George Petrakos (born c. 1988 in
Essex
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,
England
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) is a
rugby union
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strength and conditioning coach with
Italy
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.
Rugby Union
Coaching career
He started as a Strength and Conditioning Coach for
Glasgow Warriors
Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland. The team plays in the United Rugby Championship league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014–15 season they won the Pro12 title and became t ...
in 2016.
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He previously worked with
Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby.
The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its hom ...
,
Edinburgh rugby
Edinburgh Rugby (formerly Edinburgh Reivers, Edinburgh Gunners) is one of the two professional rugby union teams from Scotland. The club competes in the United Rugby Championship, along with the Glasgow Warriors, its oldest rival. Edinburgh play ...
and
Scotland
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.
Football
He was a Sports Science intern with Chelsea FC.
During a year at the football club he worked under Scolari, Hiddink and Ancelotti.
Hockey
Petrakos was the Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Ireland national women's hockey team.
Academic career
Petrakos graduated from the University of Loughborough with a BSc in Sports Science.
He then studied at the University of Edinburgh and gained a Masters in Strength and Conditioning.
In Ireland he became the Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach for University College Dublin and lectured in the subject from 2012 - 16.
He became a researcher in force application at the Dublin University and used resisted sled sprint training to profile sprinting performance from 2015 - 16.
He has published research on using very heavy sled training for improving horizontal force output.
References
https://www.federugby.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17468%3Aitalrugby-george-petrakos-responsabile-della-preparazione-atletica-per-la-rwc-2023&catid=109%3Aitalia&Itemid=1022&lang=it
External links
Glasgow Warriors club staffGlasgow Warriors and Paralympian Sammi Kinghorn share training techniques
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Living people
1988 births
Glasgow Warriors coaches
Rugby union strength and conditioning coaches