Joel Tratt
Summary
Through commitment and drive, extensive experience with professional cricket and working with high performance athletes, I am focused on giving the athletes and team I work with the best chance of success.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Strength & Conditioning Coach, Head Cricket Coach
Brighton Grammar School
01.2023 - Current
- Strength and Conditioning coach to student athletes at Brighton Grammar School, main sporting programs; Football, Rowing, Rugby, Cricket, Sailing, Hockey and Soccer.
- Work in consultation with head coaches of each sport to build a bespoke physical development plan to optimise performance in each given sport.
- Lead the rehabilitation of student athletes in consultation with school physiotherapy team.
- Collaboration with external pathways on student athletes involved.
- Responsible for the running and coaching of 1stXI Cricket program.
Strength and Conditioning Coach
Cricket Victoria
01.2024 - 02.2024
- 5 week contract - Physical Performance Coach of Elite Pathways Program
Strength and Conditioning Coach
Cricket Victoria
06.2023 - 07.2023
- · 5 week contract - Physical Performance Coach of Women's program.
Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach
Somerset County Cricket Club
10.2017 - 10.2022
- ·Lead Strength and Conditioning coach to all professional staff. Responsible for programming and overseeing delivery of strength, conditioning, mobility, speed and plyometric work throughout the year.
- Collaborated with Head of Sports Science and Medicine and Lead Physiotherapist on pre-habilitation, rehabilitation and return to play programming for injured athletes.
- Managed the Academy Strength and Conditioning coach to ensure pathway / age group squads are provided the highest quality Strength and Conditioning programming and coaching possible.
- Worked with England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on dual contracted players and players selected for their Lions and Young Lions programmes.
- Oversaw and recorded fitness testing and physiological profiling for all professional staff.
- Worked alongside coaching staff on appropriate training structures around skills and playing schedule, in and out of season.
- Collaborated with t20 franchises on Strength and Conditioning practices for Somerset CCC players during franchise competitions.
- Worked with players to ensure nutrition education and best practice is taking place to best support physical performance and maximise recovery from their playing and training schedule.
- Engaged with other stakeholders (minor counties and schools), that act as feeders into the pathway structure, to ensure player exposure to Strength and Conditioning practice is of the highest possible level, and reflects the expectations of Somerset CCC.
Consultant Strength and Conditioning Coach
England And Wales Cricket Board
06.2021 - 09.2022
- Gained international experience with England in 2021 covering the senior white ball t20 series vs Sri Lanka. Oversaw game preparation and S&C work for England white ball squad.
- Selected as England Young Lions (u19's) Strength and Conditioning coach for the 2022 season. This involved delivery of all S&C work to players selected for games against Sri Lanka u19's across a 5-week period.
Head of Strength and Conditioning
Oakham School
01.2014 - 10.2017
- Head Strength and Conditioning coach to all scholarship student athletes within the school. This included athletes from Rugby union, Cricket, Football, Hockey, Netball, Athletics, Sailing, Olympic Weightlifting and Gymnastics.
- Head Strength and Conditioning coach to all senior first teams (Rugby, Hockey, Cricket, Netball, Sailing, Athletics).
- Collaboration with professional club academies / national governing body pathways on student athletes' Strength and Conditioning programming and overall training structure to ensure best practice.
- Collaboration with Director of sport and Directors of specific sports on weekly training structures for selected student athletes. Alongside this, regular updates on physical performance outputs of these athletes.
- Construction and delivery of Oakham Schools specific long-term athletic development plan, implemented within the physical education syllabus.
- Head sprint coach within the Oakham School athletics program.
Education
Master of Science - Strength And Conditioning
St Mary's University
Twickenham, UK09.2017
Bachelor of Science - Sports Studies
University of Worcester
Worcester, UK06.2011
Skills
- Technique instruction
- Speed and Agility Development
- Sport-Specific Conditioning
- Program Design Expertise
- Excellent verbal and written Communication
- Documentation skills
References
On request
Timeline
Strength and Conditioning Coach
Cricket Victoria
01.2024 - 02.2024
Strength and Conditioning Coach
Cricket Victoria
06.2023 - 07.2023
Strength & Conditioning Coach, Head Cricket Coach
Brighton Grammar School
01.2023 - Current
Consultant Strength and Conditioning Coach
England And Wales Cricket Board
06.2021 - 09.2022
Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach
Somerset County Cricket Club
10.2017 - 10.2022
Head of Strength and Conditioning
Oakham School
01.2014 - 10.2017
Master of Science - Strength And Conditioning
St Mary's University
Bachelor of Science - Sports Studies
University of Worcester
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