Mahd Academy was established in 2020, and is on a quest to identify and develop young athletes, export knowledge and develop methodologies within the areas of Talent Identification and Athlete Development, and ultimately achieve sporting success regionally and internationally for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. As the Director of Talent identification, I am responsible for developing and implementing a number of identification strategies across our Mahd sports that will enable Mahd to reach its… Show more Mahd Academy was established in 2020, and is on a quest to identify and develop young athletes, export knowledge and develop methodologies within the areas of Talent Identification and Athlete Development, and ultimately achieve sporting success regionally and internationally for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. As the Director of Talent identification, I am responsible for developing and implementing a number of identification strategies across our Mahd sports that will enable Mahd to reach its goal. These strategies include the use of science based identification methodologies to help identify those that process the potential physical attributes that underpin sporting success, as well as systematic scouting initiatives that rely more on the traditional talent selection model of athlete recruitment. In addition to this, I am also responsible for the development of Takween, an active after school Physical Literacy initiative that will see centres established across the Kingdom, allowing children 8-12 to explore movement and play, but importantly, provide them with the physical tools to allow any sporting potential to be realised. Show less

Aspire Academy was founded in 2004 with the goal to discover and develop the best young male Qatari athletes, whilst also providing them with high quality secondary school education. In support of this, the Academy recognised that if it was to fulfill its primary mission of identifying and developing future athletic talent for Qatar, then it needed to be proactive and invest in a nationwide pathway system that would allow both the detection and development of potential talent, rather than to… Show more Aspire Academy was founded in 2004 with the goal to discover and develop the best young male Qatari athletes, whilst also providing them with high quality secondary school education. In support of this, the Academy recognised that if it was to fulfill its primary mission of identifying and developing future athletic talent for Qatar, then it needed to be proactive and invest in a nationwide pathway system that would allow both the detection and development of potential talent, rather than to rely solely on a natural Talent Selection model in the hope that athletic potential would arise. As Head of the National Talent Identification program I am required to foster and maintain close partnerships with the Qatar Ministry of Education, Qatar Olympic Committee and a Number of National Sports Federations, to develop sustainable athletic pathways. In my current position I oversee the Academies Talent Identification Program (TID); which was based on a number of successful International programs that relied on a science based identification of the physical traits underpinning athletic talent as a way of identifying those children who demonstrate ‘potential’. This is a nationwide initiative which entails the Anthropometric and Physical screening of all grade 6 boys throughout the county. The purpose of which is to try and identify those boys that possess the physical traits conducive to future athletics success. In addition to this as an I.S.A.K. Level 3 Anthropomotrist, I am also responsible for the coordination and delivery of all the anthropometry assessments of all student-athletes within the Academy, as well as working with the individual sports program coaches to recommend and provide relevant sports science support to the Foundation (Grade 7) and Development Programs (Grades 8&9). Show less

As Senior Coordinator I work alongside a number of Australia’s National Sporting Organisations (NSO’s) to establish high performance identification and development pathways. My personal portfolio saw me establish 12 individual programs across the sports of Rowing, Beach Volleyball, Hockey and Judo. Working closely with the NSO’s these programs have identified the gaps in the current development pathway within these sports and established high performance programs designed to identify and… Show more As Senior Coordinator I work alongside a number of Australia’s National Sporting Organisations (NSO’s) to establish high performance identification and development pathways. My personal portfolio saw me establish 12 individual programs across the sports of Rowing, Beach Volleyball, Hockey and Judo. Working closely with the NSO’s these programs have identified the gaps in the current development pathway within these sports and established high performance programs designed to identify and develop talent either through Talent Selection or Talent Identification strategies. Show less

This role was a dual capacity employment role which incorporated the establishment of identification and development programs through my role as the States Talent Search Coordinator while also working on a daily basis with the senior elite athletes as one of the Academies only three Exercise Physiologists. As the Talent Search Coordinator I was responsible for the coordination and delivery of the National Talent Search program within the ACT, and involved all phases of Talent Identification… Show more This role was a dual capacity employment role which incorporated the establishment of identification and development programs through my role as the States Talent Search Coordinator while also working on a daily basis with the senior elite athletes as one of the Academies only three Exercise Physiologists. As the Talent Search Coordinator I was responsible for the coordination and delivery of the National Talent Search program within the ACT, and involved all phases of Talent Identification testing procedures, from the initial identification and recruitment programs established in the schools through to the high performance programs run out of the Academy. In addition to the Talent Search role, I was also one of the Academy’s exercise physiologists. Within this capacity I was required to work closely with athletes and coaches to deliver best practice sport science expertise and technology into the Academy’s squad and individual programs. Working within a small physiology team, it was critical that I developed a number of sports science delivery skills, involving the collection and analysis of such areas including spiroermetry, lactate measuring, hydration state analysis,and blood analysis. Furthermore, with my keen interest in performance analysis, I was responsible for the establishment of a Performance Analysis unit within the Academy. This included the purchase and installation of specific analytical software and hardware packages including Swinger®; Dartfish®, Gym Aware® as well as GPS tracking units. Show less

Employed by the University as sessional staff, I was responsible for the development and implementation of structured subject loads for tutorial classes for 1st and 2nd year University students. My responsibilities included the supervision and mentoring of students within a traditional classroom as well as a practical laboratory research environment. As well as my tutorial duties I covered the full time staff in a lecturing capacity.