Members from the PESP research group; Geoff Middleton and Dr Tom Gee, attended and presented two accepted research posters at the 2013 UK Strength and Conditioning Association Conference held at the East Midlands Conference Centre (31st Aug – 1st Sept). The posters were titled ‘The Implementation of a Sports-Specific Resistance and Plyometric Training Programme for an Elite Junior Badminton Player’ and ‘Does caffeine have an ergogenic effect on sports-specific agility in competitive male racquet sport players?’. Overall the conference provided a good mix of theoretical key note presentations from a global mix of leading strength and conditioning scientists and more applied breakout workshops delivered by world class practitioners.