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Free 'Talk About' network sessions for club coaches

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England Athletics is pleased to announce a series of free online sessions aimed specifically at newly qualified and developing coaches. The 'Talk About' network sessions will cover a wide range of topics within the jumps, throws, speed, endurance and youth disciplines, and provide a platform to bring together like-minded coaches to share their knowledge and experience.

With threads relevant to all event groups, experienced coaches are welcome to attend.

Talk About sessions will be facilitated by England Athletics Regional Club Coaching Leads.

Regional Club Coaching Lead for the South West, Mark Brace said,

"I feel obtaining a coaching licence is much akin to passing a driving test - you start to learn to coach once you have your licence. This series is aimed specifically at new and developing coaches; structured in a way that allows learning, open conversations and networking opportunities - while at the same time welcomes experienced coaches to contribute." 

Endurance

  • Conditioning: 21 September 2024, 10-11am
    How to Improve Range of Movement, running economy and performance. Plus avoiding injury using minimal or no equipment in your local environment.
  • Drills: 30 November 2024, 10-11am
    When, where, and how to use drills to increase economy of movement; gain better physical literacy – (ABC – Agility, Balance and Coordination) to have a direct positive effect on performance.
  • Intervals: 18 January 2025, 10-11am
    Discover that intervals are flexible and can be used and varied to help the wider running community. Using time, distance, venue - how, when, and where to include Intervals into your training programme.
  • Oregon circuits: 15 March 2025
    How to combine intervals; drills intervals and conditioning for the modern-day athlete who is talent rich and/or time pressured.
Book onto endurance series

Jumps and Combined Events

These network sessions are aimed at newly qualified coaches and those working with club / developing athletes. The Combined Events session will explore transitioning from Summer to Winter, the complexities of managing multiple events, drills and conditioning across the events.

Each jumps session will explore how to develop the approach (run-up), take-off, flight and landing and associated training, drills and conditioning linked to these areas.

Speed

These network sessions are aimed at newly qualified coaches and those working with club / developing athletes. Each session will help coaches discuss and share good practice through breakout sessions and whole group discussions. The topics will be driven by you, the attendee and can cover anything from aspects of speed training to coaching principles. So why not join like-minded speed coaches in discussing your successes and challenges and find shared solutions?

National Coaching Children Forum

The already established National Coaching Children Forum provides a great platform to bring like-minded coaches together. This session is led by you, specifically the conversations that those who coach children are wanting to have and breakout rooms will be created to enable your conversations and networks to expand in the directions you are wanting. Whether that be to chat about term plans, camps, ideas for games/play, session and term structures, inclusive strategies, behaviour management, ratios and more, you shape the topics of conversation. So why not join the growing community of children’s coaches?

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