Athletic DevelopmentAl Stewart

Strength and conditioning · Sports science · Soft tissue therapy · Nutrition

Athletic Development and Recovery

Support in fulfilling your athletic potential, from a specialist team led by a strength and conditioning coach with over 20 years in elite sport.

Get in touch
Al Stewart with the England U20 squad and staff Al Stewart holding the Women's FA Cup with Manchester United Al Stewart coming out of the tunnel with Manchester United Al Stewart on the pitch with Huddersfield Town Al Stewart in a boxing gym

Al StewartOver 20 years in elite sport

Winning environmentsWorld Cup winner with England U20s.
Women's FA Cup winner with Manchester United.

Elite footballManchester United, Manchester City, Hull City, Huddersfield Town and the FA

Beyond footballBoxing, rugby, swimming, MMA, tennis, netball and more

Your athletic development
starts here

Developing YOU

Al and his team offer support in fulfilling your athletic potential. For a monthly subscription, we will support your athletic development through a focus on your technique and capacity in a number of areas, including:

  • Movement quality
  • Injury risk reduction
  • Strength and power development
  • Acceleration and speed development
  • Change of direction and agility development
  • Work capacity and endurance
  • Flexibility and range of movement
  • Recovery and soft tissue therapy
  • Nutrition
Al Stewart holding the Women's FA Cup with Manchester United

Remote Support

Your athletic development will be supported through a number of methods, including:

  • An individualised programme accessed through an app
  • Video support for the prescribed training, linked into the programme
  • Analysis of sporting movement through video sharing
  • Technical coaching of lifting technique through video analysis
  • Text and email communication
  • Video chat and phone calls
  • In-person sessions
Pages from Athletic Development training programmes

Recovery and Lifestyle Education

Training is the stimulus; recovery is when the body adapts. Alongside the programme, athletes get clear, evidence-based guides on sleep, travel, nutrition and recovery, written for their age and their sport.

Sleep Made for an under-17 netball squad

Sleep guide cover: 8 to 10 hours a night is what teenagers need for health, learning, mood and physical development
Sleep guide: extended sleep improved sprint speed and shooting accuracy by about 9 percent; under 6 hours makes catching a cold 4 times more likely
Sleep guide: 10 habits for better sleep, including screens off 30 to 60 minutes before bed and a cool, dark, quiet bedroom

Jet lag and travel fatigue For athletes travelling across time zones

Jet lag guide cover: the body clock takes roughly a day per time zone to catch up, and flying east is harder than flying west
Jet lag guide: after you land, light is the strongest signal for resetting your body clock, with advice for flying west and flying east
Jet lag guide: 10 travel tips, including shifting sleep an hour a day for 3 days before, and easy training on day 1

Reduce Risk and Improve Performance

Reducing the risk of injury and improving performance are important not just to professional athletes but to anyone involved in exercise and sport.

Focusing on Athletic Development can improve movement quality, efficiency and performance. Using a combination of sport-specific technique coaching and focused exercises and movements to target specific movements and muscles can improve your performance and reduce your risk of muscle injury.

Whether it's to improve your maximum speed, change direction quicker, improve your 10k time or break the cycle of repeated muscle injury through the development of strength and robustness, athletic development sessions are available to you.

Why not short-cut your physical development now and contact al@athleticdevelopment.pro for more information.

Al Stewart holding the FIFA U-20 World Cup trophy

About Al

Having worked within coaching, sports science and strength and conditioning for over twenty years, Al has developed a wide range of skills and experience, supporting professional and developing athletes across a number of sports.

He has a World Cup winner's medal with England U20s, been promoted to the Premier League, reached a men's FA Cup Final, won the Women's FA Cup with Manchester United Women, worked with a professional heavyweight boxer ranked in the top 5 in the world and supported a swimmer to breaking the British record.

Specifically, Al has worked in football for over 20 years as head of department at Manchester United's women's team, Manchester City FC Academy, Hull City FC first team and Huddersfield Town FC first team, as well as working for the FA as a physical performance coach, providing strength and conditioning support to age group squads in both the men's and women's game.

Al has also worked with athletes from a number of other sports, including both codes of rugby, boxing, swimming, tennis, MMA, squash, hockey, netball, basketball, judo, cycling, rowing, climbing and golf.

Al leads a small team of strength and conditioning coaches, sports scientists, a soft tissue therapist and a nutritionist, so every athlete gets support from the right specialist.

UKSCA

Accredited member of the UKSCA, and a qualified assessor and tutor for the UKSCA S&C Trainer Level 3 Diploma.

Mentorship

Al offers the Level 3 Diploma as part of a strength and conditioning mentorship for developing coaches from around the world.

Qualifications

MSc Strength and Conditioning, University of Salford. BSc Coaching, Sport and Exercise Science, Manchester Metropolitan University.

Get in touch

To talk about support for yourself, your athletes or your club, email or call Al.