Ben Nicholson

Experience

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  Sheffield United Football Club

  May 2014 - Aug 2015

  Academy Foundation Phase Coach

  2014 - U11's2015 - U9's

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  Lake of the Woods & Greenwoods Camps

  Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Soccer Coach & Counsellor

  • Camp counsellor on a traditional American summer camp as a soccer coach• 4/5 hours per day coaching Soccer to children of all ages and abilities• 1 hour per day coaching sessions in cricket or Rugby as part of the British Sports club• General camp counsellor looking after and living with different groups of boys throughout the summer

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  Chesterfield Football Club

  Aug 2015 - Sept 2017

  - Design and Implementation of the Academy Strength and Conditioning programme from U14-U18’s - Delivery of weekly Gym S&C sessions- Support and delivery of the PFS fitness testing- Delivery of match-day warm ups 2015/16 - U15/16's2016/17 - U15/16's

  • Academy Strength and Conditioning Coach

    Jan 2016 - Sept 2017

  • Academy Youth Development Phase Coach

    Aug 2015 - Sept 2017
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  CHESTERFIELD F.C. COMMUNITY TRUST

  Aug 2016 - Sept 2018

  Football and Education Programme Head Coach

  - Managing the U19’s Football & Education programme- Coaching of the U19’s Football & Education team on training sesions and matchdays- Recruitment of learners for the inaugural year of the BTEC programme at Chesterfield FC - Delivery of PE, Lunchtime and After School clubs in the local community- Managing and co-ordinating the delivery of the Half Term football camps- Mentoring of Primary school teachers on the PLPS programme

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  The North of England Football Academy

  Sept 2018 - Aug 2023

  - Managing the daily operations of the Academy- Head Coach for the U19’s Football & Education team, competing in the National League Youth Alliance - Design and implementation of the coaching syllabus- Design and implementation of the Periodisation plans- Delivery of 4 weekly training sessions- Managing the full-time, part time and interns across all disciplines within the Academy- Chairing the weekly meetings with Staff from all departments- Managing all communications with players, parents, agents, club and league officials- Weekly player clips via Hudl/Veo/Coach Logic- Weekly game review videos via Hudl/Veo/Coach Logic- 6 Week clip reviews with players, assessing their PPG’s against their clips via Hudl/Veo/Coach Logic- Leading and advising on the recruitment of U19’s players on to the programme- Producing all media output via photos/videos/infographs for the programme Show less 2022 - U19's Head Coach in the National League Youth Alliance2022 -2023: U13-16 Development Centre Coach2021 - 2023: NEFA Seniors Head Coach2018 - 2021: U19's Coach in the National League Youth Alliance- Head Coach for the U19’s Football & Education team, competing in the National League Youth Alliance - Design and implementation of the coaching syllabus- Design and implementation of the Periodisation plans- Delivery of 4 weekly training sessions- Assistant manager of NEFA owned AFC Mansfield- Weekly player clips via Hudl/Veo/Coach Logic- Weekly game review videos via Hudl/Veo/Coach Logic- 6 Week clip reviews with players, assessing their PPG’s against their clips via Hudl/Veo/Coach Logic - Producing player game reports using Instat- First team analyst at NEFA owned Frickley Athletic FC- Producing all player game clips at Frickley Athletic FC- Managing the GPS data and producing weekly infographs Frickley Athletic FC- Producing Video game reviews and opposition analysis for the pre-match at Frickley Athletic F Show less

  • Head of Academy

    Aug 2022 - Aug 2023

  • Academy Coach & Analyst

    Sept 2018 - Aug 2022
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  Sheffield Wednesday Football Club

  Jan 2019 - Aug 2022

  2017/18 - U12's2018/19 - U13's2019/20 - U14's2020/21 - U14's2021/22 - U15's - Managing the U6-U12 Development Centre- Co-Ordinating the staff and coaching programme within the Development Centre- Co-Ordinating Trials, Retain and releases from the Development Centre

  • Academy Youth Development Phase Coach

    Sept 2017 - Aug 2022

  • Development Centre Manager U6-U12

    Jan 2019 - Dec 2020
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  AFC MANSFIELD LIMITED

  May 2022 - Nov 2022

  Assistant Manager
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  Sports Recruiting USA

  Jan 2023 - Jan 2024

  UK Scout

  - To identify potential students to study and play football at US colleges - To act as an ambassador for Sports Recruit USA- To host recruitment events and fixtures for SRUSA to provide an opportunity for student athletes to be identified- To provide reports for potential student athletes to the Head of UK Scouting

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  DN Colleges Group

  Oct 2023 - now

  Lecturer in Sport