Here is a note received from Elspeth Turner the England Athletics CCSO for the Kent London Athletics Network.
This may seem a bit early as you might well be on your Summer holiday at the moment but I am e mailing you with details of what is on offer for coaches on the Sussex & Kent Local Coach Development Programme for endurance this coming Autumn and Winter.
October until March can be a busy enough time with training and racing and with a full programme of workshops, seminars and masterclasses available throughout winter I wanted to give you good notice in order to help you plan.
The LCDP in Sussex and Kent focuses around 4 Coach & Athlete Development Days. Key workshops which you have requested are slotted into these days. The dates and venues for these 4 days in Sussex and 4 days in Kent have yet to be finalised. However as a rough guide ...
Local Coach Development Workshops for all events:
Sussex
September - Physical Preparation
October 24 - Strength & Conditioning
November 28 - Plyometrics
Feb 6 - Biomechanics & Injury Prevention
All dates and venues to be confirmed
Kent
September - Physical Preparation
November - Screening & Biomechanics
December - Video Analysis - Making the most of Equipment, Software and Information
February – Water Based Conditioning
March – Preparing for Competition. Planning & Psychology
All dates and venues to be given shortly
Regional Endurance Workshops at St Mary’s College Twickenham
In addition to the above, there are a number of workshops being run specifically for Endurance Coaches. These will be organised by the Area Coach Mentor Neville Taylor and places will be limited. Please let me know as soon as possible if you would like to attend any of the workshops below and I will book you a place.
Workshops for Endurance Coaches
October 3 – Physiology, Training Zones for distance Runners by Dr Charles Pedlar. Strength & Conditioning – Building Robust Runners by Jon Goodwin
November 21 - Training session with Dave Sunderland National Coach Mentor. Stretching & Recovery Self Massage Techniques – Karen Watkins
Jan 23 – Biomechanics of Endurance Runners by Dr Neil Bezodis
Workshops for Road Running Coaches
October 9 - Planning for Road Running, by Neville Taylor, Martin McCarthy & Wendy Sly AND Nutrition for Endurance Runners, by Gill Horgan
Jan 22 - Planning for Marathon Running, by Neville Taylor AND Psychology for Marathon Coaches, by Dr Tim Holder
March 27 - Improving the Health and Wellbeing of Distance Runners, by Dr Courtney Kipps, Dr Charles Pedlar & Gill Horgan AND Injury Prevention for Distance Runners, by Rory Brown
Workshop for coaches of Younger Athletes
March 13 - Planning for younger athletes, by Craig Winrow & Mick Woods AND Enhancing Running Economy through S&C, by Jon Goodwin
As these workshops are regional, the limited places will no doubt fill up quite soon. Please let me know as soon as you can if you would like places on any of the workshops booked.
Additionally please let me know of any other requests which you have more locally run activities and please get in touch regarding any other aspect of your coach development.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards
Elspeth ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
