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The Authors
Danny Wilson BSc, MSc, ASCC – Boxing Science Co-founder and
Strength and Conditioning Coach

Danny is a UKSCA accredited Strength and Conditioning coach

and has an Undergraduate and Master’s degree in Sport and
Exercise Science from Sheffield Hallam University. Danny co-
founded Boxing Science in 2014 following building the
successful Boxing program at Sheffield Hallam University where
he has coached over 100 boxers as a strength and conditioning
coach.

Danny has prepared many boxers competitive bouts, including IBF welterweight world
champion Kell Brook, WBA Bantamweight champion Jamie McDonnell, Kid Galahad,
Anthony Fowler and many more aspiring professional and amateur boxers. He is also the
lead for sport science services to England Boxing and is an England Boxing Level 1
qualified coach, enabling him to volunteer at Sheffield City ABC.

Danny is also a regional strength and conditioning coach for England Golf, working with
Yorkshire U16’s, U18’s and working with national level players. Danny has other
experiences in youth and professional standards across a range of sports, including
internships at Sheffield United, Sheffield Eagles and Chesterfield FC.

Dr Alan Ruddock PhD, CSci, MSc, BSc, BASES Accredited Sport

and Exercise Scientist – Elite Physiologist and Co-founder of
Boxing Science

Alan is a physiologist at Sheffield Hallam University with a

wealth of experience in sport science. He has worked with a
range of individual athletes and teams, including FIFA World Cup
referee Howard Webb and Commonwealth games medalists
England Table Tennis. Alan has worked extensively within
Boxing at the highest level, having a huge influence on Kid Galahad’s British,
Commonwealth and European Title wins and with Kell Brook’s IBF welterweight world
title victory and his mega-fight against Gennady Golovkin.

Alan is a BASES accredited sport & exercise scientist and one of the UK’s first chartered
scientists in sport science. Alan has also recently completed his PhD “Alleviating heat
strain during exercise: Hand cooling and thermoregulation”.

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Ashley Downing, BSc, MSc, ASCC – Strength and Conditioning
Coach for GB Para-Archery and Scottish Exiles

Ash is currently the Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach for

Great Britain Archery Paralympic and Olympic Pathway
programmes, as well as Head of Strength & Conditioning for
Scottish Rugby Union’s SQ programme looking after their U16-
U20 national and international youth players living in England,
Wales, and France. He is also the director of AD-Performance,
providing consultancy services to a range of athletes and teams from amateur to elite.
Ash is an Accredited Strength & Conditioning Coach with the UKSCA, has a Masters
Degree in Applied Sport and Exercise Science and a Bachelors Degree in Sport Coaching.

Ash previously was Head of Strength & Conditioning at Rotherham Titans RUFC,
managing the physical development and performance of professional rugby players
competing in the Greene King IPA Championship. He has also previously worked at
Sheffield Hallam University with their performance athletes and other external clients
through the University’s Performance Consultancy Programme, and was National Lead
Strength & Conditioning Coach for England Basketball U17’s. Outside of his coaching roles
Ash has lectured on sport coaching and sport science courses at Sheffield College and
Sheffield Hallam University.

Ash has extensive experience working with young people within both sport specific
coaching and athletic development contexts. He has worked as a football coach for both
West Bromwich Albion FC and Sheffield Wednesday FC development centres, as well as
running youth strength and conditioning programmes at Sheffield Hallam University with
a range of young people from age 4-18, he still continues to work with young athletes
within GB Archery’s Olympic Pathway and Scottish Rugby’s SQ programmes.

Tommy Munday – Boxing Science Junior S&C Coach and

Undergraduate Student

Tommy has supported the Boxing Science programme as a

Strength and Conditioning Intern for two years, progressing to
supporting a wide variety of amateur and professional boxers,
including Anthony Fowler, Kid Galahad and Jamie/Gavin
McDonnell.

Alongside this, he has worked in youth football, with Sheffield Wednesday FC’s Academy
as an S&C Intern. Tommy also runs our youth initiative sessions providing S&C support to
young amateur boxers and is a Level 2 Boxing Coach at Sheffield City ABC.

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The Boxing Science Youth Initiative
The youth initiative will help make our sport science services more accessible for young
athletes, and make sports science the norm for all aspiring boxers.

Boxing Science ‘Youth Athlete Initiative’ is a project that aims to make sport science
training more accessible to aspiring young boxers

We will look to educate, test, feedback, guide and train youth athletes across the UK. We
look to gather data and perform research to highlight the need for sport science for
young boxers, this will transform boxing’s approach to boxing.

We start by pledging 30% of the profits made from the Youth Training Program, so thank
you for contributing to the future of the best sport in the world.

• FREE Sports Science Testing

• FREE S&C Sessions for Under 16’s at Sheffield Hallam University.
• Part-Funded Educational Workshops

Want to benefit from the Boxing Science Youth Initiative? Send us an e-

mail boxing.sci@gmail.com

Boxing Science Training Group

By purchasing this product, we would like to welcome you as part of our Facebook
training group.

This training group is set up for everybody that is on a Boxing Science

program. This is open to share progress and reflections, whilst the
coaches can pass on knowledge 24/7. This adds a more personal touch to
your program, improving your Boxing Science experience to boost your
performance.

Click here to join the Facebook group

What you can use the Facebook group for….
• Post testing and workout reports, share your progress and we will keep you on the
right track.
• Any exercise videos so our S&C coaches can help you master your technique
• Be first to find out about new products and promotions
• Be up to date with the progress of other boxers on the program, this will help you
keep motivated.

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DISCLAIMER:

Boxing Science provide a guide to help educate better training practices in Boxing.

Methods used in this guide are supported by scientific research that has been granted
ethical approval. Boxing Science, or any of the authors, do not take responsibility of any
injuries or illness any user may experience whilst on the program.

The information in this book has been compiled by way of general guidance in relation to
the specific subjects addressed, but it is not a substitute and not to be relied on for
medical, healthcare, pharmaceutical or other professional advice on specific
circumstances and in specific locations.

Please consult your GP before changing, stopping, or starting any medical treatment.

Please consult your GP before following any recommendations or undertaking any of the
training sessions described within this book.

So far as the authors are aware, all information contained within this book is correct and
up to date as of January 2018.

Practice, laws and regulations all change, and the reader should obtain up to date
professional advice on these before following the advice presented within this book.

The authors, disclaim, as far as the law allows, any liability arising directly or indirectly
from the use, misuse, of information contained in this book.