BASES is holding a series of High Performance CPD Workshops to enhance scientific support to high performance athletes through the interaction and the exchange of service focused information. It is expected that all attendees will play an active part in the workshops by sharing workshop topic related experiences of working with high performance athletes. As such, attendance at the workshops is prioritised on a first-come first-served basis to those individuals meeting both of the following criteria:

1. Currently providing structured and on-going sport science support to athletes on a World Class Programme or equivalent.
2. A BASES Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist (Scientific Support) in a pathway relevant to the workshop (or for nutrition workshops a member of Dietitians in Sport and Exercise Nutrition, DISEN).

Dependent of availability, places may be allocated to individuals who meet only one criterion. Such individuals need to provide a case for their attendance at the workshop, which will be considered by the BASES Division of Sport and Performance. The workshops are supported by UK Sport.

Nutrition and the Serious Young Athlete
Wednesday 10 May 2006
The Orange Studio, Cannon Street, Birmingham, B2 5EP
£30

Overview
If you spend much of your time working with young athletes, then this is the workshop for you. Hear the latest on physiological changes during growth and adolescence and how this affects performance. Take a detailed look at nutrient and fluid requirements in young athletes. Are your athletes getting everything they need for optimum development and performance?

Presenters

• Lynn Booth is a chartered physiotherapist, attended 5 Summer Olympic Games - 1988 and 1992 with British Women's Hockey and 1996, 2000 and 2004 as Head Physiotherapist for Team GB.
• Nicky Gilbert is a Registered Dietitian with a first degree in Nutrition from the University of Surrey and MSc Sports Science from Loughborough University.
• Jane Griffin qualified from London University with a degree in Nutrition and a Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics.
• Susan Shirreffs has been undertaking research and teaching in the area of exercise physiology and nutrition for the past 12 years.
• Prof Craig Williams is Associate Director of the Children's Health and Exercise Research Centre and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Sports Sciences at the University of Exeter.

Part-Time Involvement with Maximum Impact
Tuesday 23 May 2006
The Heinz Wolff Building (formerly the Science Building), Brunel University
£30

Overview
Few sport psychologists have the 'luxury' of working full-time with a single team - yet World Class programmes now provide full-time coaching and demand full commitment from the athletes. Most of us consult into teams as a 'part-time' resource, with the ever-present challenge of creating and sustaining a positive impact on performance for the 95% of the time we're NOT present.

Presenters

• Dr Jonathan Katz has bridged the worlds of counselling, clinical psychology and high performance sport. He supported a range of individuals and teams as they prepared for, and competed in, the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games.
• Amanda Owens' professional experience covers professional cricket clubs, the Lawn Tennis Association, and a wide range of individual sports. Her research has developed the use of POMS as a remote management tool.
• William Winstone brings together expertise from three different worlds - a professional tennis coach, a registered psychotherapist and a practicing sport psychologist.
• Dave Yaffey consults to a range of UK and international organisations, including the National School for Government and the International Olympic Committee.
  

Monitoring and Optimising Adaptation
Wednesday 24 May 2006
University of Wolverhampton
£30

Overview:
How hard should an athlete train? This workshop examines the complex issues surrounding the prescription of appropriate training load in high performance sports. This is an area in which sport scientists play a major role, yet in many instances there is a lack of empirical evidence on which to base best practice. Discussion of techniques employed in a variety of sports together with advanced physiological techniques to monitor individual tolerance to training load will address these issues.

Presenters

• Dr Steve Ingham is the East Midlands Regional Lead for physiology and nutrition with the English Institute of Sport. He is a BASES accredited exercise physiologist.
• Asker Jeukendrup is a Professor of Exercise Metabolism at the University of Birmingham. He has published extensively on the topic of this symposium and has written books on sport nutrition and high performance cycling.
• Dr Brian Moore is a sports haematologist working with UK Sport. His research interests include the haematological indices of training load tolerance in and reticulocyte maturation in athletes.
• Gary Phillips is The FA's Deputy Head of Exercise Science, responsible for the coordination of sport science and medicine support, and was until recently a semi-professional footballer himself.
• Dr Ken van Someren is the National Physiology Lead at the English Institute of Sport. He has supported a wide range of national and international athletes as a BASES accredited exercise physiologist.

For more information on the workshops, visit www.bases.org.uk and click Workshops