Leave Your Mark

This episode features a talented human performance researcher, Jean-Benoit Morin. JB as he is known is a professor in the Faculty of Sport Sciences at the Université Côte d’Azur, in Nice, France.  He is also a member of the Laboratory of Human Motor Function, Expertise Sport and Health. He serves as an associate researcher with the Sports Research Institute New-Zealand at Auckland University of Technology. JB obtained a Track & Field Coach National Diploma in 1998 and a Ph.D. in Human Locomotion and Performance in 2004. His field of research is mainly human locomotion and performance, with a specific interest in running biomechanics and maximal power movements. He has published many scientific articles, and he teaches locomotion and sports biomechanics. He is also a consultant for professional sports groups in soccer, basketball, rugby, sprinting, and other power-speed sports. He played soccer for 10 years, practiced and coached track and field (middle distance and 400m hurdles) for eight years, and he is