Hey! I'm James Donnelly, from England in the UK.
As a player, I spent 9 years at English professional club Wycombe Wanderers FC and represented
England Schoolboys before suffering a "career ending" labral tear hip injury at age 19.
However I made a miraculous return to semi-professional football at the age of 24 thanks to a programme which I designed using new-found knowledge from my studies (and blankly refusing to give up my dream).
I spent almost 5 years training by myself, studying and experimenting with different training strategies until I finally cracked the code.
In the space of 12 months I went from unable to jog for 5 minutes to playing 5 times per week, completely pain free, and getting paid for it.
I went to University to study BSc Sports Science before going on to specialise in football strength & conditioning and earning a Masters in Football Strength & Conditioning from the Football Science Institute.
As part of this I'm within a specialist network of football conditioning coaches and taught directly by sports scientists and nutritionists working at some of the worlds biggest clubs - including Real Madrid, Barcelona and PSG.
I created Matchfit Football as through my own experiences I realised how important it was to teach players from an early age about the critical role that strength and conditioning, nutrition and mindset has in enabling elite performance to become possible (and maintained for an entire career).
To date my team and I have helped over 50,000 players from all over the world become standout players in their team, overcome injury issues once and for all and in some cases even step up to international level.
You'll be personally guided by me throughout your training, following the most cutting edge training strategies, routines and exercises to maximise your training time and efforts and get you progressing towards your goals faster than ever before.