Founder, “The Team Project”
Nov 2018- till present - Athens, Greece
Building a Talent Orientation model
Orientating athletes’ talent. Selecting the sport in which an athlete is talented, through anthropometrical, physical and psychological assessments.
Lecturer in Sport Science, AMC, Metropolitan College
Sep 2018- till present - Athens, Greece
Lecturing Bachelor students on their second and graduation year, the following subjects:
- Disability, Sport and Physical Education
- Training programs for Sport and Exercise,
- Human Performance
- Sports Coaching Practice and Expertise Development, [Track and Field]
Lecturer in Sport Science, General Secretary of Sport in Greece
May 2018- till present - Athens, Greece
Lecturing Trainers at the Sport Coaching Academy to get their C Licence in Chess. The subjects as follows:
- Training Science
- Sport Psychology
- Sport Pedagogy
- Sport Sociology
Adidas Running Coach, Adidas
May 2018-Dec 2018 - Athens, Greece
Educate all sales person and managers in retail regarding the technology that define the products of running in Adidas shoes or clothing.
Increasing sales in each retail shop in Athens/Greece approx. 5-10%
Increasing sales by 3% across Greece by undertaking presentations to a group of retailer and managers across Greece regarding the Adidas technology.
Performance Pathway Manager in Track and Field, World’s Elite Sport Performance Academy [WESPA]
May 2017- Jan 2018 - Birkenhead, UK
Identify talented athletes aged 8-16 to enter into Athletics at the Academy. Structured development pathways for young individuals to achieve senior elite levels of performance.
- Designed and implemented a talent identification system together with WESPA athletic coaches that captures the key developmental aptitudes of identified individuals, leading to a 20% increase of talented pool into the academy.
- Structured benchmarking practices that support an athletes’ individual progression within WESPA developmental Pathway to be objectively quantified against a medal winning trajectory.
- Established multidisciplinary benchmarking practices for talent confirmation not only for 8-16 years old but also for 16+.
- Monitored the long-term development of talented athletes by identifying their training needs.
Track and Field Coach (Level 2), Sprint and Hurdles - Liverpool Harries & Athletic Club
April 2017-January 2018 - Liverpool, UK
Planned individual and team strength and conditioning training. Athletes achieved places in their category between 4th and 10th place. Delivered in accordance with UK Strength and Conditioning association procedures in conjunction with my own philosophy, experience and studies.
- Provided both individual and team training programmes to young talents aged 9-16.
- Coached adult and senior athletes based on UKA coaching guidelines.
- Coordinated Talent Identification, Athlete Development, Talent Selection and/or Talent Transfer of youth individuals into Athletics.
- Obtained 30% performance improvement through designed rehabilitation, injury prevention and core strength programmes.
- Advised athletes related to nutrition, first aid, CPR, workouts, conditioning and related well-being matters.
Rehabilitation Program Coordinator - Thiseas Sport Rehabilitation Centre
Nov 2016 - Mar 2017 - Athens, Greece
Worked in conjunction with cardiologists to prescribe training programs tailored to the performance needs of the recreational and professional athletes through physiological assessment. Evaluated the musculoskeletal system via Biodex System Pro 4 Isokinetic testing and training (Damplaid). Assessed a person's overall health, with special attention to cardiovascular function and metabolism.
- Biodex System Specialist
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Training professional athletes for injury prevention and rehabilitation
- Schedule and maintain an accurate and up-to-date staff Rota of 5 people.
- Trained and managed the work of environmental services specialists in the sport science laboratory.
- Administered exercise stress tests in healthy and unhealthy populations.
- Evaluated physiological factors young athletes aged 16-18 years old limiting the performance and accurate training intensities to be identified.
- Benchmarked to compare young athletes aged 16-18 years old against international performance standards.
- Determined the best training and rehabilitation plans based on individual abilities and goals.
- Developed and implemented training programs to improve the speed, endurance and strength for specific joints.
Tutor in Sport Science - University of Chester
Sep 2013- Jul 2014 - Chester, UK
Teaching Bachelor Students on their first, second and third year in the following subjects:
- “Introduction to Biomechanics and Kinesiology”
- “Biomechanics and Notational Analysis in Sport”
- “Applied Sport Biomechanics”
Performance Development Coach in Track and Field - LAZ SPORTS CLUB
Oct 2009-Jul 2011 - Leipzig, Germany
Identified physical characteristics to help predict future elite track and field athletes. Measured anthropometrical and physical characteristics of young athletes (9-13 years old).
- Assisted in Talent Identification initiatives, designed to identify and recruit from both within the sport and those with potential to transfer from other sports.
- Delivered and implemented personalized training programs based on the strength and weaknesses of athletes while identifying areas for further development; 20% of identified talented athletes at the age of 14 years old improved their performance 30% yearly and remained in the LAZ club for more than 2 years].
- Maintain and develop a comprehensive database to track and monitor athlete development, specifically from the age of 14 years old and onwards.
Tutor in Biomechanics - University of Leipzig
Oct 2008-Jan 2010 - Leipzig, Germany
Mentor master’s students’ project completion (i.e. Body scanner), orientate teaching style to individual needs
- Assess the body segment parameter via body scanner