Mischa Harris is an MSc candidate in the Faculty of Experimental Medicine at UBC. He is currently researching injury prevention techniques for the youth athlete population, with a particular focus on pelvic stabilization in jumping athletes. Mischa has been working with BC’s and Canada’s top volleyball & beach volleyball players for 4 years, after finishing his career with UBC and Team Canada Beach Volleyball. He works as an NSCA-Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist and/or CSEP-Certified Exercise Physiologist with the 2008/2009 National Champion UBC Women’s Volleyball Team, the New Zealand National Beach Volleyball Team, the Men’s & Women’s Canadian National Field Hockey Teams, and Team BC Beach Volleyball. In 2006, Mischa founded Sideout Fitness Inc. to help youth volleyball players develop the physical aspects of their game without succumbing to the array of injuries that typically plague developing volleyball athletes.