Meet the Founder, Steve Bannister
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Steve, founder of The S&C Coach, has a vast experience in Strength & Conditioning that stretches back to over 10years. Steve, who competed for The Royal Marines Triathlon Team in 2017, was a former professional Rugby League player for Warrington Wolves, where his career was sadly ended at the age of 19 with a shoulder injury. He went onto study and graduate with a BSc (Hons) degree in Sports Science at University of Leeds and since then he has gone on to work with Leeds Rhinos RL Senior Academy as U16 S&C Coach, and he was the Senior Academy S&C Coach and assistant S&C Coach for Bradford Bulls RL First Team. Steve then moved to rugby union to become the lead S&C Coach for the Scottish Exiles Programme.
Whilst running his gym in Harrogate, Steve has continued gaining his experience from working as the senior S&C Coach for semi-professional teams, which include Hull Ionians RFC and Harrogate Rugby RFC. Along with a large amount of youth conditioning in schools and being the senior S&C Coach for Ilkley RFC, Steve has now been drafted onto the British Triathlon Performance Team as an S&C Coach for Yorkshire and National Athletes. He has also been the guest speaker at Sheffield Hallam University and Leeds University for the Undergraduate S&C courses. Whilst Steve isn’t coaching, he enjoys writing blogs about S&C in Sports Performance, reading historical books and his next competitive goal in 2019 is to focus on qualifying and gaining a selection place for the GB Age Group Triathlon squad. |
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