Saudi sport is entering a phase where long‑term performance is increasingly shaped not only by investment, but by governance design, infrastructure coordination, workforce capability, and system integration.
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Saudi sport is entering a phase where system design, governance clarity, and national delivery determine long term performance.
The next step is understanding how different models operate and what Saudi Arabia can build without inheriting global gaps.
Intelligence Map
Governance Reality
How Saudi and Jordan (MENA) Sport Actually Works
UKSI models were built inside a mature, decentralised, athlete‑centred ecosystem with stable governance, integrated data, and clear clinical decision rights. Saudi and wider MENA sport operate at a different governance altitude.
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Saudi sport moves through different pathways than the UK.
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Across Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the wider MENA region, blood testing practices vary significantly between clubs, federations and competitions.
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Achilles injuries behave differently in real systems. Two pros, one female, one male, two presentations, two distinct paths.
It was assessment → decision → communication → delivery → monitoring → reassessment.
Federation led systems operate through sport specific autonomy. Each federation defines its own pathway, technical model, and performance strategy. Institute led systems, such as the UKSI or AIS, operate through centralised service provision, offering unified medical, performance, data, and risk management systems across multiple sports.
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Saudi sport is entering a phase where long-term performance will depend not only on investment, but on how participation, healthcare, rehabilitation, regional capability, and athlete environments develop together over time.
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Repeat and Recover – Brain, Lungs and Legs
Training IS Testing.
Baseline monitoring is crucial for elite performance. Here I used the England Women's National Team 1km time trial benchmarks to set the standard. The MAS 1km Time Trial challenges athletes to run 10 x 100m pitch lengths, circling cones at each end, to assess fitness levels and recovery, I.e. monitoring HR.
Age‑ and gender‑specific screening is essential for athlete health in Saudi Arabia and the wider MENA region. Effective systems must reflect how athletes grow, mature, communicate, and make decisions within their cultural environments. This article outlines how youth, adolescent, and adult pathways differ, why gender‑specific considerations matter, and how aligned governance supports early detection and long‑term athlete development.
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Effective athlete care in Saudi and MENA sport begins with trust, clarity, and culturally aligned systems. This article outlines how medical questionnaires become foundational structures for communication, safety, and performance across youth, women’s, and men’s football and Olympic sport.
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This is my latest real-world evidence-based approach to supporting elite athlete readiness, resilience, and results—now available as a downloadable resource:
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🤼♂️ In Part 2 of this series, I will continue sharing rare and insightful resources for the wrestling community, building upon the foundation laid in Part 1.
This instalment will feature additional papers and journals that explore diverse aspects of wrestling science and training.
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Discover free boxing review papers, journals, and performance guides that are now available for download.
These resources offer valuable insights into various aspects of boxing, covering topics such as biomechanical analysis, physical attributes, training strategies, and guides for developing world-class boxers.
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Cricket enthusiasts, coaches, support teams, and researchers.
Cricket Review Papers and Journals. Free Downloadable Collection.
These resources offer valuable insights into the technical aspects of cricket, injury reduction, physical preparation and analysis.
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I am currently developing a series of videos that demonstrate rehab protocols, explain processes and various rehab methods in detail.
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"Conditioned athletes don't get injured"
"I'm not going to be running for a little while"
🥇World Record Attempt: Keely Hodgkinson said she knew “it wasn’t good” the moment she tore her hamstring during her final training session before attempting to break a 23 year old WR on Saturday in Birmingham.
(Sky Sports News)
James Moore's 2020 video case study presentation offers valuable insights and methods for practitioners in the field of sports performance and rehabilitation.
Additionally, I offer supplementary resources for managing hamstring injuries, which are applicable to other muscle and joint injuries, as well as strategies for preparing athletes to meet the physiological demands of their respective sports.
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✨This guide (book), developed by Cath Leftley, Julia Walton, Jo Gibson, Christine Holmes, Eleanor Richardson, and Lennard Funk, offers a structured approach to shoulder rehab using a phased system of exercise progression & exercise classification.
In addition this can be effectively applied to general physical prep programmes by providing a structured, evidence-based + applied approach to shoulder exercises, that progress from low to high intensity throughout phases with the correct technique.
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