Rhodri Lloyd is a Professor of Paediatric Strength and Conditioning and Chair and Co-Founder of the Youth Physical Development Centre at Cardiff Metropolitan University. His research interests surround the impact of growth and maturation on long-term athletic development and the mechanisms underpinning neuromuscular training adaptations and injury risk in youth. He is an active strength and conditioning coach and holds certifications with the UKSCA and NSCA. He has authored in excess of 120 research publications, 25 book chapters and three textbooks in the area of paediatric strength and conditioning.
He also holds a research associate position with Auckland University of Technology and is a research fellow for Waikato Institute of Technology. He is a senior associate editor for the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and as associate editor for the Strength and Conditioning Journal. In 2016, he received the Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year award for Research and Education from the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA). In 2017, he was awarded the Terry J. Housh Outstanding Young Investigator of the Year award from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). He is the current Chair of the NSCA Long-term Athletic Development Special Interest Group, and between 2011-2015 served as a Board Director for the UKSCA.
