ITS Team Tour

Take the opportunity to catch up with Martin and his team.

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"ITS is about to run a series of iMoveFreely Group Exercise workshops through Group X Training Provider Jayne Nichols.

"The I move freely programme changed the way that I teach every class and client. I put this information into my Fitness Pilates, FFY and Conditioning programmes to help my clients improve their movement and prevent injury - IT IS THE BEST COURSE THAT I HAVE EVER BEEN ON!" Jayne Nicholls

The tour takes Rachel France all over the country between March and June, click here for more information".

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Biomechanics for Golf - Preparation is everything

ITS is now the Biomechanics Coach training provider for the PGA National Training Academy (European Centre of Excellence). We offer a Golf Biomechanics Coaching workshop to teach PGA members key, simple and timely screens to check their students ability to perform the swings that they are being taught. Learn the best exercises in a simple format to show your students to help them swing better. We also look at what swing alternatives they may use if a student can’t physically perform the swing they are trying to teach, to suit their student’s body.

Click image to watch video

ITS Golf Specific webpage

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South of England Biomechanics Coaches Meeting

25th January 2012 The South of England Biomechanics Coaches met for the first time to discuss, debate and drive forward their personal businesses as a Team.  Martin Skivington of Solent University arranged for the Biomechanics Lab to be the perfect venue for our first meeting.  The meeting commenced at 10 and finished at 3pm, with still much to discuss! 

Everyone found the meeting highly beneficial with specifity towards; standardisation of screens and corrective exercises; the next step within their personal development; building their business; working alongside their local Allied Health Professionals.

Next South of England Biomechanics Coach Regional Meeting will be Wednesaday 18th April 2012 - Location to be confirmed.

If you would like to attend this FREE event please contact Joe Sidey to register your details.

From the Southern Biomechanics Coaching Team.. 'we look forward to seeing you there!'

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We have been approached by ITN news. They have heard about how great
Biomechanics Coaching is (from an article I wrote in Wired Magazine) and
they want to do a piece on Biomechanics Coaching and the Olympics 2012.

So we're looking for any of you who are seeing Olympic Athletes who can say
for example, something like; I had some back pain and my 100m time was 20
seconds, and since working with my Biomech Coach my back pain has gone.

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Budding Future Olympians supported by local Biomechanics Coaches

Canoe Slalom has an impressive record of success at Olympic level. The Talent Identity Academy Programme, run jointly by GB Canoeing and Canoe England, aims to find and support young people with the potential of emulating the great moments in Barcelona 1992, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Bejing 2008 and deliver them onto the medal podium at the 2020 Olympic games.
And local biomechanics coaches will be on hand to help them achieve their goals.

Contact Libby for more information.

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Merry Christmas Intelligent Training Systems!

We made it on to the IOC (International Olympic Committee) 'Christmas Card List' this year... and received this amazing interactive ecard. http://bit.ly/v9Ajla

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National fitness awards

The ITS team and some of their previous students got their best frocks and tuxes on and strutted their way to the Birmingham International Exhibition Centre to experience this awards show.
We were keen to experience this event with a view to sponsor some awards next year we think there could well be some value so we will be chatting to Workout about being more involved next year.
While in the beginning things were quite tame (while Rach was there)over dinner the team continued on to some additional exploits at another venue to party until the early hours.

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Get sponsored by your client/s to attend your Training with us!!

Recently we have had a PT sponsored by his client to attend our full Specialist Biomechanics Coaching Diploma. This client is particularly impressed with his PT’s help so far and saw a value in helping him to advance his knowledge, obviously seeing that he would personally benefit from the elite service his PT will soon be able to offer him.
The PT is suitably impressed and has offered his client free PT for life – everyone is happy!!

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FitPro 2012

ITS will be exhibiting and lecturing at FitPro 2012. We will have the largest number of qualified Biomechanics Coaches to date, who will be offering free screening demonstrations on the stand.

Venue: Loughborough University
Date: April 13th/14th
More details: www.fitpro.com

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This week ITS was invited to teach on Dame Kelly Holmes' education programme for
Olympic stars of the future. The sessions are sponsored by Jaguar and
branded as the Jaguar Academy of Sport. Anthony Fletcher (Fletch) went down
for us and delivered 2 great presentations. One was to the athletes
themselves and two of the Jaguar Ambassadors were there: Colin Jackson (110m
hurdles) and Mark Foster (50m swimmer). Athletes and ambassadors alike were
impressed with Fletch's first presentation, where he explained to the
athletes how they should be warming up using the principles of the
biomechanics programme and how they can integrate it into their existing
training programmes.

His second presentation was more of a workshop for their parents and
guardians. He impressed them as he showed them how to screen their athletes
and make sure they keep on their programmes by measuring their progress.
Time as always was short, but the parents/guardians and athletes would like
us to return to screen all of them and also to teach their coaches about how
the biomechanics coaching programmes can help them.

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ELCAS

ITS are now proud to say that our courses have been approved by the MOD for their service men and women! May have more info on this soon.

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UKSEM

The ITS team were proud to be on the same lecture programme as the likes of Jiri Dorvak, Nigg and Leiberman, to name a few, at UKSEM held in the London ExCel Centre. Delivering presentations about biomechanics coaching to sports physicians, physiotherapists, GP’s, clinicians, coaches and sports rehab students was a challenging experience.

Mike explained how we screen the pelvis, Rachel offered examples of shoulder screens and both presentations were received really well by all.
Fletch was in his element being able to listen to the barefoot running debate!

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The Good Health Show 2011

Martin and Rach are both presenting at the Good Health Show in Telford on 15th October 2011 and will be presenting the new iMoveFreely online programme for back pain. We will also be doing a practical class session to show consumers how the iMoveFreely Group Exercise classes work and how much they can help back pain too.

Venue: Telford
Date: October 15th 2011
More details: Good Health Show

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First IMF workshop run by ITS May 7th and 8th - Hugely positive feedback from all about results from the group exercise biomechanics programme.... watch this space!

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Fitpro 2011

ITS will be exhibiting and lecturing at Fitpro 2011 and will have an even larger team of qualified Biomechanics Coaches there offering free screening demonstrations on the stand.

Venue: Loughborough University
Date: April 8^th/10^th
More details: http://www.fitpro.com/ (opens in a new window) 

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FIBO

Martin Haines and Rachel France will be visiting FIBO in Essen April 2011 in search of the latest testing equipment to offer within the Biomechanics PODS they will be offering in the near future.

Venue: Essen
Date: April
More details: http://www.fibo.de/ (opens in a new window)

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The Grand Prix Pro Body Building Expo

ITS will have a strong presence so don't miss this exciting event!

Venue: London Excel
Date: March 19^th/20^th 
More details: http://grandprixexpo.co.uk/ (opens in a new window)

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