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Play-based training – science driven fun for all populations

This short course will deliver the science of play followed by 50 practical games spread across 5 populations from chair based through to elite sport.

Aims and objectives of course:

  • provide a solid scientific foundation for the use of play as a form of exercise
  • guidance on how to tailor play for different populations for best results
  • provide a range of playful techniques and games to use with different populations
  • provide an understanding of the intended outcomes of all play-based training

Author Bio


After burning out aged 34 while running his own furniture company and losing his mother to cancer a year later, John (JP) Polley listened to his true calling, joined the fitness industry and became an award-winning educator, speaker and industry mentor. JP’s mission is to show how we are mental, emotional and physical beings, and that nothing can be studied or affected individually. Having sworn for many years that he’d never have children, JP is now a father of four, demonstrating that life is always available for review, new learning, growth, change and adaptation. Since turning 40, JP has managed to defy gravity and grow 1cm taller, thanks to the elasticising effect of myofascial movement and ViPR creating more space in his joints.