boxing and a host of professional

boxers, as well as GB Canoeing and triathletes.

Freddy specialises in performance nutrition – supporting

the specific demands of certain sports.

DIS awarded £9,500 grant for

performance analysis

equipment

Sport England has awarded the DIS a grant of

£9,500 which will be used to purchase a range of

performance analysis equipment. This will include

ipads, an underwater camera, Dartfish software and

FlightScope, a portable indoor-outdoor ball-flight

and launch monitor. The equipment will allow the

performances of DIS athletes to be tracked and

analysed, providing objective feedback which will be

used to help improve performance.

Swimmers turn to gymnastics

Swimmers from Derventio eXcel have begun

gymnastics training through the DIS. This land-

based training with a specialist coach is designed to

increase the depth of strength and flexibility of

individual swimmers.

Talks take place to build

Academy programme for DIS

sports

Further talks have taken place to build the Academy

programme for DIS sports.

Basketball has operated an Academy run by Derby

College and Noel Baker School for a number of

years, linked to the Derby Trailblazers basketball

club. The goal is to see more players progress from

the junior age groups at the Trailblazers through the

Academy and then remain in Derby and study at the

University of Derby.

A Netball Academy will start at Derby College in

September 2013, operating in a similar way, and

opportunities to create academies in other sports

such as table tennis and badminton are being

explored.

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Freddy Brown