Coach Education:

Club coaches are encouraged to assume responsibility for their own continuing personal development. They should undertake mentoring, workshops etc, because they believe that their coaching will improve as a result.

Coach re-licensing/maintenance will be dependant upon the renewal of the Disclosure Check in the relevant home country, which is currently a 3-year cycle. A Club Verifier must complete this check at least 4 months before the coach’s license expires. Swansea Harriers has two verifiers Neal Merry and Ian Griffiths, Ian is also the clubs welfare officer.

Any recorded personal development activities will be viewed as contributing to learning and qualification at the next level rather than re-qualification at the current level. Make sure your course tutor signs and dates your UK Athletics Coaching License every time you attend a course/workshop to ensure you have the evidence that you attended.

A system for the quality assurance of coaching is being developed by UK Athletics. This is dependent upon 2 processes: direct observation of coaching; and analysis of athlete development, performance and improvement. Once this system is in place, coach license renewal will become dependent upon the coach being able to demonstrate competence at the appropriate level. This will be introduced by 2011: Coaches who coach without remuneration (the responsibility of the club, university, school, local authority or other agency, supported by UKA and the home country federations).

Good coaches never stop critically evaluating their own performance and that of the athletes with whom they work. Good coaches are continually seeking to be better. Good coaches never stop learning.

Continuous Personal Coaching Development Courses 2008:

Welsh Athletics & West Wales Renewal Credit Coaching Workshops & Coach Cymru Mentoring days:

WELSH ATHLETICS COACHING CONFERENCE 2008:
The main theme of this year’s conference is the importance of strength training for all athletes as part of long term athlete development. Welsh Athletics are proud to be able to present three Italian strength and conditioning specialists who will lead the conference. They will be supported by other established coaches from the UK.
The Italian team includes Marco Cardinale now working in the UK as Head of Science and Research for the British Olympic Association, Roberto Bonomi Italian National sprint coach and researcher in strength training and Domenico Di Molfetta Italian national throws coach.
Key details:
Dates: Saturday 11th October 2008
Venue: NIAC, Cardiff, Wales
Conference Theme: Strength Training
Timetable: TBC
Further details and booking forms will be available shortly.
Speakers:
Dr. Marco Cardinale
Marco is currently Head of Sports Science and Research of the British Olympic Association. His research work has included the use of vibration as an exercise intervention, hormonal responses to exercise and neuromuscular adaptations to strength training. He has worked as a consultant to football and volleyball teams as well as athletes in many different sports.
Domenico Di Molfetta
Domenico is currently the Italian Athletic Federation National Throws Coach. He is also a lecturer in the Faculty of Motor Sciences University of Foggia – Bari. Domenico Lectures frequently in Italy about the throws and strength training from youth to performance athletics. He is an author of several articles in the area of strength training for the throws. He is a principal coach to a number of top Italian javelin throwers.
Roberto Bonomi
Roberto is currently the Italian Athletic federation National Sprints and hurdles coach. He is a lecturer in the faculty of Motor Sciences, University of Tor Vergata in Rome. Roberto is the personal coach to three of the athletes in the current Italian relay team (Collio, Donati and Verdecchia) and now also coaches the British sprinter Emma Ania. Roberto has worked closely with athletes on their speed development from all athletics event groups as well as with athletes in other sports.
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UK Athletics 2008 Coaching Courses @ Swansea:

There are currently no courses available in Wales watch this space for new courses soon.
Click Here to download an application form for any of the above courses.