Istvan Balyi PH.D.

Istvan is acknowledged worldwide as the expert in long term athlete development and the periodization of training plans. He is currently employed as a World Class Advisor for Sport England, helping to re-develop their long-term high performance programs. He concurrently advises UK Athletics, the English Rugby Union, the English Cricket Board, British Swimming and the Football Association (Women) on high performance training and development.

Retaining his long-term role [since '94] as Resident Sport Scientist at the National Coaching Institute(NCI-BC,) Victoria, Canada, Istvan is currently writing a series about long-term athlete development and periodization, to be published in Canada, Australia, the UK and the USA. He also retains his role as a high performance advisor for the Canadian Sport Centers in Victoria and Vancouver. We expect to see more of him in Vancouver as the 2010 Olympics approach.

Dr. Istvan Balyi is the resident sport scientist of the National Coaching Institute since 1994. He has worked with several National Teams as high performance advisor, planning and periodization for Major Games. He is a world renowned coaching educator and his series on long-term athlete development and periodization are being published in Australia, Canada, in the United States and in the United Kingdom. He is presently high performance advisor for the Canadian Sport Centres Victoria and Vancouver, UK Athletics and the The Lawn tennis Association. Istvan is a long-term athlete development advisor for the Canadian Sport Centre - Vancouver, Sport England, The Irish Republic, the English Rugby Union, the English Cricket Board, British Swimming, The Football Association (Women) and World Class Advisor for Sport England.