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Leicester, Gb

Leicester, Gb

Lead S&C Coach for Men’s & Women’s Volleyball, Swimming, Triathlon, Ice Hockey, Men’s American Football, Korfball and Trampolining.Responsible for developing, and delivering bespoke individual interventions to TASS (Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme) & PASP (Performance Athlete Scholarship Programme) athletes, from a variety of sports including; Volleyball, Swimming, Triathlon, Boxing, High Jump, Heptathlon and Orienteering. Redeveloped and implemented the junior internship programme, by creating an educational syllabus to work through, building towards a formative assessment.Managed over 30 interns of both undergraduate and postgraduate level.Worked with and alongside sport specific coaches, physiotherapists and admin staff to maximise the impact and level of support.Manage facility space, timetabling and equipment to ensure team sessions can run simultaneously and with ease of transition.

Lead S&C Coach for Netball (six squads), Women’s Rugby Union, Men’s Lacrosse, Swimming, Men’s American Football, Triathlon & Trampolining. Also for multiple Performance athletes (PASP & TASS), including: Men’s Lacrosse, Heptathlon, Decathlon, Hammer Throw, Cricket & Orienteering.Designed and implemented specific and individualised performance programming, in conjunction with annual planning, and in conjunction with a large multidisciplinary team.Management and implementation of monitoring systems with performance athletes and focus sports, to monitor fatigue and prescribe daily training loads.Design, implement and review a robust testing battery for jump testing, rep max testing and load-velocity profiling. Manage facility space, time and equipment to ensure team sessions can run simultaneously and with ease of transition.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Designed and implemented individualised programming based around the athlete's needs, that have been illustrated via screening and athletic testing, including, strength & power training, aerobic & anaerobic training and sprint mechanics.Implemented monitoring via GPS, RPEs, wellness and readiness, in order to calculate and adjust player workload, on a weekly and monthly basis.Worked in unison with physios and other staff members to develop individual rehabilitation and return to play protocols.Produced team and individual player reports for staff based around training loads, parameters and player progress.Designed and implemented recovery strategies based around team and individual player schedules, in order to maintain performance in heavy fixture congestion.

Design and implement bespoke individualised performance programming based upon the athlete’s current physical capabilities, age and training maturation. Implementation of preseason performance programming including: Hypertrophy, strength & metabolic conditioning, whilst adhering to annual planning, and taking preseason fixtures into account.Implementation of online monitoring and feedback, using online documentation of loads, photo and video evidence.

Designed and implemented individualised programming based around the Volleyball England programme annual plan, whilst taking national volleyball league fixtures into consideration.Travel to national team training to deliver sport specific warm up and cool down protocols for both gym and court-based sessions.Designed and implemented sport specific speed, agility and metabolic conditioning work to enhance athletic performance.Designed and implemented methods to monitor training loads whilst at training camps, in order to assess athlete readiness to train and fatigue.Designed rehabilitation protocols based on published scientific literature to treat and prevent patella tendinopathy.

Designed and implemented bespoke annual planningand individualised performance programming basedaround practice and competition schedules.Design and deliver sport specific warm up and cooldown protocols for both gym and field based sessions. Implementation of online monitoring and feedback, usingonline documentation of loads, photo and video evidence, to provide visual feedback for coaches.Designed and implemented sport specific speed, agility and metabolic conditioning work to enhance athletic performance.Travelled with the squad to international fixtures, delivering sport specific warm up and cool down protocols for both practice and game days. Also, implemented and encouraged all athletes to utilise various recovery strategies to maximise athletic performance whilst travelling.Worked with and alongside sport specific coaches,physiotherapists and admin staff, whilst at national teampractices, events, and international fixtures.

Lead all aspects of land-based sessions, including: hypertrophy, body weight strength & metabolic conditioning.Manage all athletes training loads in direct relation to volume and intensity of daily sport specific training load. Responsible for delivering sessions for world class athletes, including Commonwealth, Olympians and Olympic hopefuls.Working in collaboration with Russ Barber (Head Coach) and Mark Campbell (EIS Senior S&C Coach).

Master’S Degree, Applied Sport And Exercise Science

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Sports Coaching

Education record