Joshua Mervyn Smith
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 November 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Durban, South Africa | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | AmaZulu & South Africa national football team | ||
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Joshua Mervyn Smith (born 15 November 1986) is a professional sports scientist and strength and conditioning coach, whose field of interest is football. He has worked for South African football giants, Kaizer Chiefs.[1], Genclerbirligi SK during their time in the Turkish Super Lig[2], Supersport United[3], and now currently for AmaZulu FC [4] and the South Africa national football team [5].
Education[edit]
Joshua attended Durban High School, matriculating in 2004 [6]. He went on to attend the University of KwaZulu-Natal, graduating cum laude in 2007 with a Bachelors in Sports Science. He further his studies at the University of Cape Town, graduating with a BSc Medical Honours, Exercise Science (Biokinetics). In 2017 he completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine (Distinction) from University of South Wales, and in 2018 graduated with his Masters in Sports and Exercise Medicine (Distinction) from the same institution[7] [8]. His Masters thesis focused on the use of football conditioning games as a training modality and the physiological and technical benefits associated.
Beyond his tertiary studies, Joshua has attended various Expert Meetings held by Raymond Verheijen and his World Football Academy [9]
Professional Experience[edit]
- AmaZulu FC: August 2017 - Present[10] [11]
- South Africa national football team: September 2015 (consultant)[12]; June 2017 - Present [13][14] [15][16]
- Supersport United: February 2016 - June 2017[17][18]
- Genclerbirligi SK: July 2015 - August 2015[19]
- Kaizer Chiefs: July 2010 - July 2015[20]
- Sport Science Institute of South Africa: December 2008 - March 2010
Honours[edit]
Champion: 2012/ 2013[21]; 2014/2015[22]; Runner-Up: 2013/2014[23]; Third Place: 2010/2011 (with Kaizer Chiefs).
Champion: 2012/2013[24]; (with Kaizer Chiefs); 2015/2016; 2016/2017 [25] (with Supersport United).
Champion: 2014/2015[26]; Runner-Up: 2011/2012[27] (with Kaizer Chiefs).
Champion: 2010/2011[28] (with [[Kaizer Chiefs[[); Runner-Up: 2016/2017[29] (with Supersport United).
Champion: 2010/2011 [30] (with Kaizer Chiefs).
Champion: 2013/2014; Runner-Up: 2011/2012; 2012/2013; 2014/2015 (with Kaizer Chiefs).
- Gauteng Cup:
Champion: 2012/2013; 2013/2014 (with Kaizer Chiefs); 2015/2016; 2016/2017 (with Supersport United).
- Premier's Cup
Champion: 2018/2019 [31] (with AmaZulu FC).
Plate Division; Champion: 2017[32]; 2018 [33] (with South Africa national football team).
- Four Nations Tournament:
Champion: 2018 (with South Africa national football team).[34]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Chiefs is one of the fittest in the League - Smith".
- ↑ "Kaizer Chiefs Head Of Sport Science To Join Stuart Baxter In Turkey". South African soccer news.
- ↑ "Lee Baxter Has Joined SuperSport United As Goalkeeper Coach". South African soccer news.
- ↑ "New Conditioning Coach for Usuthu". 19 August 2017.
- ↑ "Usuthu's Smith joins Bafana camp". 3 October 2017.
- ↑ https://www.dhsfoundation.co.za/?p=2981
- ↑ https://twitter.com/YesWeCrann/status/1026414443004129281
- ↑ https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1026697380329127936
- ↑ "Raymond Verheijen, part of the World Football Academy's executive team, has praised South African coaches". South African soccer news.
- ↑ "Joshua Smith". AmaZulu FC.
- ↑ www.realnet.co.uk (4 May 2018). "AmaZulu plan ahead for next season". Kick Off.
- ↑ "Josh Smith Has Been Asked To Help Bafana". South African soccer news.
- ↑ Herbst, Candice. "Joshua Smith Sports Scientist Teams Up With Bafana - DHS Foundation".
- ↑ Moolla, Ebrahim (4 April 2017). "Baxter for Bafana".
- ↑ "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com.
- ↑ www.realnet.co.uk (3 September 2018). "Stuart Baxter comments on Bafana technical team instability ahead of AFCON qualifier with Libya". Kick Off.
- ↑ "Stuart Baxter's SOS to son sure to ruffle feathers". www.heraldlive.co.za.
- ↑ "Chiefs to face 'old boys' in Nedbank Cup". Sport. 18 April 2017.
- ↑ www.realnet.co.uk (25 August 2015). "Stuart Baxter reflects on Genclerbirligi sacking". Kick Off.
- ↑ www.realnet.co.uk (8 January 2013). "Kaizer Chiefs return to training ahead of Premiership restart". Kick Off.
- ↑ https://www.brandsouthafrica.com/people-culture/sport/sports-news/football-psl-160513
- ↑ https://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/categories/south-africa/kaizer-chiefs-are-the-2014-15-absa-premiership-champions/207543
- ↑ https://www.kaizerchiefs.com/news/chiefs-finish-second-in-201314-season/
- ↑ https://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/categories/nedbank-cup/the-2012-13-season-was-the-year-kaizer-chiefs-did-the-double/262379
- ↑ https://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/categories/nedbank-cup/gallery-ruthless-supersport-crush-bucs-to-lift-second-straight-nedbank-cup-title/272018?page=8
- ↑ https://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/local/categories/mtn8-news-1/mtn8-final-match-report-orlando-pirates-0-1-kaizer-chiefs-20-september-2014/177346
- ↑ http://www.kickoff.com/news/24184/orlando-pirates-beat-kaizer-chiefs-to-win-the-mtn8-cup-final
- ↑ http://www.kickoff.com/news/19130/kaizer-chiefs-are-the-telkom-knockout-cup-champions
- ↑ https://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/categories/telkom-knockout/telkom-knockout-final-report-supersport-united-v-cape-town-city-10-december-2016-1/241548?page=3
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telkom_Charity_Cup
- ↑ http://www.kzndsr.gov.za/Home/Archives/ArchivedArticles2017/Usuthuwin2018KZNPremiersCup.aspx
- ↑ https://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/soccer/2017-07-07-bafana-finish-fifth-at-cosafa-cup-after-slender-win-over-namibia-in-plate-final/
- ↑ https://www.goal.com/en-za/news/cosafa-cup-report-south-africa-3-0-botswana-bafana-bafana/1g612phtp8jel1g04vrmcicylq
- ↑ https://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/BafanaBafana/bafana-beat-zambia-to-win-four-nations-20180324
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