Coach Development Events
Welcome to our Coach Development Event Calendar. This comprehensive resource is designed to provide coaches with numerous opportunities to expand their coaching expertise beyond the qualification pathway.
From workshops and seminars to webinars and networking sessions, the events below are hosted by England Athletes, as well as a variety of partner organisations to help coaches enhance their skills, explore new methodologies, and gain fresh insights. No matter where coaches are on their coaching journey, there are plenty of opportunities listed below to inspire and challenge our coaching workforce.
* indicates the session is para-athletics inclusive
- Go to events for endurance coaches
- Go to events for throws coaches
- Go to events for jumps coaches
- Go to events for combined events coaches
- Go to events for sprints and hurdles coaches
All disciplines
| Date | Event | Location | Aimed at coaching level | Booking | |
| 1-3 November | International Festival of Athletics Coaching*- learning to win, with Frank Dick. | Padoba, Italy | All | Event website |
Endurance
| Date | Event | Location | Aimed at | Booking |
| 14-16 September | European Endurance Conference - coaching female athletes | Leeds | All | Leeds Beckett website |
| 12 October | Race Walking intro and development day (North)* - skill development, drills, techniques (practical) - parallel session for athletes and coaches on how to introduce race walking (practical) + short distance competition | Leeds Beckett | Club coaches and junior athletes in the YTP. | Tom Craggs, Ian Richards |
| October | Race Walking intro and development day (South)* - for athletes and coaches new to race walking, with Southern RWA and Callum Wilkinson: - skill development, drills, techniques (practical) - parallel session for athletes and coaches on how to introduce race walking (practical) + short distance competition | Finsbury Park TBC | Club coaches and junior athletes in the YTP. | Tom Craggs, Mark Easton |
| 16 October | Bi-monthly endurance coach hangouts* - open clinic: all areas of coaching long distance endurance. | Online on Zoom | Club, Pathway | Tom Craggs |
| 18 December | Bi-monthly endurance coach hangouts* - open clinic: all areas of coaching long distance endurance. | Online on Zoom | Club, Pathway | Tom Craggs |
| December | Regional masters training day (North) - for runners and coaches focused on long distance masters road running development. | Leeds | Club | Chris Hollinshead, Tom Craggs |
| January | Regional masters training day (Midlands) - for runners and coaches focused on long distance masters road running development. | Shrewsbury | Club | Chris Hollinshead, Tom Craggs |
| 25-26 January | Regional off-track endurance day (10k to marathon), with Gavin Pavey and Andy Jones. - training planning - intensity regulation | Exeter | Talent | Tom Craggs |
| 26 February | Bi-monthly endurance coach hangouts* - open clinic: all areas of coaching long distance endurance. | Online on Zoom | Club, Pathway | Tom Craggs |
| March | National road weekend* | Leeds | Tom Craggs, Andi Drake | |
| March | Regional masters training day (South) - for runners and coaches focused on long distance masters road running development. | St Marys | Club | Chris Hollinshead, Tom Craggs |
| April | Bi-monthly endurance coach hangouts* - open clinic: all areas of coaching long distance endurance. | Online on Zoom | Club, Pathway | Tom Craggs |
| Date TBC | Regional off-track endurance day* | St Marys | Tom Craggs, Mick Woods | |
| Date TBC | BMC Coaching Conference - talks including Tim Morieau. | TBC | BMC website |
Throws
| Date | Event | Location | Aimed at | Booking |
| 30 September | Throws community surgery* - England Athletics throws strategy update - AOB | Online on Zoom | All | Nick Ridgeon |
| 6 October | Discus development day (South)* - discus coaching - physical preparation | Woking | Beginner, Club | Mark Chapman |
| 20 October | Hammer festival - hammer coaching - physical preparation | Yate | Beginner, Club | Matt Spicer |
| 2-3 November | Hammer masterclass - with Joanna Fiodorow | Loughborough | Talent, Elite | Nick Ridgeon |
| 2-3 November | Shot put masterclass* - with Paolo Dal Soglio | Loughborough | Talent, Elite | Nick Ridgeon |
| 8-10 November | European Shot Put Conference* | Tallin, Estonia | Talent, Elite | Event website |
| 16 December | Throws community surgery* - England Athletics throws strategy update - AOB | Online on Zoom | All | Nick Ridgeon |
| 25-26 January | Javelin masterclass | Loughborough | Talent, Elite | Nick Ridgeon |
| 25-26 January | Discus masterclass* | Loughborough | Talent, Elite | Nick Ridgeon |
Jumps
| Date | Event | Location | Aimed at | Booking |
| 19 October | Pre-pathway long/triple/high jump training day - what it takes to develop: jumps - warm ups, physical and technical | London | Club, Talent | Darren Ritchie |
| 20 October | Pre-pathway long/triple/high jump training day - what it takes to develop: jumps - warm ups, physical and technical | Loughborough | Club, Talent | Darren Ritchie |
| 27 October | Pre-pathway pole vault training day - what it takes to develop - warm ups, physical and technical | Loughborough | Club, Talent | Darren Ritchie |
| 15-17 November | Horizontal jumps symposium* | Malmo, Sweden | Talent, Performance | Event website |
| 16-17 November | Pole vault development weekend - what it takes to develop: pole vault | Loughborough | Club, Talent | Darren Ritchie |
| 30 November | Pre-pathway long/triple/high jump training day - what it takes to develop: jumps - warm ups, physical, technical | London | Club, Talent | Darren Ritchie |
| 1 December | Pre-pathway long/triple/high jump training day - what it takes to develop: jumps - warm ups, physical, technical | London | Club, Talent | Darren Ritchie |
| 15 December | Pre-pathway pole vault training day - what it takes to develop | Loughborough | Club, Talent | Darren Ritchie |
| 1 March | Pre-pathway long/triple/high jump training day - what it takes to develop: jumps - warm ups, physical, technical | Loughborough | Club, Talent | Darren Ritchie |
| 2 March | Pre-pathway long/triple/high jump training day - what it takes to develop: jumps - warm ups, physical, technical | Loughborough | Club, Talent | Darren Ritchie |
| 15-16 March | Jumps talent development weekend* - what it takes to develop | Loughborough | Club, Talent | Darren Ritchie |
| 23 March | Pre-pathway pole vault training day - what it takes to develop: jumps - warm ups, physical, technical | Loughborough | Club, Talent | Darren Ritchie |
Jumps and Combined Events
| Date | Event | Location | Aimed at | Booking |
| 25 September | Online jumps clinic* | Online on Zoom | Club | Darren Ritchie |
| 12 October | Talent training* -what it takes to develop -individual action plans | Loughborough | Talent | Darren Ritchie |
| 27 November | Online jumps clinic* | Online on Zoom | Club | Darren Ritchie |
| 29 January | Online jumps clinic* | Online on Zoom | Club | Darren Ritchie |
| 26 March | Online jumps clinic* | Online on Zoom | Club | Darren Ritchie |
Combined Events
Contact Darren Ritchie for more information and to book.
| Date | Event | Location | Aimed at | Booking |
| 9 November | Combined events training day - what it takes to develop. | London | Club, Talent | Darren Ritchie |
| 10 November | Combined events training day - what it takes to develop. | Loughborough | Club, Talent | Darren Ritchie |
| 1 March | Combined events training day - what it takes to develop. | London | Club, Talent | Darren Ritchie |
| 2 March | Combined events training day - what it takes to develop. | Loughborough | Club, Talent | Darren Ritchie |
Sprints and Hurdles
Contact Shani Palmer for more information.
The two hour technical camps are mainly targeted at U15 and U17 sprint hurdlers and will cover a variety of important hurdling aspects of the technical model of the event to help the athletes become faster and more effective hurdlers. Book them on Athletics Hub.
| Date | Event | Location | Aimed at | Lead coach |
| 19 October | Sprint Hurdles Technical Camp 1* | Chelmsford | Pre YTP athletes and coaches | Julie Pratt-Benterman |
| 19 October | Sprint Hurdles Technical Camp 1* | Sutton | Pre YTP athletes and coaches | Lorna Boothe |
| 19 October | Sprint Hurdles Technical Camp 1* | Loughborough | Pre YTP athletes and coaches | Paul Gripton |
| 20 October | Sprint Hurdles Technical Camp 1* | Plymouth | Pre YTP athletes and coaches | Neal Edwards |
| October | Sprint Hurdles Technical Camp 1* | Gateshead TBC | Pre YTP athletes and coaches | Janice Kaufman |
| 23 November | Sprint Hurdles Technical Camp 2* | Chelmsford | Pre YTP athletes and coaches | Julie Pratt-Benterman |
| 24 November | Sprint Hurdles Technical Camp 2* | Sutton | Pre YTP athletes and coaches | Lorna Boothe |
| 24November | Sprint Hurdles Technical Camp 2* | Loughborough | Pre YTP athletes and coaches | Paul Gripton |
| 24November | Sprint Hurdles Technical Camp 2* | Exeter | Pre YTP athletes and coaches | Neal Edwards |
| November | Sprint Hurdles Technical Camp 2* | Gateshead TBC | Pre YTP athletes and coaches | Janice Kaufman |
| 14 December | Sprint Hurdles Technical Camp 3* | Chelmsford | Pre YTP athletes and coaches | Julie Pratt-Benterman |
| 15 December | Sprint Hurdles Technical Camp 3* | Sutton | Pre YTP athletes and coaches | Lorna Boothe |
| 15 December | Sprint Hurdles Technical Camp 3* | Loughborough | Pre YTP athletes and coaches | Paul Gripton |
| 15 December | Sprint Hurdles Technical Camp 3* | Plymouth | Pre YTP athletes and coaches | Neal Edwards |
| December | Sprint Hurdles Technical Camp 3* | Gateshead TBC | Pre YTP athletes and coaches | Janice Kaufman |