I coach the physical side of field sport, and two parts of it in particular.

Speed. Acceleration, top speed, change of direction and deceleration, coached the way they happen in a game rather than on a track. It's what I'm strongest on, and it's the part of the game most community athletes never get coached on at all.

The season. What you should be doing in the off-season is not what you should be doing in round 12. Most athletes train as though it is.

Everything is built around the athlete in front of me: your sport and your position in it, your training age, where you are in the season, what you've been injured with before, and, if you're still growing, where you are in that. I coach male and female athletes from high school age up, across Melbourne's inner north.

I'm an ASCA Level 1 Accredited Strength and Conditioning Coach, currently studying physiotherapy at La Trobe University. I'm the strength and conditioning coach at Uni Blues in the VAFA premier league, and I've worked from junior academies through to semi-professional teams: Head of Performance at Moreland City FC, and before that Exeter City FC and the Gloucestershire Cricket Academy. I also mentor other coaches.