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James Snedden

James Snedden

Sydney,NSW

Summary

Highly experienced head coach with 10+ years experience coaching elite, professional, semi-professional and academy players. Driven by a desire to improve, contribute, and help others fulfill potential.

Highly excited by ways to tactically dominate matches using aggressive and attacking principles to help players express their best attributes.

Coaching philosophy based on improving through five key pillars of football; technical, tactical, physical, mental, social. This expertise was founded on strong semi-professional playing experience, and shaped by academic qualifications in coaching and sport science.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

First Grade Assistant Coach

Manly United Football Club
10.2022 - Current
  • Planned and designed session topics for short and long term, while also leading the sessions.
  • Analysed videos of games and practice sessions to identify areas for improvement in teams, individuals, and units.
  • Analysed opponents' strategies and performance to develop effective game plans, including scouting reports and creating/delivering video analysis.
  • Recruited potential players with scouting, initial contact, meeting with recruits and arranging and offering contracts.

20's Head Coach

Manly United Football Club
10.2022 - Current
  • Created and implemented an aggressive, possession based, attacking playing style to improve and showcase the individuals in the team while delivering team success.
  • Planning long and mid term training plans to ensure an all encompassing football curriculum, whilst addressing immediate areas of improvement.
  • Designing and leading all sessions to improve individual and team performance.
  • Creating and delivering both team and individual player performance plan's using video analysis, formal and informal communication and tailored individual training focus. This was always done in conjunction with the S&C staff, player welfare staff, and head of mental performance.
  • Lead of recruitment in the 20's space, including player scouting, initiating contact and conducting player meetings and contract/spot offers.
  • Developing strong individual connections and relationships through honesty, care, trust and respect. This helped build a fantastic team culture where everyone was focused on self improvement within the team structure, but wanting to help others succeed. A truely special environment.

Head of Holiday Programmes

Manly United Football Club
09.2022 - Current
  • In charge of Manly United's Holiday Camps, taking on 150 children per day, for 8 days over the holiday period.
  • Rostering and managing the 20+ strong staff for every camp, ensuring coaches are provided opportunity to learn, coach, and earn.
  • Designing and implementing daily/weekly/fortnightly camp activities and plan, including teaching new games and activities to coaches and children.
  • In charge of the 150 children per day, including health and safety protocols, supervision, pre/post camp pickup/dropoffs.
  • Contact point for player/parent complaints and conflict resolution.
  • Averaging a $30,000+ profit per camp, making the club close to $150,000 per year.

Head of Elite Football

Narrabeen Sports High School
01.2022 - Current
  • Head of the Elite Football Programme at NSHS, in charge of 50 student-athletes.
  • Planning and delivering 2x sessions per week for the 2x age groups (Y6-8, Y9-10).
  • Leading the 2x age groups in School Competitions, including winning the 2022 Bill Turner Cup for the first time in NSHS history, and 2023 NSW State Futsal Championship.
  • Conducting the 2024 student-athlete mentoring programme, giving small groups personal mentoring on football and non football issues that student-athletes face ie mental health, physical health, academic planning and IPPP's.

BYL and SAP Head Coach

Manly United Football Club
01.2019 - Current
  • Head Coach of the 16's (2019, 2022) and 14's (2020), as well as 10's (2021), 11's (2019, 2023) and 12's (2024).
  • Designing and implementing 6 week periodisation plans for both BYL and SAP age groups
  • Designing and leading age-apprpriate sessions based on technical learning and execution with hidden tactical learning.
  • Designing and driving IPPP's to provide constant feedback relevant to age appropriate groups and goals.

21's Head Coach

Port Melbourne Sharks Soccer Club
10.2020 - 10.2021
  • Collaborating and planning the periodisation plan for both senior groups.
  • Implementing the First Grade Coach's playing philosophy, principles and structures to prepare the 21s players for First Grade performances.
  • Planning and delivering daily sessions to the 21s group in conjunction with the head coach's plan.
  • In a separated senior group, keeping the players motivated, inspired and focused on breaking into the first team group through; video sessions for the team and individuals, individual player plans for tailored feedback, and creating a team culture of a commitment towards improvement and personal accountability of mindset and actions.

Youth League Head Coach

Port Melbourne Sharks Soccer Club
01.2016 - 10.2018
  • Head Coach of the 15's (2016, 2017) and 18's (2018).
  • Designing and implementing sessions based on the club's periodisation plan.
  • Developing young individuals in a team structure to foster learning, improvement and a love for the game.

Education

Bachelor of Sport And Exercise - Sport Coaching And Development

Massey University
12-2021

'A' Licence -

AFC/FFA
04-2021

Certificate 3&4 -

Australian Institute of Fitness
11-2015

Bachelor of Communications -

Auckland University of Technology
12-2008

Skills

  • Short, Mid and Long term planning of periodisation plans, training schedules and content
  • Session planning, with a good balance between variety for engagement, repetition for improvement, and problem solving for growth
  • Session delivery, with age and group appropriate themes and focuses
  • Video analysis for individuals, units and teams
  • Building strong relationships based on honesty, care and trust
  • Building driven environments, with focuses on improvement, accountability, and togetherness
  • Track record of developing national and professional players
  • Conflict management based on perception and respect
  • Hunger to learn and improve

Accomplishments

  • 2022 Bill Turner Cup (Australian U15 School Football Title)
  • 2018 Coast Cup (NSW AL + NPL U16 Clubs)
  • 2023 8x U20 Debut's in First Grade for 89 apperances
  • 2024 11x U20 Debut's in First Grade for 60 apperances to date (Round 23)

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

First Grade Assistant Coach

Manly United Football Club
10.2022 - Current

20's Head Coach

Manly United Football Club
10.2022 - Current

Head of Holiday Programmes

Manly United Football Club
09.2022 - Current

Head of Elite Football

Narrabeen Sports High School
01.2022 - Current

21's Head Coach

Port Melbourne Sharks Soccer Club
10.2020 - 10.2021

BYL and SAP Head Coach

Manly United Football Club
01.2019 - Current

Youth League Head Coach

Port Melbourne Sharks Soccer Club
01.2016 - 10.2018

Bachelor of Sport And Exercise - Sport Coaching And Development

Massey University

'A' Licence -

AFC/FFA

Certificate 3&4 -

Australian Institute of Fitness

Bachelor of Communications -

Auckland University of Technology

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