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Meet the Team -Amanda Partington
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MEET THE TEAM
Amanda Partington (MSc;BA.Hons;DipHE) High Performance Coach |
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Amanda is a level 3 hockey coach and has a wide variety of experience in Sports Coaching, Sport Development and Education. Amanda has coached Poynton Ladies in the women’s National League, the North of England U18, English Universities 1st XI, and Loughborough Students 1st XI. She is currently Head Coach for Bowdon hockey club men's 1st XI. Between 2002 and 2004 Amanda received a coaching scholarship from England Hockey and acted as a high performance coach for World Class Hockey between 2002 and 2006; attending the European Championships and Four Nations tournament with England U18 girls. Amanda has also worked in coach education, authoring workshops on decision making, player profiling and game play for England Hockey and tutoring coaches working towards their awards. In 2005 Amanda accepted the role of National Manager for Education and Schools with England Hockey. During her time with the governing body Amanda designed and developed the successful primary game ‘Quicksticks’ , developed Coaching for Teachers awards and was instrumental in the inception of National Performance Centres in Higher Education, Amanda left England Hockey in 2009 to work with The Sports Science & Training Group Limited (SSTG Ltd). |
Alongside coaching work Amanda also completed an MSc in Exercise Science and Nutrition at Chester University, this involved research on the physiological training demands of practice drills in invasion games. This work has helped Amanda to develop a detailed knowledge of hockey-specific fitness drills and practices which she shares on the site. In 2009 Amanda became the first female coach in men’s Premier League Hockey and was later appointed assistant Coach for Wales Senior women, attending the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Amanda has a passion for hockey and holistic approach to athlete development. If you have been coached by Amanda then you will have experienced the intensity and effectiveness of her approach. Amanda writes - 'allowing everyone the opportunity to develop their knowledge around their chosen sport, regardless of their place of birth, location, local coaches, club and school availability is my main drive'. |
"Allowing everyone the opportunity to develop their knowledge around their chosen sport, regardless of their place of birth, location, local coaches, club and school availability is my main drive" |
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