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TASS Research Project – Interactions between athletic profile and maturity status in adolescent female athletes: Informing early intervention for reducing injury risk management.Direct involvement in data collection and testing of youth female athletes aged between 9 and 21 years old. Testing includes:- Blood pressure and heart rate measurements - Anthropometric measures (e.g., standing stature, seated stature and mass)- Isometric mid-thigh pull utilising portable rig and Hawkin Dynamics portable force plates- 40m Sprint utilising Witty electronic timing gates and radar gun to assess maximal sprint speed-30s Wingate testing utilising Wattbikes (various power measurements e.g., power per kilo)- 1km time trial (calculate maximal aerobic speed and anaerobic speed reserve)- Repeated sprint abilityUK GoalBall Research Project- Establishing the technical and tactical considerations for elite goalball playersCurrent responsibilities include:-Carry out interviews/focus groups involving high-level Goalball coaches/practitioners- Define current key performance indicators within elite Goalball- Retrospectively analyse the IBSA World Games and World Championships

Investigate the relationship between biological maturation and performance measures via aiLabs, across multiple academy age groups (8-21 years) and clubs and develop and assess the effectiveness of a novel maturity weighting system when accounting for inter-individual maturity-based influences on performance.

Shop Floor Operative - Working within a fast-paced team environment, providing helpful service to all customers utilising strong interpersonal skills at all times. - Displaying honesty and integrity when handling large sums of cash at till points. - Ensuring that all GDPR protocols are consistently maintained regarding customer confidentiality (e.g., returns packaging and receipts).Stockroom/Delivery Operative - Working to tight time constraints when processing store deliveries (all actions are timed such as unpackaging, tagging, hanging, and cubing all clothing to ensure maximum efficiency).- Working autonomously for large parts of the day on my own delivery station effectively managing my own time and being pro-active to plan and ensure that all individual targets are met.- Displaying a flexible approach to work when required to help within other sections of the store (e.g., shop floor and parcel processing).

An internship within a Professional Development Phase Academy integrated within my MSc course for my Project and Placement modules. Key responsibilities include: - Main focus on carrying out my research project exploring ‘Positional Performance Benchmarking in Academy Football Players utilising the Packing Metric’- Independently filming training sessions - Learning software packages such as HUDL

Working in a fast-paced catering team environment, providing hospitality to resident students at campus colleges and large conferences. Key responsibilities included: - Displayed excellent communication and interpersonal skills, serving 500+ people per day during university open days - Provided outstanding services to over 300 guests during the Church of England General Synod - Exercised and abided by hygiene, health and safety and safe working guidelines at all times- Independently undertook tasks during busy periods to alleviate stress on other work colleagues

A 6-week placement integrated within my Sport and Exercise Science course which was sadly cut short by COVID-19. Key responsibilities included:- Performing literature searches and reviewing the literature to support the delivery of my research project - Producing high quality transcriptions of interviews on behalf of other staff members’ research projects - Conducting reliability and validity testing of force plates when measuring maximal jumping forces- Contributed to project meetings with the research group when discussing a variety of projects

Working as a poolside assistant for primary school children’s swimming lessons. Key responsibilities included:- Communicating clearly with swim teachers, young children and parents - Organising individual class resources for each session - Maintaining the health and safety of children around the poolside

Working as a climbing coach for both children and young adults- Adaptability- Altering coaching techniques based on age and experience of climbers- Knowledge of key health and safety features in a climbing environment - Ensuring that climbers are continually progressing whilst maintaining enjoyment