Job purpose:
Responsible for providing to the Club’s Academy Players, appropriate strength and conditioning training and monitoring as part of the Sports Science and Medicine/Performance Support Programme.
Key Responsibilities & Duties:
- Lead the Academy Strength and Conditioning programme, strength, power, and injury prevention programs for PDP players including planning, periodising, monitoring and documenting sessions.
- Assist pitch-based speed, change of direction, agility, and conditioning sessions to PDP players.
- Lead the PDP preactivation and gym-based testing across the PDP, YDP and FP phases.
- Support and lead the strength and conditioning provision for YDP and FP players including strength, speed, movement, and power programs both as full group and on an individual basis.
- Develop and implement appropriate movement screening for players PDP, YDP and FP.
- Lead detailed injury prevention programmes for all PDP and YDP (U13 – U16) players.
- Ensure regular anthropometric testing, including regular body fat composition (PDP) for all PDP and YDP players.
- Work in collaboration with Academy medical staff on gym-based rehabilitation programmes with injured players. This may also include U21 and 1st team players on occasions.
- Support nutrition provision/ education to PDP players and educate on nutrition strategies for performance & recovery.
- Work in collaboration with all members of the medical and sport science department to promote best practice and contribute to departmental CPD sessions.
- Lead U18 sports science match day support in terms of preparation, nutrition, monitoring, hydration and recovery to PDP players.
- Complete regular gym-based testing and benchmarking across all academy age groups to monitor physical development.
- Undertake CPD organised by the Club, contributing to department CPD sessions to staff and players