Derek Salvador
@Derek_NovantaSP
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Owner & Director of Sports Science and Athletic Development at Novanta Sports Performance. Specializing in Youth Strength & Conditioning and Soccer Fitness.
Halton Hills, Ontario
Joined July 2010
@FootballFitFed Thank you for having me on the Podcast. It was a real pleasure chatting with you. Really hope the listeners take something away with them. Appreciate all the good work you guys are doing!
#23 of the podcast is live with Head of S&C at Athletic Solutions @ASI_Strength, we spoke about: The challenges he faces in 🇨🇦⚽️ 🏋️♀️ The importance of movement quality 👨🏫 How he educates players/parents on S&C 📈His approach to monitoring https://t.co/E4qjnW7h3b
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Excellent clear explanation of TP ( Tactical Periodisation ) ⚽️🏃🏋️📅📊 @Physical_Prep
https://t.co/gPj04xCHWs
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Football isn’t played in pieces, yet most training still is. This article and video explore Tactical Periodization and the weekly rhythm that aligns tactics, fitness, and decision-making into one...
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🆕"This new nutritional approach highlights that energy requirements of @premierleague players vary throughout the rehab stages, underscoring the importance of individualised nutritional support ⚽️" 👉@weelunfoo @JamesyMorton et al, 2026 🏴 📂Open Access: https://t.co/1GxR7BumZy
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Girls are 2–8x more likely to tear their ACL than boys. But it’s not because they’re “fragile.” 👉 Let’s talk about what actually drives risk.
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As we move into 2026, the landscape of sports science continues to evolve rapidly. Here are five key sports science trends shaping 2026 👇🏼
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Some notes on peripheral vision & the athlete from Williams & Jackson: Anticipation & Decision Making in Sport. A tiny 🧵
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🆕"These findings highlight the need to examine how the increase in physical demands from @premierleague matches over the past decade may impact future considerations regarding player health ⚽️" 👉@tallen_5 @MattTaberner et al, 2025 🏴 📂Open Access: https://t.co/pI3BlTJC8W
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A Thread🧵- Athletic Development is the holistic development of athleticism over time to optimise physical fitness. Here are 16 examples of Athleticism that need to be training to be maximised. First a 90 degree deceleration with lateral movement in the context of Gamespeed. 1/17
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1. Reconditioning after hamstring injuries: Building back to sprints || Justin Richardson 2. Non-surgical rehab and outcomes for complete hamstring tendon tears || @KerinPerform 3. Programming guidelines for reflexive eccentrics || @AnthonyDonskov 4. Using anaerobic speed
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Evolving running load demands and fixture congestion in the English Premier League ⚽️ 🏃♂️ A decade of insights from 2015/2016 to 2024/2025 🤔 NEW #OriginalResearch 📄 ➡️ https://t.co/nTUSSjTsAe
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🚩 Random workouts on a white board every time athletes show up is a red flag! 👩🏼💻Coaches must be programming, recording and tracking everything to ensure athlete progress. ✍️ Why I love using @teambuildr to dock my programs and track athlete load, as well as @SimpliFaster
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Dead female athletes: Nothing against Pilates buutttttt..... You can't get "long and lean" muscles from Pilates. 🏋️♀️You MUST load with heavy weights to truly become strong, boost your speed and power, build a robust body comp, and develop the resilience to handle your sport
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🚨⚪️ Ancelotti: “Luka Modrić can play tomorrow and Wednesday. He has no recovery problems”. “I'm not surprised because I see how he prepares in training, he is an example that young players have to follow”.
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🚨NEW🚨⚽️ “ It is not possible to change the posture in football with COD, chaos... This is not track and field" YES ,YOU CAN!💥 STRUCTURE (Static) dictates FUNCTION ( Dynamic⚽️) STRUCTURE > TECHNIQUE ( overrated ?) on APT Enhance your STRAIN margin of safety with ⬇️ APT
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🚨Evolving the Control-Chaos Continuum: Part 2️⃣ - Shifting ‘Attention’ to Progress On-Pitch Rehabilitation ⚽️ @JOSPT 🔓OPEN ACCESS🔓 https://t.co/Kk3OdsZEyt
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🏃♂️💨Training speed in 6-11 year olds ... sleds? shredmills? A-skips? Nah .. just provide frequent opportunities for youngsters to sprint fast using games, relays and chasing activities. Learn more here:
ltadnetwork.com
In this months article, Dr. Joe Eisenmann writes about youth speed development.
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Let’s not re-invent the wheel - instead let’s compile & tweek. The #LTAD roadmap was created half-century ago - follow the guidelines, stages and plans & develop each athletic competency. TOC📘Bompa. Total Training for Young Athletes
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The topic I’m covering @footballmed will hopefully underpin a large number of other sessions, as it will detail the intensification of match demands in both domestic & international competitions across the men’s and women’s game. #ISOK25
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⚽️"Pre-Warm Up Activation before field training session at Dortmund Training Centre” 📽️@BlackYellow 🇩🇪
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