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Whether you’re a budding sports therapist, a minor athlete in search of advice or just someone who tends to get injured all the time, you won’t want to miss this special apperance from Esa Zhang, the current performance and rehabilitation coach of China’s Gymnastics and Women’s Basketball teams.

He’ll be giving a 30 minute speech on fundamental movement skills, physical training and coaching principles (among several other topics) before engaging in a Q&A session with the audience. Plus, as his work isn’t limited strictly to athletes, he’ll also be addressing everyday movements and the things we can do to prevent harming our bodies.

Interested? Here’s some more information about Esa Zhang to get you prepared..

Esa Zhang has studied and excelled in the fields of physical, manual and movement therapy as well as sport-specific physical training in Finland and the United States.

He received a comprehensive certificate from Discover Movement in the USA which enabled him to become a certified functional and performance training specialist and then worked in Finland for over 10 years as a physical, manual and movement therapist and performance trainer of national level boxers, ice hockey and track and field teams.

In 2016 he became the performance and rehabilitation coach of China’s Gymnastics and Women’s Basketball teams, but his expertise actually encompasses ordinary folk as well as athletes.

So, up for a lesson or two on physical therapy and coaching? Here are the different topics Esa Zhang will address..

1. Fundamental movement skills

2. Movement environment ““challenges and solutions”

3. The elements of human movement

4. Physical training and coaching principles

5. Facilitating the success

6. Sport specific power and physical training

7. Q&A

See you there!