Footballer to Head of Fitness & Conditioning! - Elliot Turner (Plymouth Argyle) - #14

Time for another Industry Chat and this time I am venturing a little out of my comfort zone as we are talking about fitness and conditioning, something that is definitely not my area of expertise! I am pleased to be joined by Elliot Turner of Plymouth Argyle who describes his journey from pro footballer to now being an important part of a Football League Clubs fitness department. I was curious to learn about what Elliot does and he describes GPS units, what a pre-season may look like, what he does in an average week and the sacrifices you have to take to work in professional sport. If you are interested in a potential career in sports fitness or conditioning and sports science then this chat is well worth a listen to. If you have any questions for either myself or Elliot, please leave it in the comments below. ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ 0:00 - Introduction 1:36 - Elliot joins, his playing days and opening eyes to sports science 9:24 - Doing a degree when still a player then making the transition 11:42 - Back to Shrewsbury, Elliot's lucky break 14:18 - Differences between rugby & football 18:22 - Other previous roles, non-league 26:01 - Big move to Plymouth 33:53 - Pre-Season 40:00 - An Average week for Elliot 49:29 - Elliot's department and the topic of interns 56:20 - GPS units and analysis 1:04:20 - Work-Life Balance 1:08:04 - Advice for students 1:15:37 - Summary ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ USEFUL LINKS 💻 Video Analysis Software - https://www.in-playsports.com/software/individuals ⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Use code Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Get FREE sports data by learning web scraping – https://mckay-s-site.thinkific.com/?ref=3f7c5c FREE RESOURCES 📝 My downloadable CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📚 The ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download MY OTHER SOCIALS 🌍 My Website – https://www.chris-gill.com 🆇 X/Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/chrisgill_UK 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk