Strength and Conditioning
Helping you realise your peak performance in sport.
Strength & Conditioning
Interested in a Strength & Conditioning Internship? Please read both documents below and apply by sending a covering letter and CV to Richard Eaton at richard.eaton@newcastle.ac.uk.
Closing date is 11 August 2023.
Interviews to be held on w/c 21 August 2023.
Strength & Conditioning Internship Advert July 2023
Strength & Conditioning Internship Job Description July 2023
What we do
Supporting High Performance Athletes
Newcastle's strength and conditioning department supports high performance student-athletes in their pursuit of sporting excellence. We provide individualised coaching delivered within a programme of athletic development and injury mitigation.
Improve Physical Performance
Not only does S&C training improve physical performance qualities but it also promotes the necessary durability and resilience that underpins athletic robustness. This is essential to tolerate the demands of the sport and ultimately increases athlete availability to train and compete.
Coaching Philosophy
Programme delivery is dictated by the needs analysis of the sport. An athlete’s readiness to train is recorded using a screen to identify deficits in the athletic profile. This will then determine the strategy used to raise abilities and bridge the gap between individual preparedness and known KPI’s inherent within the sport.
Training Principles
- Physically move well – “control what you already have”
- Progressively overload movements – “produce and accept force”
Do you move efficiently? Do you get out what you put in?
Have you raised your maximal abilities?
- Express force quickly – “execute movements at gamespeed”
Can you explode, brake and rapidly change direction? - Develop work capacity – “demonstrate repeatability”
Are you able to sustain the required efforts?
Session Details
Training runs throughout both the competitive season and the vacation period. Typical training sessions involve:
- physical literacy
- prehabilitation
- weightlifting
- speed, agility and/or plyometrics
Fundamental Human Movement Patterns
In an ideal scenario you’d look to select exercises hitting the following movement patterns; Squat, Hinge, Push, Pull, Rotate or Brace in each session.
Expectations
The benefits of training extend beyond the physical. Not only will our coaches set high standards and hold you to those standards, your commitment to training will develop a healthy work ethic. You will grow skills in accountability, responsibility and discipline.
Do your behaviours match your goals?
We will always explain the reasoning behind the prescribed exercise. Understanding the ‘whys’ behind your training programme will ensure that you stay motivated and focused. Hopefully after your time with us you will graduate as a self-sufficient trainer capable of directing your own training and using those skills in all departments of your life.
“We believe sport is a vital part of the university student experience.”
Rich is a UKSCA accredited coach with 15 years of experience. He has supported multi-sport athletes ranging from grass roots right up to the Olympic level. Rich holds a BSc in Sport Science, a MSc in Sport Psychology and is currently international badminton coach to the Falkland Islands Badminton Team.
- Rich provides S&C to Newcastle Rowing, Basketball, Volleyball and various scholars.
- Rich designs and delivers content for the BSc Sport & Exercise Science course and leads on the department CPD programme for continued coach education.
- Rich has previously been involved with England Netball (NPL & NSL), England Volleyball, NBL Division 1 and international racket sport athletes.
Ross started coaching at the University as an intern back in 2012. This progressed to a full-time position in 2015. Ross is a UKSCA accredited coach, holds a MSc in Strength and Conditioning, and has delivered to multi-sports for over 8 years.
- Ross has held positions with the English Institute of Sport, RFUW, Swim England and Sunderland Ladies FC.
- Alongside the full-time position at the University, Ross works with Newcastle Swim Team, overseeing delivery of all swim squads: ages 10yrs up to and including the performance squad 18yrs+.
Chris began coaching with the university as a volunteer back in 2014. He progressed from volunteer to member of staff picking up a MSc in Strength and Conditioning and his UKSCA accreditation along the way. Chris has worked in multi-sports, most notably Rugby Union and Swimming.
- Chris is also the Lead S&C Coach at City of Sunderland ASC and has worked as a remote practitioner for British Para Swimming.
- Chris has worked with all age-group athletes ranging from pre-adolescence up to senior professional, covering every stage of athletic development.