great britain senior women's basketball strength and ... - UKSCA
great britain senior women's basketball strength and ... - UKSCA
great britain senior women's basketball strength and ... - UKSCA
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JOB DESCRIPTION<br />
JOB TITLE:<br />
EMPLOYER:<br />
RESPONSIBLE TO:<br />
RESPONSIBLE FOR:<br />
SALARY BAND:<br />
HOURS OF WORK:<br />
LOCATION:<br />
Strength <strong>and</strong> Conditioning Coach, Great Britain Senior Women’s Team<br />
British Performance Basketball Ltd (BPB)<br />
National Lead – Strength <strong>and</strong> Conditioning, <strong>and</strong> Senior Women’s Head Coach<br />
no staff responsibilities<br />
£125 per day rate<br />
A minimum of 37 hours per week, but as the position involves training-camp<br />
based <strong>strength</strong> <strong>and</strong> conditioning support, work outside of normal office hours<br />
at evenings <strong>and</strong> at weekends will be required.<br />
The normal place of work will be at the British Basketball Senior Women’s<br />
training camp within the UK (location yet to be determined), <strong>and</strong> will also<br />
require extensive travel with the team throughout Europe.<br />
TENURE: This position will be on a temporary contractor basis between July –<br />
September, 2008<br />
(N.B. there may be requirement for further employment in January 2009, based<br />
on initial match results)<br />
PERIOD OF NOTICE:<br />
30 days<br />
Job Purpose<br />
• The delivery <strong>and</strong> development of a world class <strong>strength</strong> <strong>and</strong> conditioning support service to the Great<br />
Britain Basketball Senior Women’s team during the 2008 campaign. Working with the National Lead<br />
for <strong>strength</strong> <strong>and</strong> conditioning to establish a world class high performance training environment.<br />
Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities<br />
• The delivery of <strong>strength</strong> <strong>and</strong> conditioning services from an identified training camp location in the UK,<br />
<strong>and</strong> at training venues <strong>and</strong> camps throughout Europe (as required)<br />
• Working closely with the technical coaching staff of the <strong>senior</strong> women’s programme to place the<br />
athletes in the team in the best possible position to be successful<br />
• Deliver individual <strong>and</strong> group <strong>strength</strong> <strong>and</strong> conditioning sessions to members of the British Basketball<br />
<strong>senior</strong> women’s team in a variety of training environments<br />
• Work with the National Lead for <strong>strength</strong> <strong>and</strong> conditioning to improve performance through<br />
developing, implementing <strong>and</strong> evaluating <strong>strength</strong> <strong>and</strong> conditioning programmes that reflect scientific<br />
principles as they relate to adaptation, periodisation, peaking, tapering <strong>and</strong> injury rehabilitation<br />
• Maintain a comprehensive, indexed database of work conducted with athletes <strong>and</strong> coaches<br />
• Perform reliable physical monitoring <strong>and</strong> assessment activities for the profiling <strong>and</strong> tracking of squad<br />
players<br />
• Work effectively with other support services, including physiotherapy/medical services, to provide an<br />
integrated approach to performance enhancement.<br />
• Ensure that the delivery of the <strong>strength</strong> <strong>and</strong> conditioning service effectively meets its commitments to<br />
athletes, coaches <strong>and</strong> British Basketball