Ross Jeffs: Profiling Sprinters and Jumpers, Preventing Hamstring Injuries, and Coaching in Realtime

Ross Jeffs: Profiling Sprinters and Jumpers, Preventing Hamstring Injuries, and Coaching in Realtime

July 8, 2026 · 1h 11m

About this episode

Colm Bourke interviews Ross Jeffs about coaching sprinters and jumpers, focusing on injury prevention and athlete profiling.

In this episode, we sit down with Ross Jeffs — jumps and combined events lead coach at Aspire Academy in Qatar, and former sprints and hurdles coach with experience across the UK, Netherlands, and now the Middle East. Ross brings a deeply curious and evidence-informed approach to coaching, shaped in part by his own experiences as an athlete, working directly with coaches like Jonas Dodoo, and much more. This conversation gets into the weeds on athlete profiling, monitoring, injury preve...

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Host: Colm Bourke

Guest: Ross Jeffs

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Organizations: Aspire Academy

Places: Qatar, UK, Netherlands, Middle East

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