PDP Reconditioning Coach Tottenham Hotspur FC Closing Date: Ongoing Salary: Competitive Location: Enfield, United Kingdom

• Lead and deliver the individualised progression of players through the rehabilitation pathway from gym-based rehabilitation, through pitch-based reconditioning, to full team training and competitive performance in the PDP.
• Work collaboratively with the rehabilitation physiotherapist to ensure the progression from plinth to gym, gym to pitch and pitch to team training is seamless, progressive and appropriately challenging
• Lead and deliver individualised pitch rehabilitation sessions, ensuring consideration is given to the player’s position, playing style, individual development plan and specific physical requirements
• Demonstrate strong physiological and biomechanical knowledge to ensure rehabilitation and reconditioning progressions are delivered to the highest standard
• Progress appropriate physical qualities throughout rehabilitation, including acceleration, deceleration, high-speed running, sprinting, change of direction and repeated high-intensity activity
• Accelerate appropriate aspects of players’ physical development during rehabilitation where appropriate
• Integrate football-specific technical and positional demands into rehabilitation and reconditioning programmes

Return to Training & Return to Performance

• Lead the physical reintegration of players into modified and full team training following rehabilitation
• Communicate clearly with relevant coaching and multidisciplinary staff regarding player progression, physical readiness and appropriate training and match exposure
• Monitor player response to training and competition following reintegration and use this information to inform ongoing programme decisions

Physical Testing & Monitoring

• Oversee all rehabilitation gym-based testing and programming
• Ensure testing and monitoring data is collected to the highest standard and utilised in a rational and objective manner
• Demonstrate strong experience of technological systems and how these systems link to the physiology of football, including playing styles, positional demands and individual player requirements
• Utilise GPS and internal-load data to inform individualised rehabilitation and reconditioning programmes

Multidisciplinary Working

• Work collaboratively with doctors, physiotherapists, S&C coaches, sport scientists, performance staff and technical coaches to deliver effective rehabilitation and return-to-performance programmes
• Communicate and disseminate relevant information regarding rehabilitation progressions and player status within a high-performance environment
• Contribute to multidisciplinary discussions and decision-making regarding player progression and reintegration
• Build strong working relationships with Academy coaching and playing staff

Professional Standards

• Execute duties in a professional and conscientious manner and contribute positively to the culture and standards of the Academy
• Maintain the highest standards of personal and professional integrity
• Ensure all relevant player information, data and documentation are maintained accurately and confidentially
• Maintain appropriate standards of rehabilitation and training areas, equipment and facilities
• Be aware of emergency procedures and the Health and Safety at Work Act relating to the various sites
• Ensure a strict code of confidentiality in respect of any information linked to Tottenham Hotspur
• Undertake any other duties commensurate with the position and grade as required by the department

Safeguarding Responsibilities

• Have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people
• Act in accordance with the organisation’s safeguarding policies and procedures at all times
• Be alert to signs of abuse, neglect, or safeguarding concerns and report these appropriately
• Maintain professional boundaries and act as a positive role model when working with or around children
• Attend safeguarding training as required and keep knowledge up to date