Martin Gallyer

I have worked in performance sport for over 18 years, with a specialism in Strength and Conditioning and Sport Science. My career has taken me from grassroots talent development in the UK to World Cup environments and international coach education across three continents.

The thread running through everything I do is the same: helping athletes, coaches and organisations build performance systems that are safe, evidence-based and genuinely effective. Whether that means working directly with elite athletes, designing a high-performance unit for a national board, or developing the next generation of S&C coaches through UKSCA-accredited education — the approach is always applied, never theoretical.

Career highlights

The highest-profile appointments have been my three World Cup roles: S&C Coach for the Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board (Caribbean Champions League 2009 — World Club Cup runners-up), S&C Coach for Cricket Ireland at the ICC T20 World Cup 2010, and S&C Coach for Cricket West Indies U19s at the 2020 World Cup in South Africa — where the squad topped the group stage winning all three games and no player missed a single minute through soft tissue injury.

Beyond the World Cups I have held senior S&C and sport science roles at Rotherham United FC, Coventry University, the University of Manchester (TASS), the University of Trinidad and Tobago, and currently serve as a Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science in the UK. I have been a consultant to Cricket West Indies since 2017.

Coach education

As a UKSCA Licensed Assessor, I design and deliver UKSCA-accredited S&C courses internationally. Recent delivery has included the UKSCA ASCT Course at Lakshyan Academy of Sports in India (2025), courses in the Caribbean, and UK delivery through Burnley College. I have also designed and delivered non-UKSCA courses for the ITF, Caribbean Boxing Association, Trinidad & Tobago Tennis Association, and the University of Trinidad and Tobago.

Outside of work

I come from a sport background myself — 400m in 56.6 seconds, a mile in 4:45, a deadlift of 200kg, Clean & Jerk of 97.5kg, Snatch of 75kg and a vertical jump of 76.7cm at 72kg bodyweight. I have a close-knit family and live in the Manchester area.