Reginald Kastigu
Ordsall,Manchester
Summary
Dedicated strength and conditioning coach with extensive experience in youth development across various sports and age groups. Currently working as pathway strength and conditioning coach at Warwickshire County Cricket Club. My role focusing on both boys' and girls' pathways from U10 to U18. Interested in youth athletic development, emphasising growth and maturation to enhance performance in young athletes.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Strength and conditioning coach - Pathway
Warwickshire Cricket
Edgbaston, Birmingham
2025.03 - Current
- Lead the athletic development provision for the EPP (U10–U12) program across both the boys’ and girls’ pathways, delivering age-appropriate training that supports long-term player development.
- Design and implement the Warwickshire Cricket Long-Term Athletic Development (LTAD) curriculum in collaboration with the First Team Strength and Conditioning Coach, ensuring a cohesive and progressive development pathway from junior to senior cricket.
- Plan and deliver high-quality gym-based and speed development sessions for pathway players, enhancing physical performance and athletic capabilities.
- Lead match-day physical preparation for pathway, 2nd XI, and Women’s First Team players, optimising readiness and performance through evidence-based warm-up and activation strategies.
- Develop and oversee individualised strength and conditioning programs for boys’ and girls’ pathway players aged U13–U18, supporting athletic development, injury history, maturation status and long-term performance outcomes.
- Design and deliver comprehensive speed, movement, and conditioning programmes for pathway players aged U13–U18, contributing to the development of robust, athletic, and high-performing cricketers.
- Collaborate with coaches, support staff, and performance practitioners to integrate athletic development within the wider player development framework, ensuring a multidisciplinary approach to performance enhancement.
- Contribute to the progression of players through the Warwickshire pathway by creating high-performance training environments that foster athleticism, physical literacy, and long-term athlete development.
Casual Youth Development Phase Coach
Manchester United
Manchester, Lancashire
2022.12 - 2025.03
- Delivering Targeted Athletic Development: Designing and delivering comprehensive gym and on field athletic development programs, focusing on key skills such as movement quality, balance and stability, backtracking and turning, acceleration, deceleration, and change of direction for U14-16s groups.
- Strength and Speed Training: Lead gym-based strength and speed-strength sessions for U15 and U16 age groups, ensuring players develop core physical attributes needed for elite-level performance.
- Performance Testing & Profiling: Testing and profiling of all Manchester United academy players, as well as Foundation (Local Community) players ensuring accurate data collection to inform individual development plans.
- Growth and Maturation: Apply a deep understanding of physiological changes associated with Pre, Circa, and Post Peak Height Velocity (PHV) stages, optimizing athletic programs to suit developmental needs of youth athletes.
- Injury Prevention and Management: Develop tailored athletic programs that address growth-related risks, such as Sever's Disease in Pre-PHV athletes and Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease during Circa PHV, minimizing injury risk and promoting long-term athletic health.
Assistant strength and conditioning coach
University of Manchester
Manchester, Lancashire
2022.09 - 2025.03
- Pre-Season & In-Season Training: Lead the design and execution of gym-based strength and conditioning sessions for University of Manchester Rugby, Football, and Netball performance teams, focusing on enhancing physical performance and injury resilience.
- Professional Basketball & Youth Development: Deliver tailored gym-based training programs for Manchester Giants Men's First Team and Manchester Giants Youth Academy, ensuring alignment with professional athletic standards and long-term development goals.
- England Lacrosse Pathways: Program and lead gym and field-based strength and conditioning sessions for England Lacrosse's North West Pathways, supporting development of elite youth athletes.
- Long-Term Athletic Development (LTAD): Collaborate with senior Strength and Conditioning coaches to develop and implement comprehensive Long-Term Athletic Development plan for England Lacrosse, ensuring structured progression from youth through to senior levels.
- Athlete Education & Wellbeing: Present to England Lacrosse youth athletes on essential topics such as recovery strategies, optimal nutrition, injury prevention (prehab), and effective warm-up routines, emphasizing holistic athlete development.
- High-Performance University Athletes: Deliver gym-based strength and conditioning sessions for University of Manchester Scholar athletes and TASS (Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme) athletes, optimizing their physical preparation for elite competition.
Leading Strength & Conditioning Coach
Manchester Thunder Pathways
Manchester, Lancashire
2022.09 - 2025.03
- Gym & Court-Based Athletic Development: Lead and deliver comprehensive gym and court-based strength and conditioning sessions for Manchester Thunder Pathways athletes (U16-U21), focusing on skill-specific and sport-relevant performance enhancements.
- Rehabilitation Programs for Injuries: Manage ankle sprain rehabilitation protocols, outlining acute, development, restoration, and reconditioning phases for Grade 1 and Grade 2 ankle injuries, ensuring a safe return to performance.
- Rehabilitation: Working in collaboration with the physiotherapist during the acute phase of rehab and leading the return to sport, utilising the running rehabilitation framework.
- Athlete Testing and Profiling: Profiling academy pathway athletes strength, power, speed and aerobic conditioning to inform program development. Also in collaboration with England Netball to meet national performance benchmarks and sharing data.
- Long-Term Athletic Development (LTAD): In collaboration with Manchester Thunder Senior Team’s S&C coach, co-developed a Long-Term Athletic Development plan to ensure a seamless transition for pathway athletes progressing to senior-level competition.
Strength & Conditioning Coach
Made To Play (Youth Athletic Development)
Manchester, Lancashire
2021.09 - Current
- Deliver athletic development coaching to youth athletes, supporting their physical development through age-appropriate strength, speed, movement, and conditioning programmes.
- Design and implement individualised training programs that enhance athletic performance, physical literacy, and long-term athletic development.
- Coach athletes across a range of ages and sporting backgrounds, helping them build strength, coordination, speed, and confidence in movement.
- Create engaging and challenging training environments that promote positive training habits, resilience, and a lifelong appreciation for physical activity and while keeping the element of fun and enjoyment in the sessions.
- Monitor athlete progress and adapt programs to meet individual needs, ensuring continuous development and safe progression.
- Building strong relationships with athletes and parents, providing guidance and feedback to support each athlete's development journey.
- Introducing and implementing growth and maturation around the athletic development session and regularly profiling the athletes every 2-3 months.
Development Strength and Conditioning Coach
Warwick University
Coventry, Warwickshire
2021.09 - 2022.09
- Leading and creating progressive evidence based strength and conditioning programs for Cricket, Hockey and Netball squads to enhance strength, power and movement skills.
- Leading conditioning sessions for Netball players through prescribing Maximal Aerobic Speed scores depending on their scores on the 30:15 intermittent test.
- Implementation of landing and jumping mechanics within warm-up for Netball players as the sport involves jumping and landing and the likeliness of ACL injuries in female athletes.
- Developing and presenting PowerPoint presentations to educate players on nutrition for performance, training for differing fitness goals, recovery strategies and injury rehabilitation methods.
- Implemented cost free workload monitoring systems, which demonstrated the relationships between individual/squad work intensities, volume loads, neuromuscular fatigue, and player wellness data.
- Working with the Lead S&C coach and skills coaches to develop a performance culture in which athletes are responsible for their continuous physical improvement.
- Provide comprehensive feedback to the coaches, players, and lead S&C coach within Warwick Sport on movement quality, attitude, physical development, growth, and posture amongst other aspects.
Education
MSc in Strength & Conditioning Degree -
Leeds Beckett University, Carnegie Faculty of Sport
Leeds 2019.09 - 2022.09
BA (Hons.) Coaching and Sport Development 2:2 -
Manchester Metropolitan University, Crewe Sports Campus
Manchester 2016.09 - 2019.09
Skills
- Vald Performance - Able to use Nordic, Force-Frame and ForceDecks
- GPS/Heart Rate Software – use of GPS/HR software to monitor players training process
- Opto-Jump & GymAware – Able to use the Opto-Jump system for physiological testing power and strength qualities
- Microsoft Office – able to create Excel database and PowerPoint presentations to a professional quality
- UKSCA Accreditation - Looking to achieve my accreditation in the next 6-8 months
- First Aid Certificate
References
Nathan Norris
Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach
University of Manchester
0779585172
Alex Ouzonouglou
Lead Athletic Development Phase Coach
Manchester United
07795924032
Timeline
Strength and conditioning coach - Pathway
Warwickshire Cricket
2025.03 - Current
Casual Youth Development Phase Coach
Manchester United
2022.12 - 2025.03
Assistant strength and conditioning coach
University of Manchester
2022.09 - 2025.03
Leading Strength & Conditioning Coach
Manchester Thunder Pathways
2022.09 - 2025.03
Strength & Conditioning Coach
Made To Play (Youth Athletic Development)
2021.09 - Current
Development Strength and Conditioning Coach
Warwick University
2021.09 - 2022.09
MSc in Strength & Conditioning Degree -
Leeds Beckett University, Carnegie Faculty of Sport
2019.09 - 2022.09
BA (Hons.) Coaching and Sport Development 2:2 -
Manchester Metropolitan University, Crewe Sports Campus
2016.09 - 2019.09