Premium AXP Mentorship · November 2026 Cohort
AXP ACL Return to Performance Mentorship
A twelve-week applied mentorship for strength and conditioning coaches, physiotherapists and rehabilitation professionals who want a clearer system for taking an athlete from rehabilitation back to training, competition and performance.
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Delivery
- Online Academy + weekly live mentorship
- Built for
- S&C coaches, physios and rehab professionals
- November 2026 cohort
- £1,250Or 4 monthly instalments of £350 (£1,400 total).
What you will develop
Build decisions that hold up in the real world.
- Understand ACL reconstruction, graft choice and associated procedures.
- Rebuild strength, hypertrophy and neuromuscular capacity.
- Progress running, plyometrics, acceleration and deceleration exposure.
- Develop change of direction and reactive movement qualities.
- Use objective testing rather than relying on time since surgery alone.
- Interpret strength, jump, asymmetry and force-platform data.
- Build sport-specific return-to-performance programmes.
- Identify residual deficits that can remain after traditional return-to-sport clearance.
Meet your tutor
Hani Assi
MSc, ASCC · Founder & Course Lead
- MSc Strength & Conditioning
- University of East London
- UKSCA Accredited Coach
- Accredited Strength & Conditioning Coach (ASCC)
- UKSCA Licensed Partner
- Level 3 S&C Trainer delivery
Hani is the founder of Assi X Performance and AXP Academy, with more than 15 years of experience across strength and conditioning, coach education and elite sport in the UK, Saudi Arabia and internationally. He holds an MSc in Strength & Conditioning from the University of East London, where he studied as a Chevening Scholar.
His experience includes the Saudi Olympic Training Centre, Saudi national teams, Great Britain and England youth basketball, and Leyton Orient FC. He supported Saudi basketball at the Hangzhou Asian Games and para-athlete preparation for Paris 2024, alongside work across rugby league and women’s basketball. His work also includes supporting elite and professional combat sports athletes, including professional boxer Hamza Sheeraz.
A former guest lecturer and lead S&C coach at the University of East London, Hani brings an educator’s eye to practical coaching. His teaching connects the evidence to the decisions you make with athletes: what to assess, how to programme, how to coach and when to progress.
The AXP pathway
From Stage 0 to Stage 8.
- 01Weeks 1–3
Understand the knee
Build the biological, surgical and criteria-based foundation, then apply it through prehabilitation, protection and meaningful loading.
- 02Weeks 4–6
Rebuild capacity
Restore muscle, strength, force production, running, conditioning, landing and power through progressive loading.
- 03Weeks 7–9
Express performance
Develop deceleration, change of direction, reactive movement and return-to-training exposure.
- 04Weeks 10–12
Test, decide and integrate
Interpret objective data, solve applied cases and build a complete return-to-performance programme that you can defend.
The AXP framework
Criteria, not calendars.
Progression is based on the athlete's status across tissue healing, pain and swelling, strength and capacity, movement quality, load exposure, psychological readiness and sport demand — not simply the number of weeks since surgery.
The framework follows Assessment → Criteria → Intervention → Reassessment → Progression, helping you make and communicate decisions with more clarity.
We don't chase timelines. We chase capacity.
What is included
Built for applied practice.
- Weekly structured learning modules.
- Weekly live mentorship sessions.
- Practical exercise and programming applications.
- Evidence summaries and key research.
- ACL rehabilitation exercise libraries.
- Testing and monitoring frameworks.
- Programming templates and case-study discussions.
- Applied assignments and downloadable practitioner resources.
- Ongoing ACL research updates and monthly research discussion.
Who it is for
Practitioners across rehabilitation and performance.
The programme assumes an existing understanding of training and rehabilitation principles and is designed to develop advanced applied decision-making rather than simply teach a list of exercises.
- Strength & Conditioning Coaches.
- Sports Physiotherapists.
- Sports Therapists and Athletic Trainers.
- Rehabilitation Professionals.
- Sports Scientists.
- Performance Coaches.
- Practitioners working with athletes returning from ACL injury.
From rehabilitation to performance
Return to sport is not the end point.
The objective is to restore the physical qualities required to perform, tolerate sporting demands and remain available for competition. The mentorship places particular emphasis on the transition between rehabilitation and performance — where athletes can meet clinical clearance criteria while still displaying meaningful performance deficits.
Delivery
Limited enrolment. High interaction.
- Twelve-week online mentorship through AXP Academy.
- Weekly live education and case-discussion sessions.
- Video, research, programming tools, templates and practical resources.
- Limited enrolment to maintain interaction, feedback and mentorship quality.
Assessment
Assessment is part of the learning.
You build evidence throughout the mentorship instead of facing one final task disconnected from the course. Applied work is used to connect the framework to testing, programming and return-to-performance decisions.
Applied weekly tasks
Use the weekly concepts in programming, testing and case discussion.
Testing and programming assignment
Build and justify objective testing, progression and loading decisions.
Final athlete case
Analyse the athlete, identify the limiting factors and defend your return-to-performance decisions.
Return-to-performance plan
Present a complete criteria-based programme from rehabilitation to performance.
Questions
Straight answers.
Is this an ACL rehab course?
It covers the full rehabilitation-to-performance continuum, with particular emphasis on physical preparation, testing, progression and return-to-performance decision-making.
Do I need access to force plates?
No. Technology is discussed where useful, but the framework is designed to work with the equipment and data available to you.
Who is the mentorship most suitable for?
Practitioners who already understand basic training or rehabilitation principles and want a stronger system for bridging rehabilitation and performance.
Is the mentorship entirely online?
Yes. The programme is delivered through AXP Academy with weekly live mentorship sessions, applied tasks and downloadable resources.
Will I receive practical tools?
Yes. The mentorship includes programming templates, testing frameworks, exercise resources, case material and practitioner downloads that can be used in practice.
Is enrolment limited?
Yes. Cohort size is kept limited to protect interaction, case discussion and feedback quality.
Take the next step
Request your place on this course.
Join the November 2026 AXP ACL Return to Performance Mentorship.
November 2026 cohort
Limited enrolment
Paid in full
£1,250
Instalments
4 × £350 (£1,400 total)