Braintree strengthen backroom staff

[FF News]

Vanarana National League club Braintree Town have announced the appointments of Glenn Skingsley as perfomance analyst and Paul Barnes, who joins the medical team, and will work alongside Steve Gracey.

Manager Danny Cowley said: "This will certainly add to the support network available and help us to further improve the environment for the players.

"We like to do a lot of anaylsis on both our own and opposition teams. We feel that this provides us with the necessary information to make intelligent decisions about team selection and team organisation. Video analysis and statistical data are excellent tools when providing feedback to the players about individual and team performance.

"Glenn has been working tirelessly behind the scenes with different software to find a suitable analysis tool for us to use. He has spent numerous hours editing our pre-season games so that both players and management staff can access a breakdown of the different elements of the game. We will also use this software to analyse opposition's strengths and weaknesses so that we can share it with the players and look to find ways of outwitting our upcoming opponents.

"Paul Barnes comes in to a massively overstretched "medical team". Steve Gracey has been overworked trying to manage the day to day issues that arise during a challenging pre-season. Paul will come in and offer both assistance and expertise.

"He has just completed a Sports Therapy degree in Birmingham and is now embarking on a Physiotherapy Masters at the University of Essex. He has worked at both non league level with Rushall Olympic and more recently with Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy and under-21 teams.

"He has a clear vision and many ideas in relation to rehabilitation, player preparation and recovery that will further improve the medical provision available. Accompanied with this additional support we also have access to Ross Poyton on a consultancy basis, who has already been working with Charlie Strutton, and others away from the training ground. It is another area that we have been able to make an increase in. With a small squad we need everyone fit and contributing and these additions to the medical team will help us to work towards this objective."

Source: www.footballconference.co.uk

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