Tom Batchelor (Harlequins Rugby Head of Sport Science)

Episode 22: Andy McDonald speaks to Tom Batchelor the Head of Sport Science at Harlequins Rugby. 

In this episode Andy and Tom discuss: 

• Tom’s background
  • Working within the City in Equity Derivatives  
  • Surrey Sports Park - Internship 
  • Harlequins 
• GPS In Rugby: Benefits and weaknesses of GPS in Rugby
• Overlaying technical and tactical information on top of physical data
• How Harlequins define and communicate load
• Acute Chronic Workload Ratio 
• Communicating systems to Inform change 
• Loading Blindspots 
• Conditioning the modern rugby player. Conditioning at Harlequins

 

Where you can find Tom

• Twitter
• linkedIn

 

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• Andy McDonald  
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