Meet The Team
To provide a safe comfortable environment empowering all young people, especially those who need us the most, to realize and help achieve their full potential
JAMES ELLIS
CEO
- Qualified playworker
- 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
RYAN BLACKWOOD
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
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
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 and enjoyment at every level
- 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. I wanted to encourage the local community children to obtain affordable football training as Highgate is a disadvantaged area of Birmingham. The club has made a big difference to a lot of children in our community to have a football academy as well as a wide range of resources available to them
Our Vision
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 and disabilities.
Values
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