The TASS Athlete Development Programme is an academy designed to develop
athletes that don’t participate in rugby or football but instead specialise in
another sport. This could be an individual sport or another team sport but the
fundamentals remain the same. An individualised training plan consisting of
Strength & Conditioning, Recovery, Performance Analysis and skill
development tailored to your sport runs alongside your course of study. Over the
year, the college will enter you in events/tournaments/games and provide you
with all the support you need to achieve your goals and gain a dual career.
Your week will be balanced between your coursework, classes and ADP
development sessions. All sportsmen and women will be able to make use of the
College's top class fitness testing and conditioning facilities and access high
level coaching and support. We pride ourselves on having the best staff around.
In charge of the Academy of Sport is Ben Severn who has worked at Doncaster
Rovers FC, Sheffield Wednesday FC, Rotherham United FC as well as the English
Colleges National team. He has been in and around elite sports performance and
worked in the USA studying their athlete development set ups into professional
competitions.
Head Rugby Coach Mark Applegarth is the Head of Youth at Wakefield Trinity as
well as a former Super league player himself and part of the England Talent
Pathway as a National team coach.
Tutors are industry experts that pass on their knowledge and experience. We
have a former body building World Champion (UIBBN & INBF), former athletes
and tutors with international coaching experience and guest coaches from
professional clubs and current professional athletes.
