Football SA is delighted to announce former Arsenal FC Rehab Coordinator, Tim Parham, will be our key note speaker at this year's Senior State Coaching Conference.
Tim will be key note speaker at the Senior part on Sunday 31st October, discussing how clubs can aid players returning from long term injuries, plus touching upon his time working in football overseas.
In 2018 Tim and his young family moved to London after securing a role with Arsenal Football Club as the Rehabilitation Coordinator for the First Team. A highlight of Tim’s stint in the Premier League was undoubtedly the club’s 2020 FA Cup win over Chelsea and the 2020 Community Shield win. In November 2020, Tim moved back to South Australia with his wife Marcella and two daughters, Eleanor (4) and Lily (1). Tim is currently the Head of Player Health and Performance Rehabilitation at the Adelaide Football Club (AFL).
Tim told Football SA how excited he is to engage with the state's coaching fraternity.
“I’m honoured and humbled to be given the opportunity to speak at the Football SA coaching conference. I’m really looking forward to sharing some of my experiences in high performance sport and provide attendees with some key take-home messages”
Football SA Coach Education Manager, Alec Wilson said
I am excited that we have secured Tim as a key note speaker for this year’s conference, and it represents a great opportunity for our coaches to learn off someone who has worked day in day out with world class athletes at the highest level of the game.
Tim completed a degree in Human Movement at the University of SA in 2002. Following this, Tim undertook post-graduate studies in Clinical Rehabilitation at Flinders University. It is here that Tim’s passion for injury rehabilitation started to take shape, with Tim Ultimately electing to take on an undergraduate degree in Physiotherapy at University of SA in 2004.
While undertaking his studies in Physiotherapy, Tim worked across a number of elite sporting platforms, across numerous roles here in SA, including the SANFL and the Adelaide Football Club. Tim Graduated from his Physiotherapy degree in 2007 and secured a post-graduate training position at the Repatriation General Hospital. He later moved into private practice work at Flex Rehabilitation Clinic.
In 2011, Tim was successful in securing a role as Rehab Physiotherapist with the GWS giants ahead of their entry into the AFL competition in 2012. After 4+ years living in Sydney and being involved the establishment of the AFL’s newest team, a Senior role with the Port Adelaide Football Club - working under Darren Burgess - presented itself.
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