Today we talk about Van Hooren's latest publication in the strength and conditioning:https://journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/Abstract/publishahead/Sensitive_Periods_to_Train_General_Motor_Abilities.99275.aspx"I am a sport scientist, athlete and freelance strength and conditioning specialist. My interests include the transfer of training to sports performance, injury prevention, post-exercise recovery, muscle-tendon behavior, and motor learning and control. Feel free to request the full-text of any publication. I frequently share new information on various sports science topics on LinkedIn and twitter @BasVanHooren."You can find out more about his work here:https://www.basvanhooren.com/about-me/sport-science/

Mike Duncan is a BASES-accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist with research interests in the field of children, physical activity, exercise and obesity. As of July 2013 he has published over 70 peer reviewed journal papers, 20 books or chapters in edited books and over 110 peer reviewer conference presentations. He is a member of the European College of Sports Science, American College of Sports Medicine, United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association and a Fellow of the British Association of Sport and exercise Sciences. He has experience in working with elite athletes in prescribing exercise programmes and evaluating performance and also has worked extensively with community groups on topics such as physical activity interventions in children and adolescents and the effects of nutritional manipulation on cognitive and functional performance in older adults.Links to mentioned papers:http://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/5/8/110https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rjsp20http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1356336X17715772

Howard joins us today to provide an overview on paediatric and adolescent nutrition.Howard is currently employed as a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Physiology and is the course leader for the BSc Sport and Exercise Physiology (Top Up) degree. In addition he is also actively involved with providing sports science support to a range of elite athletes’ from professional football and rugby teams to cyclists, swimmers and distance runners.QualificationsPhD Sport and Exercise Science, University of Central Lancashire, 2010.PGCert in Teaching & Learning in HE, University of Central Lancashire, 2007.MPhil Sport and Exercise Science, University of Central Lancashire, 2006.BSc Combined (Hons) Sports, Recreation and PE and Information Technology, Liverpool Hope University College, 2000.