Support Staff - Beach
Kate Eddy
Strength and Conditioning Coach
Part-time (Team Bath)
Kate is a UKSCA Accredited Strength and Conditioning Coach who leads strength and conditioning services for Team Bath at the University of Bath. She currently works with the GB Beach Volleyball Squad alongside her work with national and international athletes from judo, women’s rugby, and swimming. This is Kate’s second year working with the full-time programme having provided services to Beach Volleyball through the TASS programme since 2005.
Kate gained her BSc (Hons) Degree in Sport and Exercise Science from the University of Bath in 2001 and is currently pursuing a Professional Doctorate in Health, researching the matching of strength training programmes to muscle fibre type. Prior to her current role Kate spent a year working for the British Paralympic Association conducting an audit of sports science services and gained her first experiences in strength and conditioning working with Bath Rugby Academy in 2003/04. She is also a level 3 rugby coach and coaches / plays for Bath Rugby Ladies.
Barry Edwards
Physiotherapist
Part-time (Team Bath)
Barry graduated from University of the West of England in 1998 with a BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy. After a spell working for the NHS and the Army, he joined Team Bath in 2001 where he is now lead Physiotherapist. He has worked with high level athletes from a variety of sports during his time at Team Bath, and has been one of the Physiotherapy team for the GB Judo squad since 2001.
He completed a MSc in Sports Injuries at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2006, and is also qualified in Acpuncture. In addition to this he has achieved Gold certification from the association of Chartered Physios in Sports medicine. Prior to coming into Physiotherapy he worked as a personal trainer / Boxercise instructor for 10 years, and has trained in Karate for over 30 years.
He played Volleyball at recreational level for 5 years and gained his basic coaching award during that time so has a keen interest in the game, and is very pleased to be working with Beach Volleyball on a regular basis.
Support Staff - Men
Karen Beattie
Physiotherapist
Full-time (English Institute of Sport) since September 2007
Karen graduated in 2003 with a BSc (honours) degree in Physiotherapy from Glasgow Caledonian University. She joined us from NHS Ayrshire and Arran, where she was a senior physiotherapist with them for 5 years. After playing volleyball at school level for many years she was unfortunately forced to retire from the sport at an early age, due to an inability to grow any taller (or be any good). She occasionally makes guest appearances for the GB staff team. She began her physio career in volleyball working with the Scottish Junior Women's squad in 2003, the Scottish Senior Women's squad in 2004, followed by the Scottish Senior Men's Volleyball squad in 2005.
Karen has been working as physiotherapist for the GB volleyball squads since the start of the interim programme in 2006, combining NHS work with GB training camps in Sheffield, and was appointed full-time physiotherapist in August 2007.
Karen spent the 2007-08 season in Holland with the men's squad as they played under the name 'Martinus' in the Dutch Eredivisie.
Andy Hopper
Team Manager
Voluntary
Andy has been Team Manager for England Men for many years and proved to be invaluable. He works for Mirror Group Newspapers.
Craig Richardson
Data Volley Scout
Voluntary (Student)
Craig was part of the men's squad based in Sheffield, when a persistent injury curtailed his participation on the court for the immediate future. After spending time during the 2008 season working alongside Ralph Post (Scout - Netherlands Women), Craig took the role of scout for the men's team for the 2009 season.
The scouts are more than just statisticians, recording every contact in every game for real-time and future analysis. The Data Volley - Data Video link helps with analysing and understanding the tactics and tendencies of the opposition.
Support Staff - Women
Matt Bianco
Data Volley Scout
Voluntary (Student)
Matt has been a vital part of the statistics teams at events such as 2008 European Championships Qualification Round, 2008 European League, and 2009 World Championships Qualification Round, as well as both UK School Games, and numerous Volleyball England Cup Finals. 2009 saw him make a natural progression to the role of scout for the women's team, helping them throughout the European League, and at the President's Cup in Kazakhstan.
The scouts are more than just statisticians, recording every contact in every game for real-time and future analysis. The Data Volley - Data Video link helps with analysing and understanding the tactics and tendencies of the opposition.
Jo Butt
Sports Psychologist / Team Manager
Part-time (Sheffield Hallam University)
David Goodchild
Assistant Coach
Part-time (Team Northumbia)
Ian Goswell
Assistant Coach
Part-time (Altrincham College)
Dave Hembrough
Strength and Conditioning Coach
Part-time (Sheffield Hallam University)
Alison MacFarlane
Physiotherapist
Part-time (Sheffield Hallam University)
Rebecca Wood
Sports Psychologist / Team Manager
Part-time (Sheffield Hallam University)