Phill joined the HPL team in late 2013 following an exercise physiology lecturing role at Nottingham Trent University. He completed his PhD at Northumbria University in Exercise Physiology in 2015, focussing on a nutritional supplement for accelerating recovery from exercise. In addition to his Senior Scientist role, Phill acts as laboratory Co-Director as part of the HPL’s BASES Lab Accreditation. He has extensive experience working with elite performers, supporting international athletes in several sports including road cycling, triathlon, football and rugby. 

Phill also has a strong background in Sports Science research, with a number of publications in the exercise physiology field. Within the HPL, Phill leads on a number of scientific support projects with elite partners as well as discovery research projects focussing on recovery and physiological adaptation.

Matt is currently the Physical Performance Lead – Education at The Football Association and is an experienced coach educator and academic. His research interests are based in biomechanics and movement with particularly reference to elite soccer performance. A former gymnast and high performance gymnastics coach Matt has been developing movement in young athletes for over 25 years. For that last 15 year he has supported the development and implementation of physical preparation and development of movement within professional football and the English football academy systems.

James Wild has worked with athletes and their coaches across multiple sports since 2002. Using a combination of strength & conditioning and biomechanics techniques he has supported Olympic, Commonwealth, European and World Championship athletes and their coaches to improve speed and overall physical preparation. James is currently the lead strength & conditioning coach at Surrey Sports Park and the English Women’s lacrosse team. He is also a speed and agility consultant for Harlequins rugby and the author of Strength Training for Speed. He has an MSc in Strength & Conditioning Science, is accredited by the UKSCA and the NSCA as a strength & conditioning coach and is completing a PhD in the biomechanics and motor control of accelerative sprint running.

Since graduating in 2002 from Coventry University, Stuart has developed a clinical interest on injury management and screening. In his previous role as a First Team Physiotherapist with West Bromwich Albion Football Club. Stuart was part of a leading sports medicine department, priding themselves on player availability and career longevity. Stuart pioneered a process of physical screening to the club to fully appraise a players physical condition, movement competency, capacity to assist in identifying neuromusculoskeletal assets and risks. Stuart now works clinically as an independent practitioner providing physiotherapy services and physical conditioning and lectures in Europe for Functional Movement Systems.