George Petrakos (born c. 1988 in

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strength and conditioning coach with

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Rugby Union

Coaching career

He started as a Strength and Conditioning Coach for

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in 2016.https://ie.linkedin.com/in/george-petrakos-910b0920 He previously worked with

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Football

He was a Sports Science intern with Chelsea FC. During a year at the football club he worked under Scolari, Hiddink and Ancelotti.

Hockey

Petrakos was the Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Ireland national women's hockey team.

Academic career

Petrakos graduated from the University of Loughborough with a BSc in Sports Science. He then studied at the University of Edinburgh and gained a Masters in Strength and Conditioning. In Ireland he became the Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach for University College Dublin and lectured in the subject from 2012 - 16. He became a researcher in force application at the Dublin University and used resisted sled sprint training to profile sprinting performance from 2015 - 16. He has published research on using very heavy sled training for improving horizontal force output.

References

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 staffGlasgow Warriors and Paralympian Sammi Kinghorn share training techniques
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