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International Opportunity- Wrestling Head Coach
JSW Group is building the Indian Institute of Sport (IIS) – a state – of -the - heart – high performance training centre in Vijayanagar, Karnataka, India.
The IIS is in the process of adding to its list a Head Coach for Wrestling who will work with and mentor the athletes that will be resident at IIS. The Head Coach will lead the sport specific programme at IIS.
We are in the final stages of establishing a world class combat hall.
Initially, the athletes that we will be targeting will range from 13-18 years. These athletes would have had a very basic training and education in the sport of wrestling. More established international level athletes may become part of the programme after the Rio Olympic Games.
The environment
The Institute will be an environment that will be home to coaches, athletes and support staff where they can aspire to become World Champions and Olympic Medallists. This is a long term project with a key goal of sustainable development of athletes that can challenge for medals on the international stage. Based on the long term nature of this project, the first intake of athletes will most likely range between 13-18 years of age. The direction of the coach in the identification process and the actual identification of athletes will be important.
Facilities and support coaches and athletes can expect at the Institute:
• World Class Combat Hall
• Competitive and challenging daily training environment
• Technically superior coaching
• Access to sports science personnel
• World Class Combat Sport equipment
• Access to fully equipped gym and personnel
• Physiotherapy
• Housing for coaching staff
• Housing for athletes
Person specification
We are looking for a coach that is motivated to join us and be a part of our mission/vision of developing athletes that have the potential to compete with the best in the world. We are looking to commit to a coach for at least the next four years.
What we are looking for in a coach:
• Passionate about developing young athletes.
• Track record of consistently developing young wrestlers that have competed at international level.
• Technically excellent.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of international wrestling.
• Have a certified coaching license or accreditation (either from home country or international)
• Ability to work with a multi disciplinary team and use specialists to enhance the performance of the programme.
If you are looking for a challenging opportunity that will allow you to play pivotal a role in developing and shaping a High Performance programme in India, we would like to hear from you.
IIS operates a child protection policy.
If this opportunity interests and excites you, please send your CV's to [email protected] to have a further confidential discussion.
