Neil Shanks

Physical Preparation Lead for @ScottishSwim. All views are my own.

[Allan Macdonald @Mramacdonald]

Most “gut-feel” decisions collapse under pressure.

I built a framework that turns ChatGPT (or Claude/Gemini) into a disciplined decision-making engine. 👇

[Aquatics GB @Aquatics_GB]

The stages are set 🍿🎬

Take a look at the arenas where all the action will unfold in Paris 🇫🇷🔥

La Defense Arena (Swimming) 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️
Olympic Aquatics Centre (Diving, Water Polo & Artistic Swimming) 💧🤽‍♂️🎨
Pont Alexandre III (Marathon Swimming) 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️

[Scottish Rugby @Scotlandteam]

Congratulations to Bob Easson, Director of Rugby at Edinburgh Academical Football Club, who has been awarded a BEM for services to Scottish Rugby in the 2024 Birthday Honours List.

[Neil Shanks @NeilShanks1]

An exceptional opportunity for a Strength and Conditioning coach eager to refine their expertise while providing support to some of the country's top-tier athletes.

https://t.co/2UTGpVbPzj

[Neil Shanks @NeilShanks1]

@EamonnFlanagan @OutputSports 👊

[Neil Shanks @NeilShanks1]

Thanks for having me at the conference! I really enjoyed the experience and was brilliant to share the stage with excellent presenters.

[UKSCA @UKSCA]

UKSCA | 2023 Conference Speaker Announcement

NEIL SHANKS - Optimising Performance: Collaborative Development Of Physical Attributes For The Swimming Technical Skills

Details regarding speakers & how to book tickets can be found at:

https://t.co/4XAKQRmYlH

@NeilShanks1

[Aquatics GB @Aquatics_GB]

Wow🔥🔥🔥

@Dunks_Scott takes the silver medal in the Men's 200m Individual Medley final with a strong showing across the four strokes💪🇬🇧

[Olly Logan @ollylogo]

Amazing evening at the Rokugatsuto Lantern festival in Kagoshima. Thank you to #kagoshimacity for their amazing hospitality and kindness. 🙏🇯🇵

[UofS Swimming @UofSSwim]

All the best to our GB swimmers who arrived at their holding camp yesterday🙏🏼

Additionally, a massive good luck to our other swimmers kicking things off for their home nations next week⚡️

#BleedGreen 🐸🟢💚

📷 credits - British Swimming

[Neil Shanks @NeilShanks1]

Thanks for having me!
Excellent to see such a good number of coaches engaging with the session. Great opportunity to work with you all!

[Scottish Swimming @ScottishSwim]

Coaches at the #Open2023 were treated to an excellent presentation from Senior Physical Prep Coach Neil Shanks about the importance of movement competencies and how they can be developed in club based programmes 🗣

Thanks again to Neil for hosting such a valuable session 👏

[Dr. Graham Williams @graywilliams_]

🚨 Academics, Sports Coaches & Strength and Conditioning Coaches 📢

We want to hear your views on youth athleticism.

Survey 👇no longer than 15 minutes to complete!

https://t.co/GBFCEFoxaE

Please complete and share! Thank you!
@ProcterLane @ktconditioning @ihjcowburn

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

Win more workouts than you lose.

One year, I had athletes rate every hard workout on a 1-3 scale: bad, average, or good.

After, I looked at those who improved the most versus those who stagnated.

The improvers had fewer bad workouts.

[Allan Macdonald @Mramacdonald]

📢Performance Coaches and Staff please Retweet:

Do you work in performance sport?
Dr John Kiely & I would like to know your opinions and experiences of coach and practitioner decision-making in performance sport:

Survey link ⤵️
🔗https://t.co/yhbqg5JfDw

[Neil Shanks @NeilShanks1]

Awesome opportunity to work with a brilliant sport and multidisciplinary team.

Reach out to @ollylogo for more information

[Olly Logan @ollylogo]

Great opportunity to work in elite swimming, work with some of the best athletes in the world, do research in elite sport and work as part of an interdisciplinary team. Get in contact with me for further information
https://t.co/l4BEoT7OGm

[Callum Repper @CallumRepper]

Experienced Human Performance practitioner? Looking for an opportunity to lead people & projects?

We need you to help us improve rehabilitation capability & efficacy in the UK high performance sport system - a key component being exceptional rehabilitation at the IRU @eis2win

[Neil Shanks @NeilShanks1]

@sinead_chambers @eis2win Absolutely agree, best in the business @paul_stretch @CallumRepper

[Neil Shanks @NeilShanks1]

@RhysIngram @GBTaekwondo @HallGary Outstanding work mate. All the best for the next chapter!!!

[Neil Shanks @NeilShanks1]

@LJMac_SportSci @MyAgeNetwork Congratulations mate!!

[BBC Scotland News @BBCScotlandNews]

Scotland rugby legend Doddie Weir dies after MND battle

Read more: https://t.co/Gj5Lu9EAvA

[Neil Shanks @NeilShanks1]

RIP you legend @DoddieWeir5