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Sports Science Insights: Naomi Myhill - Answering Performance Questions Using R&D Strategies in Sport

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Episode 176: Join host Steve Barrett on our Sports Science Insights podcast powered by Inform Performance, where cutting-edge research meets real-world application in elite sports. This episode features Naomi Myhill, a Sports Science & Research Consultant with a PhD in Sports Performance, specializing in the locomotor demands of women’s football. With extensive experience working with elite organizations such as The FA and City Football Group, Naomi shares evidence-based insights into the ever-evolving landscape of women's high-performance sport.

✏️ Key Topics Discussed:

▪️From Research to Performance – How performance questions shape research directions

▪️Women’s Football Insights – Training & match demands in English women’s domestic football

▪️Peak Intensities vs. Averages – Rethinking training prescriptions for female athletes

▪️ Volume vs. Intensity – Are players under-exposed to the game’s demands?

▪️Speed Thresholds in Women’s Football – Why aren’t they standardized yet?

▪️ Optimizing Performance Impact – Fast vs. methodological research approaches

▪️The Internal vs. External Load Conundrum – Managing female athlete workloads effectively

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Where you can find Naomi:

•⁠ LinkedIn

•⁠ X/Twitter

•⁠ ResearchGate

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Sponsors

VALD: makers of the Nordbord, Forceframe, ForeDecks and HumanTrak. VALD Performance systems are built with the high-performance practitioner in mind, translating traditionally lab-based technologies into engaging, quick, easy-to-use tools for daily testing, monitoring and training.

Hytro: The world’s leading Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) wearable, designed to accelerate recovery and maximise athletic potential using Hytro BFR for Professional Sport.

Teambuildr: A platform for any coach in any setting. Every day, thousands of coaches log into TeamBuildr to write training programs, build questionnaires and access athlete and client performance data. Teambuildr is a complete platform. Whether you're building your own programming, looking to create custom reports or give athletes a tool for accountability, they've built it out.

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Where to Find Us

Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following Inform Performance on:

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Our Team

  continue reading

192 episodes

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Manage episode 468236933 series 2686161
Content provided by Andy McDonald. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Andy McDonald or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ppacc.player.fm/legal.

Episode 176: Join host Steve Barrett on our Sports Science Insights podcast powered by Inform Performance, where cutting-edge research meets real-world application in elite sports. This episode features Naomi Myhill, a Sports Science & Research Consultant with a PhD in Sports Performance, specializing in the locomotor demands of women’s football. With extensive experience working with elite organizations such as The FA and City Football Group, Naomi shares evidence-based insights into the ever-evolving landscape of women's high-performance sport.

✏️ Key Topics Discussed:

▪️From Research to Performance – How performance questions shape research directions

▪️Women’s Football Insights – Training & match demands in English women’s domestic football

▪️Peak Intensities vs. Averages – Rethinking training prescriptions for female athletes

▪️ Volume vs. Intensity – Are players under-exposed to the game’s demands?

▪️Speed Thresholds in Women’s Football – Why aren’t they standardized yet?

▪️ Optimizing Performance Impact – Fast vs. methodological research approaches

▪️The Internal vs. External Load Conundrum – Managing female athlete workloads effectively

-

Where you can find Naomi:

•⁠ LinkedIn

•⁠ X/Twitter

•⁠ ResearchGate

-

Sponsors

VALD: makers of the Nordbord, Forceframe, ForeDecks and HumanTrak. VALD Performance systems are built with the high-performance practitioner in mind, translating traditionally lab-based technologies into engaging, quick, easy-to-use tools for daily testing, monitoring and training.

Hytro: The world’s leading Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) wearable, designed to accelerate recovery and maximise athletic potential using Hytro BFR for Professional Sport.

Teambuildr: A platform for any coach in any setting. Every day, thousands of coaches log into TeamBuildr to write training programs, build questionnaires and access athlete and client performance data. Teambuildr is a complete platform. Whether you're building your own programming, looking to create custom reports or give athletes a tool for accountability, they've built it out.

-

Where to Find Us

Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following Inform Performance on:

-

Our Team

  continue reading

192 episodes

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