Employment History: Ivanhoe Neons Swimming Club Ivanhoe October 2016 – present Key Responsibilities:-Coaching: • Developing and implementing new structure and standards for Ivanhoe swimming club• Coaching of Development/District/State – Swim and Dry Land program • Assisting Head Coach with Senior Squad training • Short/medium term club direction planning • Weekly meetings and discussion with Club Director of Coaching Learn to Swim:• Pool deck supervisor• Build and strengthen relationship between LTS and Ivanhoe swimming clubStaff Development: • Assisting and providing feed back to LTS teachers• Mentoring of two Jnr coachesCollaborating with Ash Delaney, our mission is to build the foundations and pathways of a small club with potential to be a top ten competitive club in Victoria. Within three months of being at Ivanhoe, Ash and I took the Club from 21st ranked club in Victoria in 2015 to 8th in 2016. Along with my club duties I also take a keen interest in the LTS. As pool deck supervisor I enjoy working with the teachers and talking with parents. With the teachers I assist where I can and help enhance their knowledge in teaching practices and competitive swimming. I spend time with the parents, greeting them, answering questions or providing clarification, in-turn I ask for their feedback regarding the quality of service we provide. Ash and I spend one morning a week with Joanne Love, owner of LTS and founder of Ivanhoe Neons. Joanne has a Psychology degree and runs team building clinics around the world. We spend time under her tutelage discussing best practice and forward thinking ideas, based around the human condition and her knowledge of it.

MLC Aquatic Kew September 2013 – October 2016Key Responsibilities: • National squad coach• Macro and Micro planning (dry land and swim)• Attending Competitions• Seasonal squad and individual meetings• Goal setting• Assistant to Performance Coach• LTS/MLC Aquatic talent identification • Junior squad coach • Nippers Coach • Assisting with minor restructurings• Organize holiday swim camps• Coaching the school swim team• Educating and assisting staff• School colors and honors • Communication with school councillors • Providing feed back and strengthen relationship between LTS and club• Curate inter-squad training stats• Partake in educational coaching discussionsWorking with Aquatics Manager Carol Osbourne and Head Coach Nick Veliades, we discussed and implemented up to date training standards and strategic planning. I attended committee meetings, curated inter-squad training statistics, compiled post Nationals and State Championship reviews to be sent to the school, committee and club and educate/mentor staff. I would bring to attention new training and coaching techniques that would be of benefit to our swimmers or staff (university papers, seminars, etc.).Apart from general administration, I organised holiday swim clinics with Australian Team members and training camps for the squad. Aside from training, these camps would involve games and tasks designed to strengthen the bonds between team members, or contemplation sessions where we would discuss a topic (generally relating to the idea of team or performance) in groups they would then work on a small presentation for the squad.