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West Bromich

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Tank Fitness and Sports Training offer a range of training programmes for all. Our core product is our range of swimming lessons; adult learn to swim, open water skills sessions and race skills practices.Coach in another sport? Select from one of the group training sessions for sports clubs, for a range of testing programs and your choice of training regimes to fit with the clubs competitive season.Want to work 1:1? Then get in touch with us about personal training sessions. These can also be extended to small group sessions of up to 4 people.

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Tutor for ASA CPD course.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

I was given the great honour last November to become part of the senior coaching staff at Perry Beeches SSS. Beeches were the swimming club that I grew up with and had a wonderful time through the years.I know work with the senior and masters swimmers at the club, and hope to offer the current batch of swimmers at Beeches the opportunities I received to develop and progress in the sport.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Fitness & sports training partnership, our company Urban Fitness GB (UFGB) works with both adults and children to improve fitness and encourage sport & physical fitness participation within the community. UFGB was set-up off the back of a 6-man team triathlon from Marble Arch, London to the Arch d’Triomphe, Paris. The team, including myself and business partner, completed the event in a new World Record time of 35 hours & 53 minutes, this record still stands.UFGB offers Bootcamp training to adults in the Birmingham area, sessions are designed as a fun, all-inclusive session that will push you to your limits whether a seasoned trainer or newbie. We also offer Fat Burn sessions in Birmingham & Coventry, these give us the chance to work with individuals on their progress through fortnightly measurements and personalised nutritional advice/feedback.Through Dec 2012-Feb 2013 we trialled a pilot children’s balance bike cycling programme, during that time we ran 3 12-week courses taking children from beginners to riding pedal bicycles. With the data we received the programme is being written; firstly to give instructors a greater flexibility in session structure and secondly to add further levels to the programme to allow continued child development once they have completed the initial two stages. The programme has been written by me & my business partner, to include postural awareness, balance, coordination and flexibility, whilst teaching cycling proficiency.The Fitness Festival is a sports and fitness family fun day with an aim to increase participation in Coventry, piloted in August 2012 in partnership with our sponsors Decathlon Sports Coventry and hosts Coventry Welsh RFC the day saw approximately 120 attendees of all ages and raised over £200 for our charity partners Macmillan Cancer Support. This year’s event was bigger and better, seeing over 450 attendees and raising over £500 for Macmillan. Plans are currently underway for the 2014 event.

West Midlands

I work with a local swim teaching company in Birmingham, teaching children 5-15 years of age through the ASA stages of swimming. I currently work with 9 groups, with the spread in ages and ability levels this can range from water confidence and games with the younger children, to stroke development and racing with the older participants.

Derby

Working as a fitness manager with in a national health club chain in Derby. The position has me over-see a team of 8-10 Fitness Coaches, and until the final half of last year a Swim Lesson Co-ordinator and Group Exercise Co-ordinator. My main duties centre on staff training and development, to ensure that the fitness staff are equipped with the tools and confidence to deliver excellent attentive customer service to every member. In this time a number of the team that I took on have moved to new roles both in and outside of the company, this has allowed me to bring in a new core of staff for the team that are keen to push customer care and assistance as their daily objective. I work closely with the sales team, on a daily basis we’ll discuss the objections they are getting from new members to sign-up for an induction, I will then coach them through ways to challenge these. Recruiting and developing individuals and leading events are key areas of my current role. In the past 18 months three members of the team have developed into Personal Trainers with in the business with a fourth working now outside the company. I have also had an FC develop into a Fitness Manager with in one of our smaller clubs and very recently another of my recruits secured a position with Leicester Tigers Academy as a Strength and Conditioning coach. Summer 2011 I organised and managed a three day indoor triathlon event, this had 10-15 members of staff to direct during the sessions for approximately 85 members that took part in the event. This is currently being organised to run this coming October and so I am in the process of organisation.

Manchester, United Kingdom

I worked as a Service Manager, this role involved the day-to-day running of the club as well as line-managing a team of 5 cleaners. As H & S coordinator, I have been working closely with the club GM to ensure all aspects of the premises are up to standard, this includes monthly checks of equipment such as fire extinguishers and fire call points as well as emergency exit lights, first aid kits and eye treatment stations throughout the club. Working under the companies training guidelines for safety we also take part in regular first aid training days (including De-fib training), equipment training, emergency building shut-off, fire evacuations and incident response training. The role of club duty manager requires of supervision of all staff on shift and ability to maintain an incident free running of the club whenever possible. As duty manager you will be responsible for anything up to 20 members of staff and the safety and wellbeing of all members with in the club at that time. Dealing with customer issues as well as ensuring members of staff are working efficiently, ensuring a high level of customer service and interaction is maintained throughout the period whilst also encouraging a fun and friendly atmosphere in the club. As a club leader in both brand standards and customer service it is an essential trait to be vigilant in both the aspects of maintenance, of equipment and the building around the club, and to also be aware of any cleanliness issues that have or may arise. Working closely with the cleaning and maintenance staff to ensure the club in running and looking it’s best for our members are of the up most priority.