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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca

Urban Golf Performance is a 5-star Golf Performance facility located in the heart of Los Angeles, with every aspect of player development covered under one roof. UGP has a team of Golf Performance Specialists focused around Golf Coaching, Sport Performance Training, Injury Rehab, Mental game coaching, and custom club building and fitting departments. At UGP we train NCAA golf teams, professional golfers, competitive club players, amateurs, and beginners towards the best golf and health of their lives.-Membership Director: systemizing company protocols for lead reach out, potential lead organization, and to help drive team wide revenue and desired KPI metrics for sustainable and continued business growth. The goal of this role is to handle all points of contact with all new leads, filtering out quality potential clients in a professional manner, & curating the new client experience into the business. This is executed from first point of contact through the execution of the sale. In this role we strive to provide a seamless 5-star service customer experience from initial point of contact to the through the lifespan of each member.-Assessing and screening athletes in order to develop an individualized performance and training program specific to each clients needs and performance goals.

-Developed and organized training protocols for full athletic teams ranging from men's & women's soccer, men's & women's golf, track & field, and water polo. -By understanding the energy system, physical demands, and the common injuries associated with each sport I was able to develop the proper training programs in order to effectively increase the strength, power, and conditioning of our athletes while also minimizing the risk of injuries.-Managed and organized a weight room with 3-30 athletes training from warm-up, resistance training, and regeneration and cool down. -Developed and taught an exercise hierarchy in order to quickly assess individual movement and strength capacities in order to develop effective and safe training programs for each athlete.

Los Angeles, Ca

-Developed on-court skill development workouts in order to help my athletes develop technical skill and also understand the mental components of the game. -Created a library of video content in order to let me athletes see how the drills we are using on the court in a 1-on-1 setting translate into the 5-on-5 demands of the game of basketball. This was one of the most vital components of the training in order to truly help the athlete understand the game situations that arise in basketball and how to become better decision-makers in a reactionary sport. -Administered comprehensive movement screens in order to analyze and help correct movement dysfunctions, while also educating athletes on how the movement dysfunctions can lead to injury and pain.

Chicago, Il

Master Trainer-Fitness Formula Clubs (FFC) Chicago, IL August 2012-2016-Hired as a Fitness Specialist (2012), promoted to Personal Trainer (2014) and then Master Trainer (2015).-Strong knowledge of human mechanics, anatomical structures & functions, and nutrition.-Assisted the Fitness Director and General Manager in the management and development of new Personal Training staff through one-on-one meetings, performance feedback, sales training, & continuing education opportunities.-Continually met individual monthly sales and revenue goals, while also leading the FFC Old Town training team in annual salesrevenue and sessions completed. (2014 and 2015)-Developed monthly business evaluation to monitor client feedback and revenue tracking in order to define areas of opportunity for growth.-Worked with the Fitness Director and General Manager of FFC Old Town to review member retention rates and budgeting in order to creatively developed strategies to increase club wide productivity.-ACE (American Council on Exercise) Teacher certification program-December 11 & 12, 2015-Precision: Human Performance Movement and Anatomy Cadaver lab-University of Illinois Chicago-December 12, 2015-NBSCA (National Basketball Strength And Conditioning Association) Annual Conference-Chicago, IL-May 16th, 2015-Obtained NSCA CSCS (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist)-March 2015

Chicago, Il

-Designed and implemented weight training, speed & agility, and conditioning programs for professional basketball players during the offseason training period.-Developed diet and supplement program for offseason weight gain or loss depending on the individual player.-Obtained hands on experience through both learning as an intern for one summer before being promoted to assistant trainer for twosummers with NBA and European league professional basketball players.

Bachelor’S Degree, Major: Psychology Minor: Marketing, Senior

Activities and Societies: -Club Basketball Vice President (2012) -Treasurer of DePaul Men's Club Basketball Team (2011) -Club basketball.

High School Degree

Activities and Societies: Captain of Varsity Basketball, 2008 Minnesota Class 3A state basketball champions, 2008 Minnesota class 3A All.