| sports coach UK South East Newsletter
The Summer 2007 issue of the South East newsletter is now available with information on Flexibility and Planning and Periodisation. To read the issue please click here. South East Partner Update
The June 2007 issue of the South East Partner Update is now available with updates on the UK Coaching Framework, Community Sports Coach Scheme, the Mentoring in Sport Qualification, training for School Sports Partnerships in Oxfordshire and more. To read the issue please click here. Mentoring Project Praised
A mentoring project run by Chris Marsden, Implementation Coaching Consultant for Sussex, has received special mention in the England Athletic Annual Report 2006/07. For more details please click here. Hampshire Multi-Skills Conference
Wednesday 4 July saw the running of the country’s first Multi-Skills Conference. The event was designed to provide coaches, who had previously accessed Multi-Skills training, with a greater knowledge and array of skills with which to deliver fun and innovative sessions. For more details click here. | Partnership in Sport - working at its best in South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire District Council has linked with the South Oxfordshire School Sports Partnership managed by Wallingford School and Wallingford Sports Park to employ two Community Sports Coaches, who have been working in South Oxfordshire since July 2006. To read more click here.
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| | Berkshire Tennis Coaches Raising The Bar
As part of the Berkshire LTA and sports coach UK Raising the Bar programme 14 mini-tennis coaches from Berkshire attended a workshop on the Fundamental Movement Skills of Tennis, on July 19 2007, at the Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre. To read more please click here. |  | Berkshire CSCs Take a Dip
To reward Berkshire Community Sports Coaches (CSCs) for their work of the past year, and to give them the opportunity to network in a more informal setting with their peers, sports coach UK and Berkshire Sport arranged a team building session for all Berkshire CSCs on Wednesday 11 July 2007 at the Wokingham Waterside Centre. To read more click here. |  |
| Berkshire Coach Receives Nancy Ovens Bursary
Matt Johnson, who is head of Development for Reading Rockets Basketball Club, has received a bursary courtesy of the Nancy Ovens Trust. For more details please click here. |  | The Bulmershe School - Reading
Community Sports Coach - Early Years Coach (2 Part-Time Posts)
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Person Specification Tennis Coaches Go Ape!
As part of the Berkshire LTA and sports coach UK Raising the Bar programme, coaches attended a networking event on Tuesday, 24 April 2007. The day started off with a Coach Cluster Meeting where coaches, all from LTA Accredited Mini-Tennis Clubs, received an update from the LTA Club Development Officer and discussed successes and challenges of mini-tennis in the past six months.
After the meeting coaches took part in a team-building event at the Go Ape Centre in Swinley Forest, Bracknell.
To find out more about the day click here. |  | New Induction Dates for Surrey Sports Leaders
The latest dates for new, young coaches interested in being Sports Leaders are – Wednesday 18 April (7-9pm)
Monday 30 April (7-9pm)
Thursday 17 May (7-9pm)
For more information contact Sarah Williams at sarah.williams@surreycc.gov.uk or 01483 518957). The Sports Leaders into Coaching programme provides a pathway into coaching for young volunteers (aged 16 to 21 years). The aim is to support these young people in developing their knowledge; skills and confidence in coaching at a local club, through providing a trained mentor at the club, a tailor-made action plan and a scholarship towards qualifications and training.
To read more about the experiences of one young coach click here. World-Renowned Coach Visits Club
21 February 2007
As part of the Sussex Mentoring Project world-class 400m Sprints Coach Mike Smith paid a visit to Worthing Harriers. He spent a couple of hours putting a sprint squad through their paces and passing on some invaluable information. To find out more click here. Sussex Community Sports Coach Training Day
Eight Coach Managers and 24 Community Sports Coaches attended a training session at the University of Brighton, Falmer, on 01 February 2007. For more details click here. | |
