Christopher S - Tutor in Hout Bay

Sports Performance Coach

✓ Conferred with Head Coach and Assistant Coach to determine weaknesses in current team roster and develop recruitment plans. ✓ Actively participated in fundraising events, helping team pay for travel and other expenses. ✓ Reminded athletes and coaching staff to display and promote good sportsmanship with competing teams on and off field. ✓ Enhanced player health with optimized nutritional strategies and improved life choices. ✓ Promoted stretching and proper exercise form to help players avoid injuries and prevent muscle tightness. ✓ Cultivated community and media relations through social media and other communication channels to support program. ✓ Readied athletes for tough games by implementing coordinated regimens of practices and physical conditioning. ✓ Developed game plans and adjusted to meet various game situations. ✓ Motivated athletes to become stronger, more agile and more effective players through effective direction, communication and mentoring. ✓ Implemented exercise programs and training strategies, which bolstered individual and team performance. ✓ Promoted proper stretching, warmups and conditioning exercises to prevent sports injuries. ✓ Maintained equipment, facilities, and inventory in proper order to avoid accidents, mishaps and damage. ✓ Held special events to promote activities and build relationships among teammates, families and members of local community. ✓ Coordinated with parents, boosters and other resources to meet all team needs, including financial, equipment, and transport arrangements. ✓ Carefully monitored athletes during play and practice to quickly identify serious and avoidable injuries. ✓ Increased player strength, agility and game skills through successful practices. ✓ Evaluated tapes of competition matches to assess strategies and plan counter approaches. ✓ Boosted performance of individual athletes by devising strategic personal training programs. ✓ Managed balance & agility drills and fitness circuits to bolster athletes' coordination and performance levels. ✓ Encouraged everyone to cultivate strong work ethic by demonstrating diligence, patience and respect for others. ✓ Traveled across Cape Town to observe junior athletes and identify potential team recruits. ✓ Established clear benchmarks for performance and monitored individual and team progress.

Youth Soccer Coach

✓ Promoted good sportsmanship among players. ✓ Explained and taught regulations and rules to players and coaches. ✓ Collected daily reports for improved efficiency during games. ✓ Assessed players and equipment to verify conformance to event rules and safety standards. ✓ Monitored play times and elapsed time during events, stopping clocks to meet regulatory requirements. ✓ Local Football Association Representative and Academy medic. ✓ Held special events such as 5-a-side tournaments to promote activities and build relationships among teammates, families and members of local community. ✓ Readied athletes for tough games by implementing coordinated regimens of practices and physical conditioning. ✓ Managed skill drills and fitness circuits to bolster athletes' coordination and performance levels. ✓ Increased player strength, agility and game skills through successful practices. ✓ Encouraged everyone to cultivate strong work ethic by demonstrating diligence, patience and respect for others.

Personal Trainer Group Fitness Instructor

✓ Served as point of reference for fitness expertise within club. ✓ Instructed gym members about correct use of weight resistance and cardiovascular equipment. ✓ Educated clients on effective ways to exercise while on business travel, at home and on vacation. ✓ Administered fitness assessments, including Cardiovascular fitness testing, Flexibility testing, and Strength and Strength endurance testing. ✓ Designed and implemented 75 fitness instruction classes per month, including Cardio-Blast, Kettlebells, Warrior Workout, Box-Fit, and ladies only classes. ✓ Designed and implemented private fitness instruction sessions to an average of 15-20 clients per month. ✓ Cultivated positive relationships with participants by interacting with group during fitness classes. ✓ Motivated clients to achieve their personal fitness goals through developing and modifying routines. ✓ Informed clients about nutrition, lifestyle issues, and weight control. ✓ Maintained cleanliness of group fitness room, mirrors, floor and fitness equipment. ✓ Promoted fitness center programs. ✓ Maintained regular contact with clients and identified opportunities to deliver added value to client relationships. ✓ Coordinated with Management team in developing project plans for prioritized initiatives.

Personal Trainer Fitness Instructor

✓ Motivated clients to achieve their personal fitness goals through developing and modifying routines. ✓ Educated clients on effective ways to exercise while on business travel, at home and on vacation. ✓ Cultivated positive relationships with participants by interacting with group during fitness classes. ✓ Informed clients about nutrition, lifestyle issues, and weight control. ✓ Maintained cleanliness of group fitness room, mirrors, floor and fitness equipment. ✓ Maintained regular contact with clients and identified opportunities to deliver added value to client relationships.

Private Wellness and Performance Coach

✓ Motivated clients to achieve their personal fitness goals through developing and modifying routines. ✓ Educated clients on effective ways to exercise while on business travel, at home and on vacation. ✓ Informed clients about nutrition, lifestyle issues, and weight control. ✓ Designed and implemented private fitness instruction sessions to average of 10 – 15 clients per month at their homes. ✓ Designed and implemented group fitness instruction sessions to average of 3 – 5 groups per month at different outdoor locations.

Youth Sports Coach

✓ Developed sporting skills in Private Schools with ages 3-8. ✓ Promote good sportsmanship with competing teams on and off field.

High School Diploma - Sea Point High

✓ Graduated in Top 5% of Class. ✓ Elected Representative Council for Learners in years 2008, 2010, and 2012. ✓ Elected Learner Leader and Governing Body Member in year 2012.

Certification First Aid (Level 1) - MEC

Associate of Science Personal Trainer Higher Certificate NQF5 - eta

Certification Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects - McMaster University

Certification Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential - McMaster University

Specialization Learn Mandarin Chinese - Shanghai Jiao Tong University

The Specialization has a total of 4 courses: ✓ course 1: Mandarin Chinese 1: Chinese For Beginners. ✓ course 2: Mandarin Chinese 2: Chinese For Beginners. ✓ course 3: Mandarin Chinese 3: Chinese For Beginners. ✓ course 4: Learn Mandarin Chinese: Capstone project.

Professional TESOL Certificate: Teach English Now! - Arizona State University

This Professional Certificate has a total of 8 courses: ✓ course 1: Foundational Principles. ✓ course 2: Theories of Second Language Acquisition. ✓ course 3: Lesson Design and Assessment. ✓ course 4: Capstone Project 1. ✓ course 5: Second Language Reading, Writing, and Grammar. ✓ course 6: Second Language Listening, Speaking, and Pronunciation. ✓ course 7: Technology Enriched Teaching. ✓ course 8: Capstone Project 2.

Certification Stanford Introduction to Food and Health - Stanford University

Specialization Achieving Personal and Professional Success - Wharton University of Pennsylvania

This Specialization has a total of 4 courses. ✓ course 1: Success. ✓ course 2: Improving communication skills. ✓ course 3: Leading the life you want. ✓ course 4: Influence.