Harry Bearman Coaching
ABOUT ME
I have always had a passion for football and fitness, playing for several academies such as Arsenal, Fulham and AFC Wimbledon. I decided to study a Sports Science degree at Brighton University and achieved a 1st Class Honors Degree. I’ve recently completed a MSc in Strength and Conditioning Science at St Mary’s University and I'm currently a UKSCA accredited coach.
Whilst at university I undertook placement roles working with junior golfers and the women’s badminton team and worked at Bromley Tennis club as a strength and conditioning coach. I worked closely with academy players aged from 6 to 20. From here, I worked at Millwall Football Club as a sport scientist for the academy with the U9s to U18s. Most recently, I started working full time for Charlton Athletic Football Club as the Senior Strength and Conditioning Coach (U9s-U23s). I now want to work with athletes and general public to help people reach their goals.
HARRY BEARMAN
BSc Sport Science
MSC Strength and Conditioning Science
UKSCA Accredited Coach
COACHING PHILOSOPHY
My strength and conditioning philosophy is based around movement, strength, injury prevention and performance.
Movement – The foundation of the pyramid. An athlete must possess key fundamental movement skills such as squat, lunge, hinge, change of direction, jumping and landing. These are some of the key skills needed for multiple sports and for the hollisitic development of the player. Therefore, the ability to improve these aspects is important for athlete’s long-term performance.
Strength – Building upon movement, if we have good movers then we can improve their capacities such as strength. Strength underpins a lot of the fundamental movement skills and can help improve these. An athlete needs a strong and stable base to build upon in order to improve athletic performance. Lastly, stronger athletes are injured less and have increased playing exposure.
Injury Prevention – Based on the first two tiers, the better movers and stronger athletes are able to maximise physical qualities and reduce risk of injury. Therefore, injury prevention is built from the bottom up.
Performance - This is the top tier of the pyramid. If an athlete can meet requirements of all 3 tiers in turn performance may be improved due to the athlete possessing key physical skills.
