
The UK's high performance sports agency
20 November 2008
The first graduates of Elite Coach
UK Sport has identified coaching as a key element of the high performance system in the UK. Coaching, alongside other key performance support services such as Sports Medicine and Sports Science, Performance Lifestyle and Research and Innovation, plays a crucial role in ensuring the ongoing success of British athletes.
The UK Sport coaching team seeks to ensure the delivery of quality coaching to athletes on UK Sport's World Class Performance Pathway, a system devised to identify, develop and refine talented British athletes.
To achieve this the UK Sport World Class Coaching Strategy must deliver targeted and innovative programmes specific to the needs of world class coaches.
The UK Sport World Class Coaching Strategy is currently delivered via the following 3 key elements:
Since its inception in 2001, the World Class Coaching Conference has been established as an annual event and a must for coaches in all high performance sports. The conference provides a multidisciplinary coaching forum for the best coaches in the UK to meet, debate and share best practice. The aim is to equip coaches with the skills and knowledge to make sustainable changes to an athletes training programme.
The best national and international speakers are sought to present the most up to date and cutting edge information to over 350 coaches working with British athletes. Each conference has a common theme that runs throughout all workshops and presentations over the four day programme. See below for information on past World Class Coaching Conferences.
World Class Coaching Conference 2007
The World Class Coaching Conference is held in November each year. The 2008 Conference will be held at The Belfry from 10-13 November.
Launched after the Athens Olympics in 2004, 'Elite Coach' is a three-year accelerated coach development programme in which up to 10 coaches per year are selected to participate. Elite Coach is a targeted, focused and fully supported programme for the very best coaches who demonstrate the talent, dedication and determination to succeed and produce outstanding performances.
The driving principles of Elite Coach are:
To find out more about Elite Coach click here.
The Winning Coaches Programme consists of three key elements:
The Workshop Programme:
Coaching Team Programme:
Podium Coaches Programme:
Themes covered via the above programmes include managing relationships, neuro-linguistic programming, time management, team start up, decision making and compelling communication.
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