Anthony WELDON
講師
講師
QUALIFICATIONS
2017 | Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Kingston University, UK |
2011 |
MSc: Strength & Conditioning, Coventry University, UK |
2009 |
BA (Hons): Sport Development & Coaching, Staffordshire University, UK. Classification 1st. |
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
2020 – Present |
World Rugby Accredited Educator, ROI |
2019 – Present |
EXOS Performance Specialist, USA |
2019 – Present |
United Kingdom Anti-Doping in Sport Accredited Advisor, UK |
2017 – Present |
World Rugby Level 2 Strength & Conditioning Coach, ROI |
2017 – Present |
World Rugby First Aid in Sport, ROI |
2017 – Present |
British Weightlifting Association Level 2 Coach, UK |
2017 – Present |
World Rugby Level 1 Coaching Rugby 7’s Coach, ROI |
2016 – Present |
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, The National Strength and Conditioning Association, USA |
2011 – Present |
NVQ in Personal Training, City and Guilds, UK |
2008 – Present |
Football Association Level 2 Football Coach, UK |
2008 – Present |
1st4Sport Level 1 Ruby 15’s Coach, UK |
2008 – Present |
Sports Coach UK Multisport Instructor, UK |
2007 – Present |
1st4Sport Level 1 Basketball Coach, UK |
2006 – Present |
1st4Sport Level 1 Badminton Coach, UK |
2006 – Present |
1st4Sport Level 1 Netball Coach, UK |
2006 – Present |
1st4Sport Level 1 Athletics Coach, UK |
2006 – Present |
Swim England Level 2 Swimming Coach, UK |
2005 – Present |
YMCA Level 3 Nutrition & Weight Management Specialist, UK |
2005 – Present |
YMCA Level 2 Exercise to Music Instructor, UK |
2005 – Present |
YMCA Level 2 Circuit Training Instructor, UK |
2005 – Present |
YMCA Level 2 Fitness Instructor, UK |
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
2020 – Present |
Full Member, Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA) - AUS |
2019 – Present | Member of European College of Sports Science (ECSS), DE |
2017 – Present | Senior Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (HEA), UK |
2016 – Present |
Associate Member, United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA), UK |
2015 – Present |
Certified Member, National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), USA |
EMPLOYMENT
2020 - Present | Strength and Conditioning Consultant, Polytechnic University, HK |
2019 – Present | Advisory Board Member for Health, Fitness & Wellbeing, Love 21 Foundation, HK |
2018 – Present | Sports Performance Advisor, Cricket Hong Kong, HK |
2017 – 2018 | Strength & Conditioning Lead, Hong Kong Hockey Association, HK |
2016 – 2018 |
Strength & Conditioning Consultant, Hong Kong Rugby Union, HK |
2015 – Present |
Teaching Fellow, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, HK. |
2013 – 2015 |
Director of Football, Multi-Sport LTD, CN. |
2012 – 2013 |
Head of Year, Cockshut Hill Technology College, UK |
2011 – 2012 |
Strength and Conditioning Coach, Great British Fencing Team, UK |
2010 – 2012 |
Strength and Conditioning Coach / Research Assistant, Coventry University, UK |
2009 – 2011 |
Physical Education Assistant, Cockshut Hill Technology College, UK |
2007 – 2009 |
Head Football Coach, Eurotech Soccer & UK Elite Soccer, USA |
2006 – 2009 |
1st Team Football Manager, Staffordshire University, UK |
2006 – 2009 |
Lead Football Coach, Stoke on Trent City Council, UK |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Mateus, N., Exel, J., Gonçalves, B., Weldon, A., Sampaio, J. (2021). Off-training physical activity and training responses as determinant of sleep quality in young football players. Scientific Reports.
Weldon, A., Mak, JTS., Wong, ST., Duncan, MJ., Clarke, ND., Bishop, C. (2021). Strength and conditioning practices and perspectives of volleyball coaches and players. SPORTS..
Owen, AL., Wong, DP., Newton, M., Weldon, A., Zhang, Q., Koundourakis, N. (2020). Quantification, tapering and positional analysis of across 9-weekly microcycles in a professional Chinese Super League soccer team. EC Orthopaedics.
Vernau, JW., Bishop, C., Chavda, S., Weldon, A., Maloney, SJ., Pacey, R., Turner, A. (2020). An examination of job roles within the strength and conditioning profession. Professional Strength and Conditioning.
Weldon, A., Duncan, MJ., Turner, A., Christie, CJ. (2020). Contemporary practices of strength and conditioning coaches in professional cricket. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching.
Weldon, A., Clarke, ND., Pote, L., Bishop, C. (2020), Physical profiling of international cricket players: An investigation between bowlers and batters. Biology of Sport.
Weldon, A., Duncan, MJ., Turner, A., Wong, DP., Noon, M., Sampaio, J., Lai, V. W. (2020). Contemporary practices of strength and conditioning coaches in professional soccer. Biology of Sport, 38(3): 1-16.
Weldon, A., Duncan, MJ., Turner, A., LaPlaca, D., Sampaio, J., Christie, CJ. (2020). Practices of strength and conditioning coaches: A snapshot from different sports, countries and levels. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.
Wong, DP., Weldon, A., Ngo, JK. (2020). Physical fitness improvements of 8-week light vs. heavy tyre flip training in young adults. Biology of Sport, 37(3): 203-210.
Weldon, A., Ngo, JK. (2019). The effects of work-integrated learning on undergraduate sports coaching students’ perceived self-efficacy. International Journal of Work Integrated Learning, 20(3), 309-319.
Mateus, N., Gonçalves, B., Weldon, A., Sampaio, J. (2019). How perceiving additional baskets modifies youth basketball players’ performances, PLoS One, 14(8).
Duncan, MJ., Weldon, A., Price, M. (2014). The effects of sodium bicarbonate ingestion on back squat and bench press exercise to failure. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 28(5): 1358-1366.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Weldon, A., Duncan, MJ., Turner, A. Current Issues, Desired Changes, and Future Trends: Opinions of S&C Coaches in Professional Soccer and Cricket (2020). Poster Presentation at The Australian Strength and Conditioning Association Conference, Online.
Ho, IMK., Wu, HC., Weldon, A., Yong, JTH., Lam, CTT. (2020). A Novel Research Method Using Artificial Intelligence in Sport Science: Using Machine Learning to Predict Changes in Countermovement Jump Performance Before and After Training as Super Meta-Analysis. Oral presentation at The European College of Sports Science Annual Conference, Sevilla, SP.
CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE
The Australian Strength and Conditioning Association Annual Conference, 19th November 2020. (Online).
The 6th World Congress of Science & Medicine in Cricket, 8th – 10th July 2019, Loughborough, UK
European College of Sports Science Annual Congress, 3rd – 6th July 2019, Prague, CZ
Hong Kong Sports Institute AFSM Biennial Congress cum HKASMSS 30th Anniversary Sports Medicine Conference, 30th November – 2nd December 2018, Hong Kong
ACADEMIC SERVICE
RESEARCH INTERESTS
AWARDED GRANTS