18+ years across professional sport, international competition and coach education on three continents.
S&C at the 2009 Caribbean Champions League / World Club Cup with Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board (runners-up). S&C Coach for Cricket Ireland at the ICC T20 World Cup 2010. S&C Coach for Cricket West Indies U19s at the 2020 World Cup in South Africa — squad topped their group winning all games against Australia, England and Nigeria, with zero soft tissue injuries across the whole campaign. Consultant S&C Coach to Cricket West Indies since 2017, including senior men's S&C systems and fitness testing across multiple Caribbean locations. Across this work, Martin has supported numerous players operating at the top of the game, including cricketers with international and IPL experience.
Sport Scientist and S&C Coach across the football pathway, including work with professional football environments such as Rotherham United FC Academy and Blackpool FC. Alongside club-based roles, Martin has provided private S&C support for academy and professional players at his own facility. This work has included players who progressed to senior professional contracts, established professional careers, and youth international call-ups and caps with England and Scotland.
S&C work with multiple national championship-winning netball squads across age groups. Athletes Martin has supported have progressed into Netball Super League environments and international representation, including England and Trinidad & Tobago, with experience spanning pathway, academy and senior elite levels.
S&C work with Salle Kiss Fencing Club 2010–2016. National champions across multiple age groups. Athletes in UK Sport World-Class programme. International training camp delivery in Budapest, Hungary. One athlete — Daniel Kiss — progressed to become Hungarian National Champion.
S&C support across athletics and track & field, including multiple athletes who have medalled at national championships across youth and senior setups. Martin has worked with government-funded talent pathway athletes and performers who went on to earn athletics scholarships in the USA.
Founded and led Young Athlete Academy, a youth strength and conditioning programme now based at Mo Power in Farnworth, Bolton. The academy develops strength, speed, movement quality and confidence through age-appropriate, professionally supervised coaching, with safety, technique, growth-aware progression and clear parent communication at the centre.
The programme grew from a small Bury Council-supported project in 2010 into a long-running youth athletic development environment, supporting athletes across sports from local club and school level through to academy, national and international pathways.
Created and hosted SportBite, a sport science learning series featuring leading voices from elite coaching, professional sport, academia, nutrition, physiology, biomechanics, data science and S&C. Sessions were designed to turn high-level expertise into practical take-home messages for coaches.
Contributors included Mauro Testa (former biomechanist at Italian national football teams), Marco Nunez (former LA Lakers athletic trainer), Lee Taft (consultant S&C coach), Professor Michael Gleeson (Loughborough University Emeritus Professor; consultant to UEFA and professional football), Pete Burridge (Leicester Tigers senior S&C coach), Renee McGregor (sports and eating disorder specialist dietitian), Adam Virgile (University of Vermont sports science coordinator), Barry Bridges (sleep and esports performance consultant), Gregory Seale (Movement Mechanics TT S&C coach), Matthew Gardner (Nuffield Health nutritional therapist; Matthew Gardner Performance Nutrition), James Sinclair (professional footballer and SENr registered nutritionist), Chris Gallagher (China Swimming S&C coach), and Chef Rachel Muse (UHNW/HNW and performance chef).
Additional contributors included Dr Glen Davison (University of Kent Reader in Exercise Physiology & Sport Nutrition), John Psyllas (Scottish Rugby S&C coach), Luke Vella PhD (Edinburgh Rugby S&C coach), Dr Stephen Mears (Loughborough University lecturer in sports and exercise nutrition), Charles Ashford (North Texas University director of sport nutrition), Dr Stephen Bailey (Loughborough University senior lecturer in sport and exercise nutrition), Zena Weeks (Cook with Zena), Josh Fletcher (EXOS human performance manager), Chris Kirk (Sheffield Hallam University lecturer, researcher and S&C coach), Marco Altini (data scientist and entrepreneur), Elisabeth Oehler (weightlifting, S&C, athletic development and youth sports coach), Mark Helme (Sheffield Hallam University lecturer), Kris Robertson (Rugby Canada S&C coach), Gregory MacMillan (Teesside University PhD researcher in training load and injury in professional football), and Dr Andrew Drake (British Athletics Talent Hub manager and high-performance endurance coach).
UKSCA ASCT Course — Lakshyan Academy of Sports, India (2025). UKSCA courses in the UK via Burnley College. Caribbean course delivery. T&T Tennis Association ITF S&C course for national coaches. Caribbean Boxing Association S&C course. S&C Certification designed and delivered for University of Trinidad and Tobago.
University of Manchester — S&C Coach, Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) and Sport Scholarship Scheme. Coventry University — Senior S&C Coach, Scholarship Programme. University of Trinidad and Tobago — Senior Manager of Sport and Recreation (national-level athlete scholarships). University of Bolton — Sport Science Technician.
I have known Martin personally and professionally for 10 years. Over the period he has proven himself to be an excellent manager with superb reporting skills. He takes full responsibility and accountability for projects and has never shied away from going the extra mile to ensure deadlines are met. Martin has demonstrated an excellent working knowledge of Strength and Conditioning, along with an ability to effectively manage people and lead on projects. Critically, he also possesses the ability to work across cultures. Martin is well placed to function across multiple areas including Coaching, Mentoring and Management.
Martin always hands athletes over in a much better condition than when he receives them. I would have no problem recommending Martin to any elite sport organisation.
Those attributes of having a wide-ranging knowledge of sport science, being an excellent and enthusiastic communicator and being able to convince people to do the right thing are some of the things that make him a great coach and someone whose input can make a great positive impact on the performance of a team or individual athletes from grassroots sport to the highest level.
Martin has a drive and passion for helping people learn and grow in the S&C industry. His knowledge, skill, innovation, and willingness to go out of his way to help others make him one of the good ones in this industry.
Martin is an old head on young shoulders. Confident, motivated, excellent communicator, calm and very knowledgeable. He is technical, practical and also finds creative solutions to issues — a rare combination.
I have been working with Martin on some projects. He is always encouraging and supporting me at any level. He is a well-experienced S&C expert at International level who inspires me and other coaches to be better.
Martin's knowledge, understanding and professionalism as well as his attention to detail and careful and caring progressions puts the athlete first, so that the athlete is working to develop her own abilities at her own pace — always being challenged to go further but not too far too soon.
Martin actively listens — one of his strong points as a coach. He has an ingrained ability to take the 30,000-foot view and consider all options before putting a plan into place. When we do not quite understand each other he just gives me a call — coaches online do not seem to do that as often as they should.
Martin Gallyer is a well-rounded Strength and Conditioning Coach and Expert Speaker. He is easy to work with, passionate about his craft and always delivers on time.
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