Suffolk Sport 2008 Coach Education Programme

New courses for 2008

Web Design For Your Club

Planning a web-site
Basic Web design principles
Common web page elements
Typography for the web
Working with images
Formatting your pages
Getting your customers to come back

Having a web-site is becoming a must for all organisations, societies and clubs as a way to communicate with members and attract new members. During the course you will learn to avoid common mistakes apply good design and navigation principles to your site.

ONLY 10 PLACES AVAILABLE

Wed 26 Feb, 1830 - 2130, Needham Market - cancelled due to be re-schedule

Including disabled People in PE and Sport (EFDS)

This highly-practical one day course is relevant to all coaches, teachers and others who work with disabled sportspeople. Consideration will be given to coaching in a number of settings, including curriculum time, after-school clubs and community sports clubs. The course will include sections on:

Coaching in different settings, i.e. after-school clubs and community sports centres
Sections on:warm-up and introductory activities
Modified activities, parallel activities, inlcuded activities and separate activities

Sun 2nd November, 0900 - 1630, Bury St Edmunds

How to be a Successful Committee

Exploring the role of chairperson
Recognition of the attributes of a good secretary
Identify some of the skills necessary tobe an effective club treasurer
Practical skills for producing annual accounts and budgets
Methods of assessing priorities
Considering what makes meetings work

This workship gives helpful advice for committee members and the smooth running f their clubs. How you as Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer can make a difference

Tues 10 June, 1830 - 2130, Bury St Edmunds

Sports Psychology

Looking at techniques
exercises to maintain control and optimise performance
How to gain the winning edge

A workshop to provide the fundamental tools of Sports Psychology for both athletes and coaches. Optimise your performance both in preparation and participation to gain that winning edge.

Wed 23 April, 1830 2130, Ipswich (Maidenhall Sports Centre)

Writing Successful Funding Applications

How to write a successful application for your club
Do's and don'ts when writing funding applications
Key tips for success when writing funding applications

This workshop will give yout he knowledge and confidence to write successful funding applications for your club. an interactive workshop with examples of good practice and practical tips to help you get the money your club needs.

Wed 19 March, 1800 - 2100, Kirkley High School, Lowestoft

Mon 8 Sept, 1800 - 2100, Newmarket Leisure Centre

Marketing Your Club

An understanding of what marketing is
How marketing can helpyou achieve your objecitves
The marketing process
Segmentation, targeting and positioning
What is an effective marketing campaign
What promotional activity to use
How to make the most of a limited or non-existent budget

This course is a practical, interactive workshop designed to give you the skills and confidence needed to successfully promote your organisation.

Tues 2 Sept, 1830 - 2130, Gt Cornard Sport Centre

How to Get Tax Break for Your Club (Running Sport)

This is a new course that we are running to make your club as efficient as it can be and to avoid paying any unnecessary money to the tax office.

Wed 21 May, 1830 - 2130, Ipswich (Maidenhall Sports Centre)

A Club For All (Running Sport)

How to make your club accessible to all
why it should be accessible to all

Find out how your club can benefit from welcoming all members of the community, including disabled people, those on low incomes, people from ethnic minorities and females.

Tues 4 March, 1830 - 2130, Bury St Edmunds, (King Edward VI School)

Mon 12 May, 1830 - 2130, Gainsborough sports Centre, Ipswich

Wed 29 Oct, 1830 - 2130, Kirkley High School, Lowestoft

A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches (scUK)

Learn how to support your coaches

Mentoring is a powerful tool int he education and development of sports coaches at all levels. this workshop will hep you as a mentor to focus on how learning occurs and supporting your coaches.

Tues 6 May, 1830 -2130, Ipswich (Whitton Sports Centre)

Equity in Your Coaching (scUK)

A required course for all Suffolk Sport profiled coaches, but open to all. This workshop shows how, as a coach, you can play an important role in ensuring that everyone has access to sport, regardless of gender, age, income, race, ability or faith.

Tues 18 March, 1830 -2130, Bury St Edmunds

Wed 4 June, 1830 - 2130, Madienhall Sports Centre, Ipswich

Mon 6 Oct, 1830 - 2130, Lowestoft

Safeguarding & Protecting Children(scUK)

A required course for all Suffolk Sport profiled coaches, but open to all. This workshop covers protecting yourself and the young people you work with by following good practice. Learn to recognise signs of abuse and what to do if you have concerns. This workshop was formerly known as Good Practice & Child Protection and existing qualification are still valid. Although ther is no expiry date on the certificates, we would encourage holders to re-attend every three years.

Wed 6 Feb, 1830 - 2130, Lowestoft (Kirkley)

Mon 3 Mar, 1830 - 2130, Woodbridge

Tues 15 April, 1830 - 2130, Gainsborough Sports Centre,Ipswich

Wed 7 May, 1830 - 2130, Gt Cornard Sports Centre

Thurs 5 June, 1830 - 2130, Mid Suffolk District Council Offices, Needham Market

Mon 15 Sept 1830 - 2130, Bury St Edmunds

Mon 13 October, 1830 - 2130, Ipswich

Wed 26 Nov, 1830 - 2130, Brandon Leisure Centre

How to Coach Disabled People in Sport (scUK)

A required course for all Suffolk Sport profiled coaches, but open to all. This workshop covers coaching people with a physical, sensory or learning disability, and shows you how to maximise everyones ability and involvement.

Sat 29 March, 0930 -1130, Northgate Sports Centre, Ipswich

Mon 24 June, 1830 - 2130, Leiston area

Wed 22 Oct, 1830 -2130, Needham Market

Fuelling Performance (scUK)

Advise on diet and promote health
Ensure adequate intake for optimum performance

Raise your own awareness of issues surrounding eating and drinking for sport, including eating disorders

Tues 5 Feb, 1830 - 1230, Mildenhall

Mon 1 Dec, 1830 -2130, Leiston Leisure Centre

An Introduction to Long Term Athlete Development (scUK)

Understand the key concepts of LTAD, and what it means to coaches and their sports.

This course is scheduled to run before an Introduction To The FUNdamentals of Movement to provide a whole day of training, although it can be attended individually.

Mon 9 June, 1830-2130, Forest Heath District Council Officers

Multi Skill Club Induction(scuk)

Combined Workshop of FUNdementals & Multi Skill in Practice
Explores the concepts of agility, balance and co-ordination and speed
Understanding the key concepts of LTAD abd what it means

This is a practical workshop

Sun 14 Sept, 0900 - 1630, Ipswich (Maidenhall Sports Centre)

First Aid in Sport (P&K Training Services)

This course covers all the requirements for the Appointed Persons qualification and looks at further scenarios more specifically found in the sporting environment.

Sun 17 Feb, 0900 - 1630, Ipswich (Maidenhall)

Sun 6 Apr, 0900 - 1630, Waterlane Sports Centre, Lowestoft

Saturday 10 May, 0900 - 1630, Stowuplands Sports Centre, Stowmarket

Sat 7 June, 0900 - 1630, Ipswich (Whitton Sports Centre)

Sun 7 Sept, 0900 - 1630, King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds

Sun 2 Nov, 0900 -1630, Needham Market Leisure Centre

Emergency Aid Course (P&K Training Services)

This workshop is a very basic first aid course. It will provide you with knowledge of how to assess an incident, and what to do next. They will demonstrate the latest resuscitation techniques and how to deal with sprains and strains.

Mon 8 May, 1830 - 2130, King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds

Mon 20 Oct, 1830 - 2130, Leiston Leisure Centre

Strength & Conditioning

Principles of strength and conditioning related to sports performance
Planning of strength and conditioning into training programme
Ensuring specificity into your strength and conditioning sessions

A practical, interactive workshop to improve your knowledge of strength and conditioning and how it is vital for your sport. Increase your understanding of the importance of advanced methods of S & C and its role in your performance.

Tues 1st April, 1830 - 2130, Hartismere High School, Eye

Mon 17 Nov, 1830 -2130, Copdock Cricket Club, Hadleigh

Injury Prevention and Management (FAST)

Practical advice on how to help you/your athletes avoid injuries
Examples of exercise to strenghten the body against injury
Examples of exercises to speed recovery from injury

This workshop will improve you and your athletes understanding of injury prevention and management of injurieis (includes effective exercises and sport specific examples). aninteractive workshop delivered by an experienced and highly respected professional.

Wed 25 June, 1830 -2130, Kirkley High School, Lowestoft

Tues 25 Nov, 1830 -2130, King Edward School, Bury St Edmunds

The 2008 Coach and Club Education Programme is available to download by clicking below.

Coach & Club Programme 2008.pdf

If you are unable to download or view the Coach and Club Education Programme for 2008, please email us at this address - suffolksport@waveney.gov.uk and we will send you a paper version. To enable us to do this please include your name and postal address.

Unfortunately we are unable to take bookings via email or the internet.

Each course/workshop listed in the programme has a short description about the content, if you would like more information, including the learning outcomes for each workshops please click here - Detailed Descriptions.