Stuart McMillan
ALTIS CEO
ALTIS 1080 Motion giveaway — and the winner is …
You will remember that late last year, we announced that we would be giving our prized 1080 away. Yes - giving it away! And no - we are not crazy! We simply thought that it would be a pretty cool thing to reward an awesome group with technology that they might not be able to afford otherwise. The 1080 is...
ALTIS 360 Highlight – Speed Development with Clive Brewer
The latest addition to the FREE section of ALTIS 360 comes courtesy of Clive Brewer and his presentation titled, Developing Speed in a Chaotic Movement Context. Clive has 25 years of experience coaching a variety of sporting populations with most of his work coming at the professional level in Rugby, Soccer, and Baseball. You can get an understanding of what...
4 Reflections from the ALTIS Community in 2020
It is typical of our staff (and I’m sure many of you) to spend time in the latter stages of December reflecting on the past 12 months. For us, this is often centered around our programming, the successes and failures of the athletes we work with, areas we need to improve upon, and so on. This year though is a...
Strength and Endurance – Strange Bedfellows?
The following is an excerpt from the digital Course, Coaching the Endurance Events. Check it out here! “What about the added body mass? Won’t this make my runners slow?” This question highlights a legitimate concern, and has been used as justification for distance runners to not lift weights for decades. The most simple explanation for this is that the majority of...
Top-Down or Bottom-Up?
How can we employ a Performance Therapy Methodology (systems thinking) in a team sport environment? I have been thinking about this for a few years now and our team here at ALTIS recently sat down to discuss it at some length. While I think I’m pretty confident in how this could be done effectively, we first need to understand the...
ALTIS 360 Highlight: From Research to Performance – Practical Considerations for High Performance Sport
We have reached out to our neighbors here in Phoenix, AZ quite often over the last year to have discussions around bringing practical sports medicine to the forefront of human performance. As part of this initiative, we have secured two video presentations (with more to come!) from our local network in professional sport. These videos can be found for FREE...
Sprinting: It’s Just Like Riding A Bike … Until It’s Not
“It’s just like riding a bike” This is a phrase that refers to a learned skill that is retained over time; if you learned how to ride a bike as a kid, even years later, it's hard to forget. You have probably ridden a bike, and can attest to the above — but have you ever taught someone else how...
Changing Lives Beyond the Weight Room
Strength and Conditioning is about much more than just force outputs and fitness tests targeting high performance. This was the topic of discussion when Dave Hembrough joined Jason Hettler for a recent ALTIS podcast episode. In the early stages of Dave’s career he found himself working with a variety of athletes at the Olympic, Commonwealth, and World Championship levels. This...
Introducing the ALTIS FOUNDATION
ALTIS was founded with the express purpose of improving the sporting environment for athletes and coaches. Since our inception it has been our mission to help create opportunities where they haven’t historically existed. Through this ethos, and the support of many, we’ve been fortunate to build a community of like-minded individuals. A community of people that also understand that sport...
Jumping: A Skill and A Science
Current ALTIS Apprentice, Mohammad Nourani, drew from his experiences competing and working in multiple sports to put together this comprehensive resource on various jumps. This article will examine the basics of jump biomechanics, as well as compare and contrast jumps in separate sports, to show commonalities. Enjoy! Despite the purpose, intent, and outcomes of jumps across various sports being different,...