{"id":91,"date":"2023-02-20T10:16:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T10:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/?p=91"},"modified":"2023-06-23T10:07:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T10:07:43","slug":"this-girl-can-bella-daniels-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/2023\/02\/20\/this-girl-can-bella-daniels-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"This Girl Can- Bella Daniels Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bella Daniels (Alumnae and former S&amp;C placement student)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/06\/2020-01-04-16.11.30-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93\" width=\"256\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/06\/2020-01-04-16.11.30-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/06\/2020-01-04-16.11.30-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/06\/2020-01-04-16.11.30-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/06\/2020-01-04-16.11.30-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/06\/2020-01-04-16.11.30-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bella Daniels on the EUBC committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of This Girl Can month, we caught up with former S&amp;C placement student and University of Exeter alumnae Bella Daniels, who came back to deliver a guest lecture as part of the sports science S&amp;C module. Read more to get an insight into Bella\u2019s journey in S&amp;C so far\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q) What do you enjoy most about working in S&amp;C?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mainly how variable it is! Every day&nbsp;is&nbsp;really different and&nbsp;you are&nbsp;definitely kept&nbsp;on your toes, whether that be&nbsp;working&nbsp;with different sports,&nbsp;preparing for weekly&nbsp;matches&nbsp;and working with athletes to overcome&nbsp;challenges&nbsp;e.g.&nbsp;injuries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q) What is your current role and how did you get to this?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My current job title is&nbsp;Head of Athletic Development\/Strength and Conditioning&nbsp;at Haileybury College.&nbsp;Initially, I found out about a role on offer at Haileybury through an alumni connection. The&nbsp;experience&nbsp;I&nbsp;gained at University&nbsp;of Exeter from&nbsp;the S&amp;C&nbsp;placement and the&nbsp;skill set&nbsp;I developed&nbsp;from&nbsp;my&nbsp;SportsScience&nbsp;degree put me in a good position to apply for the role and work in the field of S&amp;C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you could give one piece of advice to a current student wanting to get into S&amp;C&nbsp;what would it be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take the initiative to do things alongside your degree whilst at&nbsp;University. It is possible to manage alongside your degree and social life! There is no harm in reaching out to people in the industry you want to go into to try and gain any experience you can.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q) What were the most useful things you learnt as part of your S&amp;C placement with the performance team here at Exeter?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything!&nbsp;It made me realise this was the job I wanted to do post University so&nbsp;helped with decision making. I think learning from&nbsp;a variety of&nbsp;experienced coaches was&nbsp;valuable&nbsp;and I\u2019m still in contact with them now. Being supported and assessed throughout the placement made it much easier to progress&nbsp;e.g.&nbsp;being observed when coaching and getting feedback. The variety of experiences I had on the placement and being part of a&nbsp;high performance environment&nbsp;was great. This&nbsp;included being involved with TASS athletes,&nbsp;coaching raw basic skills with young tennis players, leading on coaching with the cricket development squad and programming for the boat club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q) What do you enjoy about working with student-athletes?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s&nbsp;nice to work with athletes who have a variety of goals. We have some pupils wanting to push to perform, with others it&#8217;s more about education to make an impact on longevity,&nbsp;wellbeing, ability to look after themselves and stay injury free. 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