Mr Martin O'Connell is recognised as a Chartered Physiotherapist with a specialist interest in Soft Tissue functional asymmetries and complex soft tissue dysfunction. He is the pioneer of the technique of 'Fibrolysis ' which has led to him being known as 'hookman' in the football/rugby world.

Having worked in elite football for more than 18 years both with Premiership and Championship teams, he recalls the highlight as being part of a multi disciplinary medical team who supported a squad that reached a Europa League Final.

Now he shares his clinical time consulting in professional football, whilst also heading up The St George's Hill Performance Centre at the St George's Hill Golf Club in Weybridge Surrey. In his spare time he is a very keen single figure golfer and manager of an u14s Ashford Town junior side.

As Technical Lead of Strength and Conditioning Coaching at the English Institute of Sport (EIS), Duncan is responsible for coaching international, world and Olympic athletes from a variety of sports, from football and basketball, to taekwondo. He is a Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology (Strength and Conditioning) at Northumbria University and a founding member and former Chairman of the UK Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA).

Duncan provides the HPL with both academic and practical expertise in the fields of neuroendocrine and muscle physiology, in particular responses to resistance training and the mechanisms of recovery and regeneration.

Wendy martinson, OBE, is a sports nutritionist and a registered dietitian with the Health and Care Professionals Council. Wendy has substantial experience in delivering applied nutritional support at the elite level, supporting athletes throughout three summer Olympic Games; as a Consultant Nutritionist to the British Olympic Association (BOA) with whom she worked for 4 years, and the British Gymnastics squad with whom she worked for 8 years. 

In the build up to the 2002 World Cup, Wendy consulted to the England Football squad and, in 2005, Wendy was appointed as the nutritionist for GB Rowing. Wendy’s career has also seen her deliver nutritional support to World Class Hockey and the English National Ballet. Wendy currently resides as Lead Performance Nutritionist at the English Institute of Sport. In the 2010 New Years Honours list, Wendy was awarded an OBE for services to sport and nutrition.