Dave Carolan

I'm Dave Carolan. Experienced Sports Scientist & Sports Conditioning Specialist. Also an iApp Entrepeneur & Developer. i-Drills Soccer is my App! Please visit i-Drills.com

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Dave Carolan is a highly experienced, multi-disciplined sports scientist and strength and conditioning coach. Dave Carolan is also and App entrepeneur with his sports App i-Drills Soccer. Dave Carolan has worked within elite sport for the last 17 years, 14 of those being in professional football, including the Premier League. His role involves the planning of short, medium and long term development of athletes, often from youth to professional level, as well as coordinating with other clubs and practitioners. During that time Dave Carolan have helped develop and have worked with a large number of International athletes in a number of sports, from underage to Senior/Full International. Dave Carolan has employed a wide range of training methodologies in the development of the conditioning levels of the athletes in my care and am comfortable in implementing all of these techniques when they are necessitated. Dave Carolan is confident in the integration of advanced technology in the pursuit of minute improvements to the athletic performance of each individual within the programme. In Dave Carolan's previous position at Norwich City FC, he performed my role at all 1st team matches, home and away, and am therefore used to the time and work commitments of professional sport. Dave Carolan also delivered all physiological and fitness testing and have done for a large number of years. Dave am also highly experienced in performance analysis, utilising a large variety of analysis systems. Dave Carolan has used HR and Lactate profiling and monitoring for 14 years, ensuring the individuals and teams are training with appropriate loading. As a former rugby Youth International with Ireland, Dave Carolan has played and trained at a high level of competence, often captaining the sides that he played in, and, therefore, has the necessary leadership skills that this position rightly warrants in placing demands on athletes. Dave Carolan is looking to work with elite level athletes, teams and coaches and other highly motivated and driven individuals in the pursuit of high level performance and excellence. Please feel free to contact Dave Carolan should you fit the bill!

Sports Scientist / Coach at Lowestoft Town Football Club

April 2008 - Present | Lowestoft, UK

Initially helping LTFC out with training sessions prior to their FA Vase Final at Wembley in 2008, I formally joined the management team in 2008 alongside long-time friend and colleague Craig Fleming. Together with the existing Joint-managers Mick Chapman and Ady Gallacher, we have seen back-to-back promotions from Step 5 of the non-league pyramid to Step 3 - the Ryman Premier League.

Head of Sports Science at Norwich City FC

June 1998 - June 2008

Head of Sports Science at Norwich City Football Club

1998 - 2008

Education Duty Manager @ Science of Sport at The Science Museum, London

June 1996 - June 1998

Practice Manager at The Strawberry Hill Practice

1995 - 1996

The Strawberry Hill Practice is a Sports Injury clinic with a focus on serious sports people and professional or representative level athletes. It offers a a wide range of therapies to help those experiencing pain or discomfort get back to performing in as short a time as possible, but without the immediate threat of reinjury.

Founder at i-Drills

May 2011

i-Drills puts coaching drill content and creation abilities in the palm of your hand. Using the cutting edge iOS interface, this app will have you creating new and exciting content for your players, coaches and teams in no time. Or use the pre-designed content that ships with every app which you can further add to from the i-Drills Store via In-App purchase. Then blend all of this together to plan your sessions using the i-Drills Session Builder which helps you filter and sort all of your content to enable all your training sessions are fresh out of the box! Visit the i-Drills website for further support materials to help you the coach reach a higher standard of professionalism, whatever your level. www.i-Drills.com

Visiting Lecturer / Consultant at Easton College

2009

I have been involved in developing the Sports Coaching and Performance Analysis elements of the foundation degrees offered at Easton College. This has involved upskilling the resident lecturers as well as the students. I aam also involved in two other projects, preparing for high end service delivery to external consumers.

Sports Scientist / Fitness Coach at Colchester United FC

2008

Owner at davecarolan.com

June 1995

Provider of solutions in Sports Science support, Elite Strength and Conditioning and Performance Analysis. I work with Elite and highly motivated Teams and Individuals in the pursuit of optimal performance in their chosen field of activity. I utilise my knowledge and 14 years experience in providing support to athletes to help them achieve their full potential. I have also a large network of associates and colleagues who can help provide a multi-disciplinary, high-end service to teams and individuals.

Brunel University

1995 – 1999

M.Sc.

St. Mary's College

1992 – 1995

B.Sc. (Hons)

Concentration: Sports Science with Geography

De La Salle College, Dundalk

1987 – 1992

Leaving Cert

Concentration: Various