Phil Handcock

Dr. Phil Handcock is an Associate Professor at Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin New Zealand. There he is in ‘heaven’ teaching Exercise Prescription, Strength and Conditioning and Professional Development with passion. Having worked as a strength and conditioning coach, and in exercise rehabilitation and corporate fitness, he is a strong advocate of practice based evidence. His major research interest is exercise rehabilitation of athletic injuries with a particular focus on return to play decisions. He coauthored the text ‘Field Testing Manual’ (New Zealand Sport Science and Technology Board, Wellington, NZ,) authored ‘Techniques of Fitness Assessment: The Living Manual’ and contributed a chapter to 'Police: Global Perceptions, Performance and Ethical Challenges' (Nova Publishing).