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London Area, United Kingdom

Lead and coordinate the clubs performance services across medical, physical performance, performance science, nutrition and psychology disciplines. Including all associated operations, processes and philosophy.

London, England, United Kingdom

- Lead on all aspects of off pitch physical development in line with an overall performance football model focusing on maximising game speed potential. - Lead on the return to performance process for medium to long term injured players including all aspects of injury review, planning and return to performance.- Develop the clubs physical profiling, monitoring and performance feedback approach at all levels (Men’s First Team, Women’s and Academy).- Assist with and contribute to all other aspects of physical performance and injury risk reduction strategies (macro planning, workload management, monitoring).

Saudi Arabia

The SOTC is a new initiative leading the high performance support given to the Saudi Arabian Olympic and Paralympic Committees. In my role I am responsible for technical leadership, strategic projects and service delivery across multiple sports, practitioners and locations.

Lead the Strategy and Performance Support given to the FA Women’s Championship Team. Key Achievements:- Oversee the direction and evolution of sport science within the club. This includes imbedding GPS to support a performance football program and provide feedback to drive physical outputs, player intent and coach development/reflection.- Develop physical profiling in line with the FA guidelines in order to support player programming, return to performance, individual development planning and physical feedback.- Navigated 3 FA Women's Championship seasons in which the coaching staff, club ownership and club needs significantly changed.

Coventry, England, United Kingdom

Delivery of module content on a sessional basis with a particular focus on blending theory with applied practice in elite sport. Courses included BSc sports science, BSc sports coaching and MSc Strength & Conditioning.- Strength & Power Development- Working as a Multidisciplinary Team- Speed Development in Sport- Principles for Workload Management

Coventry, United Kingdom

Oversee and coordinate the athletic development of all academy players and associated support services within Wasps Academy System (Senior Academy, U18s, AASE, U16s and DPP). Key Achievements:- Lead the development of an aligned, collaborative and objectively led physical development pathway as part of an overall player development strategy ‘Building a Wasp’. This underpinned and was linked closely to the rugby curriculum and demands of the game based on Wasps winning model.- Align all systems, processes and approach taken within the pathway from DPP U14s to First Team Transition. Including approach to program design, rehabilitation and player feedback.

Fort Pierce, Florida Area

Oversee and Coordinate the Minor League Performance Department for the New York Mets. Seven Professional Affiliate Teams (AAA, AA, High A, Low A, Low A Short Season, Rookie Advanced, Rookie) and our Dominican Republic Baseball Academy.Responsible for developing and evaluating systems/processes and managing 22 full time staff (6 Departments) to maximize support and staff impact across the organisation.Key Achievements:- Introduced protocols and processes for physical profiling, individual development planning and performance rehabilitations.- Initiated projects associated with better understanding which physical qualities underpinned hitting/pitching performance in order to develop an organisational performance model.- Recruited and imbedded a sport science departments to help better objectify aspects of player workload, reconditioning, physical development and several research projects to enhance environmental understanding.

Sydney, Australia

Oversee the delivery of S&C/Physical Performance Coaching to all Cricket NSW players and Cricket Australia Centrally Contracted players in the NSW state system. This included full time men's/women's professional teams and age group development pathways (Approx 250-300 Performance Players).Key Achievements:- Restructure the physical development and long term athletic development strategy for male and female pathways including player/position specific themes.- Implement state wide workload management planning principles to simplify approach. This was utilised by coaches to help reduce the risk of common injuries in adolescent fast bowlers. Significant reduction seen across two seasons worth of data compared to previous averages.- Introduce a collaborative and more objective sport science and medicine player development process. This allowed more targeted and individual strategies to be designed, monitored and reviewed across all male/female professional players.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Oversee and lead the strength and conditioning provision to all elements of the National program. This included male, female and age group pathways. Direct support on all tours for the National Mens Team. Key Achievements: - Lead the restructure of all aspects of S&C support, physical profiling and performance feedback for the National Team and National Development Pathways (A Team, Development Squad, U19s, National Women's) Approximately 150-200 players.- Restructure of Sri Lanka's Domestic Cricket system. This includes recruitment and training of S&C coaches and facility development across domestic cricket sites/venues nationally.

Southampton, United Kingdom

Lead the S&C support to student athletes who are on England Basketballs AASE Scheme based at Itchen College Southampton.

Southampton, United Kingdom

Lead the planning and delivery of all aspects of strength and conditioning support to professionally contracted players and all pathway players/programs. Appointed as Sport Science and Medicine Lead in 2012, this involved overseeing a number of systems, processes and staff to help enhance the overall SSSM departments level of servicing of all players. (ECB annual audit improvements from 65% 2011 > 88% 2015)Key Achievements:- Restructure all aspects of player physical profiling and injury risk profiling in line with the ECB physical profiling benchmarks. Use of this system to help drive objectively led programming, player feedback and individual development plans.- Develop/Implement a LTAD model for age group and academy players progressing towards professional cricket and elite level performance.- Develop and implement education for target schools, clubs and minor county coaches around fast bowling workload management and planning.

Loughborough

Provide S&C Support to the ECB pEPP Young Fast Bowler Programme based at the ECB NCPC Loughborough University.- Deliver a comprehensive physical support service as part of a multidisciplinary team of physiotherapists, coaches, doctors and nutritionists to help maximise the physical development of the players during intensive training blocks. - Plan, deliver and monitor S&C sessions during intensive physical conditioning camps. These sessions were highly individualized based on identified players needs and long term physical/technical goals.

Southampton, United Kingdom

Provide S&C support to England MLD Cricketers Based in the South of England as well as Delivering First National Team Squad Sessions.

Coventry, United Kingdom

Strength and conditioning support to Coventry City FC's Academy age group squads (14-18yrs).

Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

Provide strength and conditioning support to a range of student athletes and national schemes including:- Future Champions- TASS- BOA Developing Squads- University Performance Sport Scholars

Worcester, United Kingdom

Provide personal training to a range of general population clients in individual sessions and group exercise classes. In addition I provided sports massage services.

Worcester, United Kingdom

Assist with the Delivery of gym based Strength sessions aimed at developing the physical needs of Worcester County Cricket First IX and Academy squads.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc Joint Hons), Sport Studies And Physical Education

Master Of Science (Msc), Strength And Conditioning

Btec Sport, Fitness And Development, Sport, Fitness And Development