Rhianna Telfer

After her A-levels, Rhianna gained a football scholarship to study in the States for 4 years where she was awarded a Bachelors in Exercise Science from Delta State University in Mississippi, Graduating in 2020.

Rhianna then came home and worked for 2 years before deciding to pursue a masters in Strength and Conditioning at Northumbria University, due to graduate at the end of this year. Rhianna is currently writing her dissertation on the relationship between change of direction speed, leg strength through FV profiling and linear acceleration in elite youth female football players.

Rhianna played all sports during school and then focussed more on football growing up which has continued her whole life, playing for many teams. Rhianna has also coached youth football for over five years and currently coaches an U12 girls’ team at Wallsend. Rhianna is very interested in sports performance as a career and would love to work with women’s professional football in future.

Besides Strength and Conditioning, Rhianna likes to go camping, work out, play football and other sports, go hiking and anything outdoorsy. She also loves to take her dog Louis for lots of walks.

QUALIFICATIONS

• BSc Exercise Science
• MSc Strength and Conditioning