Angel City is building a world-class organization to support its ambitions to redefine sports and entertainment.
We aspire to be a global brand to have the most significant impact, drive the largest awareness, and deliver returns from our soccer club and beyond. We lead with purpose and passion, building a new type of company and a new type of club.
We do this together - we are stronger together, have more impact together, and have more fun together!
This is an opportunity for a Sports Science Internship integrated within the high-performance department at Angel City FC. The internship is designed to provide valuable hands-on experience for a person pursuing sports science opportunities in an elite or professional sporting environment.
This position is based in Thousand Oaks, California, at the first team training ground.
This is a paid internship. Roughly 30-40 hours per week.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Assist in collecting and analyzing performance data during team training sessions, individual sessions, return to play (RTP), and matches.
- Work closely with the performance department to interpret data related to player workload, individual performance plans, and recovery.
- Assist in daily, weekly, and prescribed monitoring of player progress and health and determine any relevant adaptations to training programs.
- Collaborate with our medical staff to implement individualized injury mitigation strategies.
- Observe RTP sessions and contribute to player recovery plans.
- Aid in the development and delivery of specific protocols related to testing, workload management, and progressive longitudinal tracking.
- Contribute to ongoing projects that aim at player profiling and contributing to the team training methodology, & periodization.
- Share new sports science literature and contribute to ongoing research projects.
- Deliver two in-service presentations on relevant female performance topics
- Contribute innovative ideas for improving player performance.
Desired Skills & Requirements:
- Relevant degree or educational background in sports science, kinesiology, or strength & conditioning
- Experience working in Power BI, Google Sheets, Excel, etc.
- Previous experience working with sports science technologies such as GPS, Forceplates, Isometric testing, etc.
- Previous experience within a team environment with a strong interest in soccer and athlete development
- Excellent communication and team-oriented skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a diverse team environment
- Proactive attitude with a willingness to learn and take initiative
