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Speakers:
Dr Andy Harland, Senior Lecturer in Sports Technology, Loughborough University
Dr Stephen Ingham, Head of Physiology, English Institute for Sport
Dr Peter Malliaras, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Sports and Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary University of London
Dr Matt Pain, Sports psychologist, Loughborough University
Greg Wood, School of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter
To mark the start of the greatest footballing show on earth, the SMC brought together some top experts on the science of football, including the man who tests the balls in wind tunnels, the expert who plans the training to deal with the heat, humidity and altitude; the doctor who cares for the metatarsals of the Premiership elite; the psychologist who can talk about what’s going on in the minds of the players; and a researcher who has studied England’s nemesis, the penalty…