Daniel Boulos Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The internship experience was positive and enriching where I was given the opportunity to grow as a performance coach and learn through hands on experiences. I feel that the hands-on approach and ‘getting thrown in the deep end’ with coaching was one thing that impacted my personal development as I was able to actually apply the things I’ve learnt and seen rather than just having the knowledge with things like performance testing and program writing which I really enjoyed doing. Along with the opportunity to get coaching time, we had fortnightly PD days where we would cover different topics and get insights/further knowledge. The internship has prepared me for my future career by providing me with a place to improve on the things I probably wasn’t too good at before the internship that we need to do as coaches. One thing I can definitely say is my program writing has improved over the 12 weeks, which is an essential skill to have as a high-performance coach. It has also helped my critical thinking skills for why we program the things we do and making sure it is relative to what the athlete/individual needs for their respective sports whether it’s for improving performance or return to sport after an injury. Along with that, starting my own coaching page to get myself out there and give me a platform to share the things I’m doing to hopefully help and reach more people to further grow in the S&C industry.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Through my internship at Oxidate Performance, I learnt a lot about what it is to be a strength and conditioning coach, as well as learning new methods of exercise prescription and programming for athletes in areas of strength, conditioning and injury prevention. In the first few sessions, we watched the coaches as they ran strength & football/conditioning sessions to better get an understanding of the way sessions were done at Oxidate. After a few sessions had passed, we got more hands on within the sessions, assisting with the strength sessions, running warm-ups and mechanics, running football/conditioning/active recovery sessions, and assisting with the hot and cold pool recovery for Heidelberg NPL (U14 - Seniors) Northcote NPL (Seniors), Pascoe Vale NPL (U16 - 21) and Mill Park (SL2) that came through the facility.