Susanna Ama

I have a special interest in health and fitness. I enjoy creating supportive and engaging environments where individuals can grow confidently, perform better, and achieve their full fitness potential while prioritising reducing the risk of injury. I take a hands-on approach to enhancing performance and through science-based programming, and effective recovery strategies, with a strong focus on empowering individuals to live a strong and healthy lifestyle beyond the podium.

JUNIOR SPORT SCIENTIST at SEMLI - SPORT, EXERCISE MEDICINE & LIFESTYLE INSTITUTE (Present)

Responsible for providing sport science services to various teams and individuals:

• PGA Diploma Lecturer
• SAFA Girls' Football Academy
• Youth and Jnr tennis development
• TuksBasketball Women and Men 1st teams
• Tuksfootball Women USSA and VarsityCup teams
• TuksFootball Women's Hollywood Bets Super League team
• Services include seasonal athlete assessments, weekly strength and conditioning sessions and regular and consistent monitoring of all individuals and teams

PHYSIOLOGY TUTOR at UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA (Present)

• Responsible for conducting weekly tutorials with undergraduate students
• Regularly collaborated with Lecturers to construct various academic assessments

STUDENT ASSISTANT at UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

Provided assistance with

• Youth athletic assessment
• Planning and delivering training sessions
• Experience in training private clients and various sporting codes including football, hockey, athletics, tennis and netball

SPORT SCIENCE INTERN at UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

Responsible for providing sport science services to various sport teams and individuals:

• SAFA Girls' Football Academy
• TuksHockey Women's 1st team
• TuksBasketball Women's 1st team
• Youth & Jnr tennis development

Bsc(Hons) in Sport Science – University of Pretoria (2021)

Bachelors of Sport Science in Sport Science – University of Pretoria (2018 – 2020)

National Senior Certificate – The King's School Robinhills (2017)