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New book published: ‘Coaches’ Corner’
7th November 2024
Essays to help sports coaches and P.E. teachers. My latest book, ‘Coaches’ Corner,’ is now available to buy on Amazon. It contains over 50 essays about athletic development, coaching, and physical education based on my work over the last ten years as Head Coach of Excelsior Athletic Development Club. How and what I’ve coached has […]
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Coach Education in the UK

Coach Education in bite size formats

Most coaches I know are short of time, short of money and short of patience. Trying to develop their practice as well as juggling work, family and coaching is pretty tricky. I put myself in this category.

I think the way forward is to deliver bite size chunks of information that allow the Coach to access it when needed. This may be in the form of videos, online resources  or workshops. The information has to be clear, easy to access and affordable.

Every Coach that has completed a Level 1 or Level 2 Strength and Conditioning Coaching course with Excelsior gets access to a free online library that is updated every month with relevant articles.

Interactive workshops

I am currently delivering a series of workshops across the South West of England. The first was an Injury Prevention workshop in conjunction with Active Devon. The feedback and vibe I got from this workshop was very rewarding. In fact I couldn’t get to sleep afterwards because I was buzzing from the experience.

Some of the feedback included:

“I think introduce it into Schools – into the curriculum”

“Achievable and well presented”

“Good to promote correct application of strength and conditioning exercises and general wellbeing”

“Everything is everything – Fits reality – Doable at next coaching session and it will fit in”

I was also told that my “style” of presenting was unusual. When asked for more details, the Coach said that I adapted the session to the audience, answered questions and made it relevant. I didn’t dleiver an “off pat” series of set points.

Surely that is Coaching?

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