SoccerTastic Team & Individual Academy Coaches Profile

Marc Farrell,

Marc Farrell is the Director Of Football at SoccerTastic Team & Individual Academy©. He is an former Arsenal soccer school coach, and has worked for other premiership teams such as West Ham United & Tottenham Hotspurs F.C. As a coach he is very ambitious, always working to get the best out of a player or a team, Farrell has a natural eye for talent, which has lead him to work with professional teams in the past. Marc is an F.A Level 2 qualified coach, CRB checked and a trained first aider. His playing career has taken him to Colchester United, Harlow Town, Enfield Town, Brimsdown Rovers, and Hertford Town and he has been trailed by MK Dons, QPR, Luton, Cambridge Utd and Bodens Bk (Sweden). Marc currently plays semi-professional for Hoddesdon Town.
Marc has been playing football since he was 6 and has gained invaluable experience and knowledge about the art of football, on and off the pitch. To broaden his knowledge further, he is seeking to achieve his F.A Level 3 coaching certificate. SoccerTastic Team and Individual Academy is eager to pass down his 12 years of coaching experience, and to develop the potential of players, of all ages, levels and abilities.

Marc has

  • F.A 1st 4 Sport Level 1 Certificate in Football Coaching
  • F.A 1st 4 Sport Level 2 Certificate in Football Coaching
  • Member of F.A.C.A
  • F.A Futsal Level 1
  • Fully CRB Checked
  • F.A Child Protection Award,
  • F.A First Aid Award,
  • NVQ Sports and Recreation level 1&2.
  • Gym instruction awards level 1&2.
  • Football Referee award.
  • Football junior team managers award,
  • Hockey and cricket leaders awards

 

Gareth Williams,

Gareth is a F.A Level 1 certified coach who has many years experience in coaching secondary school pupils in Hackney, East London. Gareth has managed teams to become London Catholic Schools Cup champions (2004), Inner London Schools Cup champions (2004), and London Schools Cup champions (2005), and has also taken teams to the latter stages of the English Schools Football Association Cup. Due to Gareth's training methods, and dedication, he has seen many of his players that he has coached, go on to play at youth level for professional clubs such as Arsenal, Tottenham, West Ham and Milwall.

Gareth Is fully C.R.B checked and is a trained emergency first aider.

Gareth has:

  • F.A 1st 4 Sport Level 1 Certificate in Football Coaching
  • Fully CRB Checked 
  • F.A Child Protection Award
  • F.A First Aid Award
  • BA Sports and Fitness Studies
  • Emergency First Aid at Work Award

 

Justine Herridge,

Justine process an F.A level 1 Coaching Certificate in Football, she is an enthusiastic person been coaching for the past 2 years. Eager to learn more, Justine has been gaining experience by coaching at St Margaretbury boys under 6s.

In addition, she also coaches the girls football team at her local school. Justine playing career has lead her to play for Hoddesdon owls 1st team whom she has been playing with for 7 years, she has won player of the year twice in a row. Justine is a versatile player but plays mainly as a right midfielder and/or as a striker. She have many medals from cross country and athletics. Justine is also sports ambassador for her school. Further more she would like to climb the coaching ladder and is seeking to take her level 2 coaching certificate in football in the near future.

  • F.A 1st 4 Sport Level 1 Certificate in Football Coaching 
  • F.A Futsal Level 1 
  • Fully CRB Checked 
  • F.A Child Protection Award
  • F.A First Aid Award

 

Leanda Luis,

Leanda has worked as a sports coach, martial arts instructor, personal trainer and gym instructor for nearly 10 years. During this time, Leanda have gained a lot of knowledge and experience along the way, her field is in nutrition and weight management, sports conditioning, cardiovascular training, and exercise and fitness in general

Leanda likes to help clients achieve there goals, We set individual detailed programmes to help gain personal goals with safe and correct techniques. She always makes her sessions as fun and relaxed as possible so you can enjoy your training session

Leanda will be also be personal training our adult clients, who may not want football as part of there programme.

Leanda has:

  • YMCA Level 3 Personal Trainer and advance gym instructor
  • YMCA Level 2 Gym Instructor
  • YMCA Circuit Training
  • B-TEC National Diploma in Leisure Studies
  • GNVQ Leisure and Tourism
  • CSLA Assistant Sports Coach (Equivalent to F.A Level 1)
  • Tai' Tsung kung-fu, (Private) Instructor
  • St Johns Ambulance, appointed first aider

 

Chris Antoni

Chris Antoni is an enthaustic Level 1 qualified football coach who enjoys nothing more than playing football himself as he currently plays for Hoddedsdon Town FC.
Chris Studied for 2 years to become a YMCA qualified gym instructor and Personal Trainer where he has now being plying hes trade for the last 2 years at 5* Esporta health & Fitness club. While studying with the YMCA Chris also qualified in many things such as Nutrion, excersise for children and many many more. With 2 years into the job, he has worked with many people of all ages, shapes and sizes, to help them achieve their goals e.g. losing weight, toning up, rehabilitation on injuries. Chris has also worked in an After school club for a few years where he has been helping children excersie and keep fit.

  • Level 3 Client lifestyle and fitness
  • Level 3 Business and marketing skills for fitness professionals
  • Level 3 Training in different environments
  • Level 3 Nutrition & Weight management
  • Level 3 Advanced Instructing Gym
  • Level 3 In Personal training
  • Level 2 Health related exercise for children
  • Level 2 Gym Instructing
  • Level 2 Excercise & fitness knowledge
  • Circuit training, Spinning, & Excercise to music
  • Level 1 Football coach badge
  • NVQ 2 Football coach badge

 

Ben Hart

Ben has his F.A level 1 Coaching Certificate in Football, and he is an enthusiastic person who has been coaching since the start of the year.

For his football team Ben was getting coached by SoccerTastic. He enjoyed the training so much, he cheekily asked for a job and realised that football coaching was the way forward for him.

The winger/striker's playing career has leaded him to play for, Charlton Athletic's Youth Development team, Cambridge United, Leyton Orient, Mid Herts League representative team, Lea Valley District, Stevenage Borough, and Hertfordshire Schools F.A. He is currently following the Director of Football footsteps by playing for Hoddesdon Town F.C

Further more Ben would like to climb the coaching ladder and is seeking to take his level 2 coaching certificate in football in the near future.

  • F.A 1st 4 Sport Level 1 Certificate in Football Coaching 
  • Fully CRB Checked 
  • F.A Child Protection Award
  • F.A First Aid Award

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