Capital Football are seeking support staff for National Age Group Tournament Football teams. Teams will train on the weekends to prepare for the tournament. The first sessions are on the weekend of November 16^th and teams will train each weekend following this until the tournament. The tournament is held in Wellington from Wednesday 11^th December – Sunday 15^th December. Players are girls and boys aged between u14 – u16.

Applicants will be responsible for:

• implementation of warm-ups in conjunction with Fit4Football recomendations
• collaboration with coaches to design conditioning plans/sessions
• management of player welfare throughout the preparation and the tournament.

The suitable applicants will be students or graduates in strength and conditioning/sports science/physiotherapy or similar. Any coaching experience and/or knowledge of football would be desirable. Applicants do not need to be available for all training/tournament dates.

These are volunteer positions offering the opportunity to work alongside highly qualified coaches and talented players from across Wellington.

For more information please contact Natalie Lawrence at natalie@capitalfootball.org.nz.

Article added: Thursday 07 November 2019