MISMATCHED CONDITIONING COSTS SPORTING POTENTIAL

Your squad responds differently to the same training but most education and legacy systems don’t account for that.

The right stimulus, for the right athlete, at the right time. That’s what drives performance in the moments that matter.

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Get clarity on how to structure and deliver conditioning for your squad, grounded in each athlete’s profile, and aligned to your sport’s demands.

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Bring the profiling model and high-performance insights behind top programs to your staff or event with clear takeaways for real-world application.

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PROVEN IN ELITE ENVIRONMENTS

Chelsea Football Club

‘Helped massively with our progression of the academy’s player profiling and physical conditioning methodology.’
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GAIN Network

‘Gareth has been an invaluable resource for discussing training strategies for both individual and team sports’
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IMG Tennis

‘14% improvement in maximal sprinting speed in 12 weeks’
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Canadian Short-Track Speed Skating

‘Gareth’s influence has had a significant impact on our individualized training, especially in a sport that deeply values its cultural training traditions.’
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ABOUT ME

My name is GARETH SANDFORD

Daily since 2015, I’ve worked with coaches to solve one challenge: how to get better training responses from athletes with different profiles in sports that demand both speed and endurance.

That focus has taken me around the world, across Olympic, collegiate, and pro sport helping teams and individuals shape training with clarity and impact.

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USED WHERE MARGINS MATTER

Vern Gambetta

Athletic Development Coach and Founder

GAIN Coaching Network

Gareth delivered an exceptional masterclass to the GAIN community, focusing on anaerobic speed reserve and training science. His insights have played a vital role in enhancing our GAIN networks understanding of the relationship between speed and endurance. On a personal level, Gareth has been an invaluable resource for discussing training strategies for both individual and […]
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Ruth Waghorn

Women’s Physical Performance Pathway Lead

The English Football Association

Gareth has been working with the FA and England teams for over four years, and one thing I can say for certain is that Gareth will make you think differently. When you want to grasp a concept, where do you turn? You seek someone who possesses both the knowledge and scientific foundation, but also applies […]
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Jason Hettler

Assistant Head of Strength & Conditioning

IMG Academy

Gareth’s guidance has played a crucial role in transforming my approach to field and court sport conditioning. Our collaboration began with creating educational content for the sport performance community and expanded to include testing protocols, athlete profiling, and large group training. In the realm of tennis, we made significant strides by integrating anaerobic speed reserve […]
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Grete Koens

Head Coach, Valley Running Team

Prev. Netherlands National Endurance Coach

I was captivated by a fascinating post on Twitter about Gareth’s anaerobic speed reserve project, so I reached out to him. What followed were numerous engaging conversations and an exciting visit from Gareth to our Olympic training center in the Netherlands. He conducted a highly attended and well-received masterclass for Dutch coaches and also conducted […]
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Noriaki Nishide

Distance & Middle - Distance Coach

Tokai University Track and Field

I had previously been focusing on primarily the velocity/performance of 200m and 400m as “required speed” for better performance in middle distance running, however, the conversations with Gareth dramatically changed my own concept of “speed”. It was a huge learning of structural analysis that the maximal sprinting speed could be improved by acquiring skills and […]
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