SHAPE

SHAPE (Sport, Health and Performance Enhancement)

Our Purpose

Our purpose is to improve your performance in ways that are timely, efficient, effective and healthy. Our team of sports scientists, sports psychologists, nutritionists and management specialists are experienced at working with and improving the performance of sports men and women at all levels, as well as individuals, departments and organisations from within the public and corporate sectors. Quite simply, we are committed to demonstrating and making available our expertise in ways that are most relevant and accessible to you.

We are professional, approachable and passionate about improving performance and focus totally on providing timely, effective and efficient solutions. We:

• know how to translate and apply our expertise into your world
• can provide off-the-cuff training to create bespoke solutions based on detailed needs analysis
• offer expertise for one-off occasional support to on-going partnerships.

Whatever the nature of our relationship, you will be in better shape because of our involvement.

Our Values

Improving performance
We are passionate about improving our performance, as well as all those we work with. For us, knowledge is a precursor to action. In sport, health or business standards are measured by the quality of our performance rather than by what we know. We value improving performance in ways that are timely, effective, efficient and fun.

Health
We know that sustainable performance enhancement in any context is dependent upon health. We know that individuals, teams and organisations need to be healthy if they are to achieve and maintain growth in any context. We value health because, ultimately, nothing is more important than our health and because the process by which we improve performance is as important as the result itself. We value only the most healthy processes.

Working in partnership
We work in partnership with individuals, teams, organisations and communities both here and abroad as well as with our colleagues throughout Nottingham Trent University and the wider academic community. We value working in partnership because together we improve our performance more quickly, learn from and inspire each other and provide the most meaningful benefits in the most appropriate ways. Our network grows continually.

Research informed reality-based training, consultancy and support
Our commitment to research reflects many of our other values, underpins our own development and enables us to improve the quality and value of our training, consultancy and support. It is because of our extensive practical experience that we know how to translate the results of our research effectively and efficiently into your world to meet your needs.

Curiosity
We are curious about how things work, whether they are individuals, teams or organisations, whether they are biological, psychological, social or corporate systems. Simply, we can never know enough, although here in the SHAPE team we are committed to the fun and challenge of continually learning more and of using our expanding knowledge base to improve performance.

Our Approach

Off the shelf-training - Short courses

Our short courses cover a range of topics from across the various SHAPE disciplines. They have been developed to be of immediate practical value, introducing the latest academic theories, principles and practices in ways that enable participants to apply their learning and improve their performance. View our full list of courses from The Sport Performance Series. 

Bespoke Solutions

• Training - Academic, professional or combined
• Consultancy

The bespoke training we offer grows out of our analysis and understanding of client needs including current knowledge and capabilities, desired outcomes, essential time frames and resource restrictions. Often this training can be developed to incorporate academic certification if required. As with our training, our consultancy is based upon the application of our cutting edge research and our engagement with and understanding of the needs of individuals, teams and organisations across a range of industries. 

To discuss your specific requirements in detail, please contact us.