George Petrakos
Birth name | George Petrakos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | c. (1988-01-01) 1 January 1988 (age 36) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Petrakos (born c. 1988 in Essex,[1] England) is a rugby union strength and conditioning coach with Italy.[2]
Rugby Union
Coaching career
He started as a Strength and Conditioning Coach for Glasgow Warriors in 2016.[3]
He previously worked with Leicester Tigers, Edinburgh rugby and Scotland.
Football
He was a Sports Science intern with Chelsea FC.[3][4] During a year at the football club he worked under Scolari, Hiddink and Ancelotti.[5]
Hockey
Petrakos was the Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Ireland national women's hockey team.[3]
Academic career
Petrakos graduated from the University of Loughborough with a BSc in Sports Science.[3][4]
He then studied at the University of Edinburgh and gained a Masters in Strength and Conditioning.[3][4]
In Ireland he became the Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach for University College Dublin and lectured in the subject from 2012 - 16.[3]
He became a researcher in force application at the Dublin University and used resisted sled sprint training to profile sprinting performance from 2015 - 16.[3] He has published research on using very heavy sled training for improving horizontal force output.[2]
References
- ^ "George Petrakos". 11 January 2014.
- ^ a b "L'Italia nomina il nuovo responsabile della preparazione atletica per la Rugby World Cup".
- ^ a b c d e f g https://ie.linkedin.com/in/george-petrakos-910b0920 [self-published source]
- ^ a b c Design, Resonate. "UCD EAA".
- ^ Moore, Jamie. "On The Bench... George Petrakos - UCD AFC Official Website".
https://www.federugby.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17468%3Aitalrugby-george-petrakos-responsabile-della-preparazione-atletica-per-la-rwc-2023&catid=109%3Aitalia&Itemid=1022&lang=it
External links
- Glasgow Warriors club staff
- Glasgow Warriors and Paralympian Sammi Kinghorn share training techniques