Meet The Team

Get to know the amazing people behind The Right Track Sports. Guiding the next generation by all pulling in the same direction with the goal of being a friendly motivated team

three women sitting beside wooden table

Meet The Team

Get to know the amazing people behind The Right Track Sports. Guiding the next generation by all pulling in the same direction with the goal of being a friendly motivated team

three women sitting beside wooden table

Meet The Team

Get to know the amazing people behind The Right Track Sports. Guiding the next generation by all pulling in the same direction with the goal of being a friendly motivated team

three women sitting beside wooden table

James Ellis

James Ellis

CEO/Play worker

CEO/Play worker

Qualifications

  • 10 years as Sessional Youth Worker at Concord Youth Centre

  • Level 3 Classroom Assistant at Calthorpe Special School

  • 18 years Level 4 Social Work Assistant/Family Support Worker

  • FA Level 1 Football Coach (Disabilities)

  • Football Scout for Birmingham City Football Club



The Right Track Sports C.I.C. was formed in July 2014

Richard Blackwood

Richard Blackwood

Coach

Coach

Qualifications

  • FA Level Two

  • FA Youth Module Two

  • Qualified Boxing Coach


Roles

  • Football Coach

  • Head of Football Coaching

  • Assistant Director of Academy


Favourites

  • Favourite Current Player: Lucas Torreira

  • Favourite Play of all Time: Ronaldinho

  • Favourite Club: Arsenal

  • Favourite Manager: Pep Guardiola & Jose Mourinho

Experience

Over 8 years worth of experience working in football with different levels of players from Grassroots, Elite, Kindergarten Soccer Programs & Disability Soccer Programs. I have worked aboard in a few different countries such as North America in over 20+ states, Majorca, Spain, The Dominican Republic and the UK.

Sianne Simmonds

Sianne Simmonds

Sports Coach

Sports Coach

Qualifications

  • Currently Studying Sports and Exercise Science at the University of Worcester

  • Currently Completing Introduction to Coaching Football Course

  • First Aid in Football Trained

  • Safeguarding Children in Football Trained

  • Delivered Primary School P.E. Lessons, Afterschool Clubs etc.


Aims

  • To involve more Women and Girls in sport

  • To combat the rate of young girls dropping out of sport after becoming a teen

  • Encouraging people of all ages to reach their sporting potential

  • Building relationships through sport

  • Understanding people's strengths and weaknesses to maintain motivation in sport

  • Providing a safe environment for children to develop in independently


Playing Career

  • Kings Heath Sports (2015 - 2020)

  • Redditch Borough Ladies (2020 - Present)

  • Worcester Women's 1st Team (2022 - Present)


I currently play semi-professional football at Redditch Borough Ladies who play in the West Midlands Regional Football League. I also play for my universities performance team who play in the Midlands Tier 2 BUCS League.

Clinton Bell

Clinton Bell

Coach

Coach

Qualifications

  • 1st For Sport Level 2 Football Association Badge

  • Level 1 Disable Football Certificate

  • Key Stage 1 and 2 Top’s Football

  • NVQ Level 3 Child Care (0-7 years)

  • Scout West Bromwich Albion Academy

  • Football Welfare Officer Highgate and Digbeth

  • Manager of Soho Albion U11s (Feeder Club for West Bromwich Albion Academy)

  • Head Coach for Edgbaston Athletic FC Academy Community Club

  • Makaton Sign Language Level 4


Aims

  • To promote excellence through maintaining stable structures

  • To promote and develop the game within the community to encourage optimum participation

  • Enables successful development at all levels for the benefit of its participants

  • Encourage every child to strive in their excellence and meet their requirements

  • By the end of every session, the child will have achieved something worthwhile


Current Position

PE Instructor 

I am currently working at Calthorpe Academy as a PE Instructor teaching children with special needs. I also work for WBA FC development team, coaching and managing the under 11s team Soho Albion FC

Playing Career

Barnt Green FC and Smethwick Rangers FC (between 1999-2005 Midland Combination League)

I currently run a “Football Community Club” on Saturdays, at St Albans Academy, Highgate to encourage the local community to obtain affordable football training. The club has made big strides for children to have a football academy along with a wide range of resources available to them

CEO/Play worker

James Ellis

CEO/Play worker

James Ellis

Coach

Richard Blackwood

Coach

Richard Blackwood

Sports Coach

Sianne Simmonds

Sports Coach

Sianne Simmonds

Coach

Clint Bell

Coach

Clint Bell

Our Vision

girl sitting on grass field holding binoculars

Our vision is that The Right Track Sports contributes towards producing a more active and healthy community, through the provision of high quality sporting opportunities.  We aim to work in collaboration with a range of agencies and community service providers to offer a platform for individual development with a focus on young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, including those with special educational needs.

Our Vision

girl sitting on grass field holding binoculars

Our vision is that The Right Track Sports contributes towards producing a more active and healthy community, through the provision of high quality sporting opportunities.  We aim to work in collaboration with a range of agencies and community service providers to offer a platform for individual development with a focus on young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, including those with special educational needs.

Our Vision

girl sitting on grass field holding binoculars

Our vision is that The Right Track Sports contributes towards producing a more active and healthy community, through the provision of high quality sporting opportunities.  We aim to work in collaboration with a range of agencies and community service providers to offer a platform for individual development with a focus on young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, including those with special educational needs.

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07956193638

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Phone
07956193638