HEATHER BETANCOURT
Pittsburgh,PA
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sports Scientist & Performance Coach
Professional Referee Organization
05.2023 - Current
- Manage athlete training and load management for 40 athletes
- Analyze performance metrics for 40 athletes through company Athlete Management System
- Communicate with athletes on well being and goals to direct training productivity and outcome
- Assist during in-person training camps with fitness testing, daily training, and recovery
- Collaborate with other team members on selected testing protocols and decisions around utilizing new technology and analyses
- Utilize macrocycle, mesocycle, and microcycle planning for athletes throughout the MLS, NWSL, and USL seasons.
- Organize and visualize athlete data from PRO as well as MLS, NWSL, USL, MLS NextPro, and USL Super League
Sports Scientist, YNT & ENT
US Soccer Association
11.2022 - Current
- Daily responsibility for physical wellness and performance of 20-30 athletes
- Collect data during lifts, training, and matches utilizing GPS and RPE
- Create visuals to show training load compared to normative values for particular age group in order to guide following training or match minutes
- Assist in training planning by informing coaching staff of appropriate load management and theme
- Warm up and cool down team as well as keep central time for training
- Create safe and inclusive environment for all players to ask questions and learn how to continue to be a high-performance athlete
Performance Coach and Sports Science Consulting
Self-employeed
04.2017 - Current
- Develop methodology focused on listening to client goals, determining needs, and maximizing training to meet individual goals
- Demonstrate commitment to growth and development through continuing education resulting in creative, introspective, and diverse training programs for clientele
- Create platform for understanding wellness and development for clients and other coaches
- Manage athlete scheduling and logistics to optimize time management for peak performance outcomes.
- Develop personalized training plans for improved athletic results and overall performance.
- Provide constructive feedback, enabling athletes to make informed decisions about their performance goals.
- Deliver informative presentations at conferences, sharing best practices in performance coaching within the industry.
Sports Science Fellow
University Of Pittsburgh
08.2022 - 06.2024
- Apply loss functions and variance explanation techniques to compare performance metrics.
- Run statistical analyses within software to process large datasets.
- Develop polished visualizations to share results of data analyses.
- Compile, clean and manipulate data for proper handling.
- Test and validate models for accuracy of predictions in outcomes of interest.
- Maintain energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
- Conduct research, gathered information from multiple sources and presented results.
- Use critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Develop and maintain courteous and effective working relationships.
- Demonstrate exceptional leadership qualities while managing multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines without sacrificing quality or accuracy.
- Network and built strong presence with peers to facilitate professional relationships.
Education
Master of Science - Sports Science
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA06.2022
Bachelor of Arts - English Literature
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH12.2015
Bachelor of Science - Exercise Science
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH05.2015
Certification
- Certified Personal Trainer, NSCA
- Goalkeeper Level 1, United Soccer Coaches
- Goalkeeper Level 2, United Soccer Coaches
- Grassroots 7v7, 9v9, 11v11, USA Soccer
- Performance Specialist, EXOS
- FRS Conditioning
- FRS Internal Strength Model
Technology Competencies
- Adobe Suite
- Power Point/Canva
- Tableau
- Excel/Google Sheets
- GPS (Catapult, STAT Sports)
- Hawkins Force Plates
- AMS systems (Smartabase, Eclipse)
- GymAware
- VALD Suite
- Jump Mat
- Beginner level Python
- Intermediate level R
Timeline
Sports Scientist & Performance Coach
Professional Referee Organization
05.2023 - Current
Sports Scientist, YNT & ENT
US Soccer Association
11.2022 - Current
Sports Science Fellow
University Of Pittsburgh
08.2022 - 06.2024
Performance Coach and Sports Science Consulting
Self-employeed
04.2017 - Current
Master of Science - Sports Science
University of Pittsburgh
Bachelor of Arts - English Literature
University of Dayton
Bachelor of Science - Exercise Science
University of Dayton
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