Richard Cheetham challenged coaches to encourage creativity in their delivery.

When we arrived at the University of Winchester we were really impressed with the venue. There were around 30 coaches in the room for the first of the afternoon’s speakers. The afternoon began with an illuminating talk on creativity in coaching from Richard Cheetham. He talked largely about the nature of coaches who he said, and we agree, are high on organisation but not necessarily high on freedom of expression. He also had people drawing watering cans and discussed his work with “proper genius” Danny Cipriani.

Unfortunately the RFU’s Nicks Scott was unable to attend so instead The Leisure Review’s own Mick Owen stepped into the fray and facilitated a fascinating discussion on governing body coach development processes. We will have to get in contact with Nick Scott for a final ruling on the question ‘du jour’, why do the RFU have a fifth coaching level for all areas of the game apart from children?

Using the last slide of Nick Scott’s presentation as a jumping off point Andy Heald of Premier Sport, the country’s leading provider of coaching for schools, gave a really interesting insight into their views on the kind of coaches they need and the huge amount of training they then put into developing these coaches before they come into contact with a child.

Coaches and coach managers take notes of new ideas and coaching tools

If Andy Heald challenged the coaching status quo then Oscar Mwaanga challenged everyone in the room to re-evaluate the extent to which sport and coaching affects change in society. Oscar explained his fascinating philosophy that sport should occupy a place alongside the church and the family as a key source of personal development. Sport he claimed gives people skills that go beyond being sport skills and become life skills.

Rounding up the evening, CJ Lee of Sport Hampshire & Isle of Wight thanked all the speakers and most importantly the coaches in attendance for their contribution and their contributions to the stimulating debate.

A full write-up of the Coaching Insight event is available in this month’s issue of The Leisure Review.  Keep an eye on the website, Facebook and blog for more CPD events coming up.

Mateusz pictured after his win at this year's CYP National Championships

Coaching Hampshire & IOW have been supporting the work at the Heart of Portsmouth Boxing Club for the last 12-months.  We’ve provided coach scholarships, employed seven trainee boxing coaches through the Future Jobs Fund and have used ‘Q’ Shillingford, the club’s effervescent and inspirational leader, to support leadership training across the county.

A few months ago we had the good fortune to interview a number of students from the Charter Academy, a secondary school based in the heart of Somers Town, Portsmouth, one of the most deprived areas of the city.  Nevertheless, since the school became an Academy under the leadership of school principle, Dame Sharon Hollows, staff and pupils at the school have made some great strides.  The school prides itself on investing in the needs of pupils and taking innovative approaches to delivering on that aim.  Amongst these innovations was to accept an invitation from Quinton ‘Q’ Shillingford to host an after school boxing activity.

“My initial response was ‘no way’, but Q can be very convincing, so we decided to give it a try.” said Dame Hollows.

Since then, the Heart of Portsmouth Boxers has supported hundreds of young people as well as developing a unique relationship with many parents who previously had been very suspicious of getting involved with the school.

Coaching Hampshire & IOW interviewed a number of teachers, pupils and parents at the school, to find out what impact the boxing activity and their coaches were having on them as people.  We were hardly surprised to find out that good coaching is not just about developing athletes, but also about promoting valuable life skills like inter-personal skills, confidence, goal setting and establishing a work-ethic.  On the whole students were physically stronger, had a more positive self-image and enjoyed making new friends.

One of these pupils was Mateusz Ziolkowski.  Mateusz has only been in the UK for a few short years, hailing from Poland.  He now talks confidently about how he used to dislike school when he first moved to the area.  He was bigger than most kids his age and his limited English made him very self-conscious.  However, some 3-years on, Mateusz has little problem communicating, as he explains,

“I remember back in Year 7 and Year 8 I didn’t attend school ..everyday, every week. Now I’m here everyday, so I guess [Boxing] has made me a bit more disciplined.”

Winning the Championship

And its this new found discipline that led to Mateusz clinching a national boxing title.  The 2011 Clubs for Young People (CYP) championship event was held in Harlow, Essex.  Seasoned young fighters from all over the country competed for the coveted title, but it was novice Mateusz that not only sealed the victory, but has caused a stir amongst selectors of future national squads.

The Heart of Portsmouth hero stunned the capacity crowd in Harlow in dramatic style with victory over West Leeds’ rising-star Dexter

Thomas and Ziolkowski go toe to toe

Thomas.  Ziolkowski’s success is made all the more incredible, coming in just his ninth amateur contest – and only two years after taking up the sport.  It was a stunning victory for the Charter Academy student, who also overcame a Welsh champion, along with a multi-national champion and European silver medallist, on his way to success.

The win was a nailbiter, with the contest ending 12-12 after three exciting rounds of action.  Shillingford believes Ziolkowski has stunned the boxing world, with his title coming so early in his amateur career.  The victory means that Ziolkowski may now be a serious 2016 Olympic Games.

Coach Shillingford explains:

“It’s an unbelievable story.  No-one can believe a kid can come in and do what Mateusz has done.  To win a national title after nine bouts is unheard of, and to do it the hard way by beating national champions and European medallists makes it even more incredible.

Now Mateusz [I believe] is on course for the 2016 Olympics.  He has to keep working and hopefully get some international experience to build towards becoming a senior.  Mateusz is the most dedicated boxer I’ve had the pleasure of working with, and I’ve had 15 national champions and 12 international boxers.

The Leader

Ziolkowski’s proved a beacon for the Boxing Awards programme piloted at HOP and Charter Academy, with the noble art helping him to grow in all aspects of his life.  When he’s not training before, during and after school, he helps out with the younger students, helping them to enjoy the sport and develop their skills.

Shillingford said:

“Mateusz didn’t want to go to school when he first came to the country. But getting involved in boxing has made him more confident and he has found new friends.  His character has come out and his education has rose as a result. He is now a head boy at his school and speaks English fluently.  Mateus is a success story for all the coaches who prepared him – his teachers, his club, school and Portsmouth.”

Mateusz explains:

“Its made me a lot more confident and I enjoy being a bit of a leader”

There’s little doubt that Mateusz will be a role model to many more young pupils at the school, but also to many other young people who see what he has achieved in such a short period.  It has not been without some considerable work, discipline and determination, but a success that the school, his parents, the coaches and Mateusz himself, will all cherish for a long time to come.

Watch our video case study on the Heart of Portsmouth Boxing Club and their phenomenal work.

Nevertheless, minority groups and groups that require special attention come in all shapes and sizes.  Vulnerable adults are another such group.  The deaf and disabled are another and children and young people are yet another.  All of these groups require special consideration in sport for one reason or another.

Unrepresented

BME people make up a significant number of local people, yet tend to be under-represented in a vast array of professions in our communities.  Back in August the Football Association (The FA) held a special event to recognise this phenomenon within it’s own ranks, giving particular focus to the lack of coaches and managers in both the amateur and professional game.  In spite of the achievements of coaches like Hope Powell (England Women’s Head Coach) and Noel Blake (Head Coach of the England under-19 men), BME coaches make up only 4.8% of UEFA B holding licences, whereas 20% of professional footballers are from BME backgrounds.

Hope Powell, England Women's Football Head Coach

On the positive side the FA are backing a campaign in partnership with Black and Asian Coaches’ Association, which is already making positive in-roads in the amateur ranks.  The FA has created a scholarship fund to help coaches from BME backgrounds to get into coaching and develop their skills.

At a recent launch of the film “COACH”, which aims to highlight both the challenges and opportunities within Football Coaching, FA Chairman David Bernstein said,

“We want football to be able to draw on coaches from the widest possible talent pool and I hope that the COACH film will inspire a new generation of BME coaches to follow in Noel and Hope’s footsteps.” 

In an article for www.kickitout.org, Hope explains,

Being young, female and black I knew I could be a positive role model for young people. I hope I can help some young black people in particular to believe in themselves and strive to be the best.

Sporting Equals, a national organisation committed to the promotion of ethnic diversity across sport and physical activity, are currently conducting research into the experiences of BME people who either want to coach or are already involved in coaching.  The study aims to better understand the opportunities, barriers and possible solutions to improving access into coaching.

To complete the coaches’ survey go to this link: Sporting Equals Coach Survey

To complete the participant survey, go to this link: Sporting Equals Participant Survey

The closing date for completion is 16th November 2011.

Child Centred Coaching

Last month saw the Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU) host its annual conference at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham.  The event marked the CPSU’s 10^th birthday and highlighted the progress made in safeguarding policy, and its impact on the experiences of young people across the industry.

Presentations were given by Sport England, The FA and the English Golf Union, demonstrating the immense amount of work that has been done to ensure that sport takes safeguarding seriously, embedding best practice throughout the policy terrain and on the ‘coal face’ of sport, at every level.  Brian Moore, former England RFU player, gave a harrowing account of “A Survivors Story” in which he detailed his own experience of abuse by the hand of an adult in a position of trust.  Brian’s story brought to life the necessity to ensure we continue to highlight the importance of best practice in sport and exercise a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to child abuse at every level.

Professor Anne Stafford, a lead researcher at the Centre for Learning in Child Protection, detailed findings from a recent research report on THE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN ORGANISED SPORT IN THE UK.  The findings were in part very encouraging, with the vast majority of children involved painting a very positive picture of their sport participation.  However, sitting alongside the considerable benefits were an alarming occurrence of more negative and harmful experiences.

The report highlighted that instances of sexual harm – the type of abuse that tends to raise the most concern within sport and amongst the masses – were statistically low at 3%.  However, 75% of children reported being victims of emotional harm, 29% were exposed to sexual harassment and 24% were victims of physical harm.  Whilst peers were the most common perpetrators of all reported cases, coaches were the second most common, sometimes failing to intervene or challenge behaviour effectively i.e. sexual harassment, teasing or bullying between players.  Equally alarming were the 10% of children who reported to having self-harmed, often as a consequence of feeling humiliated, bullied or suffering from poor body image.

Equally revealing was that whilst instances of harm occurred at every level, there was a significant tendency for instances to increase as the level of participation and competition increased.   The report findings were followed by a presentation by former professional basketballer, author and child psychologist, John Amechi, who spoke passionately about the coach’s role in reducing these instances.

Author, public speaker, coach and human rights activist, John Amechi

According to Amechi, who runs his own Basketball Centre in Manchester, coaches must coach with intent, ensuring sport provides people with a safe place to have fun, develop their talent and learn important social and behavioural skills and values necessary to take an active and positive role in modern society.  He was quick to criticise the apparent norms within some quarters of coaching that confuse physical harm and emotional abuse with elite coaching practices.  Amechi accused some coaches of being “anti-intellectual and emotionally illiterate”, explaining,

“when you see a coach shouting so loud at a player that he is spitting in his face, these are signs that this coach doesn’t know how to communicate, much less coach.”

Sport Hampshire & IOW will be running Safeguarding and Protecting Children II, during Coach Education Month (March 2012).  In this refresher session, you’ll consolidate and update everything you learned in the first workshop. You’ll have the opportunity to share best practice and learn from each other’s experiences to help you create a positive, child-centred sporting environment.

Disability Coaching

Clearly amongst some quarters there is a ‘fear factor’ when it comes to engaging with the deaf and disabled community in sport and physical activity.  However, help is at hand.

In September the University of Southampton hosted the Access to Disability Sport Conference, where speakers included Chris Holmes (Paralympian and current Head of Integration for the Olympic and Paralympic Organising Committee), Geoff Holt (the first paraplegic to cross the English Channel) and Peter Hull (3 time Gold medallist and Hampshire’s own Disability Sport Officer.

The event was aimed at highlighting the unique opportunities available to practitioners, coaches and participants in the run up to next year’s games.  There was also lots of discussion and working examples of ‘legacy’.

Its clear that winning medals will win the ‘hearts and minds’ of people in the UK, but as Chris Holmes explained ‘the UK will not be judged simply on how well the games are run or by the success of our athletes…[but] on the ability of the nation to maximise the legacy opportunity and access for all people wanting to engage in sport, once the Games are over’.

Sport Hampshire & IOW is just one local organisation that will be playing its part in raising awareness and providing real opportunities for coaches and sports volunteers to adapt and develop their skills.  During Coach Education Month (March 2012) CHIOW will deliver a number of disability awareness workshops designed for those who currently work or want to work with disability sports.

See interview with Kristina Veasey, who will be one of the speakers involved in next year’s 2012 Hampshire Coaching Conference and Women in Sport event.

For more information, please go to www.coachinghampshireiow.co.uk in the events section.

Young people wearing Sport Maker T-shirts at the launch event

More than 50 students and coaches from Universities and Colleges across Hampshire joined Sport Hampshire & IOW and England Basketball for the afternoon to launch Sport Makers a programme for everyone who’d like to make sport happen for their friends, neighbours or colleagues.

The students got the chance to find out how they can become a Sport Maker and get involved in IM Basketball at the same time. IM Basketball is a new initiative from England Basketball which allows anyone to set up informal games of basketball

Andrew "Drew" Sullivan, GB Men's Basketball Captain, talks to young people in Southampton about the benefits of giving something back and making sport happen as a Sport Maker

Great Britain’s Team Captain and Leicester Riders basketball player Andrew Sullivan attended the launch and gave an inspiring speech to the students,  explaining how  volunteers have made a difference for him in his career and how Sport Makers can make a difference to them and others. Andrew explains:

“A lot of people involved in the basketball team I played for when I was young were volunteers, parents, coaches all helping to develop the young players. Volunteers have been invaluable during the development of my career.”

“Sport Makers is a great idea, it gives people the chance to invest in themselves and keep up the interest of sport, stopping them from dropping out. Sport Makers gives people the chance to develop skills which can be translated into everyday life.”

Andrew also had a few wise words:

“It was different when I was younger, now there is a lot of talk about how expensive sport is but Sport Makers is saying there is a lot out there for you if you put the time in. It is ok to want help, but you have to be able to help yourself as well, Sport Makers is a prime opportunity of how they can help themselves.”

Hampshire Talented Athlete basketball player Sebastian Orlog also attended and was able to answer questions from the students about his journey so far.

The colleges and universities then had the opportunity to put all they had heard into practice and played a small sided basketball tournament run by England Basketball.

Sport Makers aims to inspire approx 1,456 people in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to get involved, with each of them spending at least 10 hours organising or leading sporting activities. It is open to anyone ages 16 and over.

Sport Makers is part of the Places People Play legacy programme that is bringing the magic of a home Olympic and Paralympic Games into communities across the country.

Every Sport Maker will be invited to an informal and interactive workshop where they’ll gain the skills and opportunities to get involved in sport in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Sport Makers will be introduced to organisations that need their help, and join forces with others who want to make sport happen locally. There’ll also be opportunities to meet top athletes and plenty of incentives to stay involved.

The launch event was run by Sport Hampshire & IOW (SHIOW), in partnership with the England Basketball. Sport Hampshire & IOW is the County Sport Partnership for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight that provides the strategic lead for sport in the area.  SHIOW is one of 49 partnerships in the country whose role it is to promote sport and physical activity for all.

Julie Amies, Sport Hampshire & IOW Partnership Director commented:

“We are very excited about Sport Makers, it is a fantastic opportunity for those over the age of 16 to get involved and make sport and physical activity happen within their local communities. We are looking forward to the challenge of inspiring potential volunteers and volunteer providers to bring the legacy of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to life within Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. ”

Watch interviews with Todd Cauthorn, Marketing Officer from England Basketball and Andrew Sullivan, talking about the value of Sport Makers to sport in England.

Whether you’re the coach who helps a child take their first step into the sporting arena; encourages a teenager or adult to try something new; help senior citizens to maintain a healthy lifestyle; or guide an athlete towards their place on the starting line – you play a vital role in both the mental and physical wellbeing of our nation.  Whilst not everyone can win an Olympic or Paralympic medal, coaches help people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to overcome personal challenges and achieve personal bests.

What is a Master Class?
The Mission Possible Master Class Series has been created to provide an innovative way of promoting broader development opportunities for coaches.  There’s a wide variety of workshops on offer, running throughout the year, from October 2011 until July 2012.  Sessions are aimed at a variety of coaches representing all levels and all disciplines.

Human rights activist and Paralympian, Kristina Veasey, will be one of the speakers at next year's Women in Sport event and the Hampshire Coaching Conference

Each session will draw upon one of the seven Olympic and Paralympic values and offer an opportunity for coaches to share ideas and discuss broader topics surrounding coaching.  The Master Class Series will provide an opportunity for you to learn from other industry professionals and encourage you to think more extensively about your coaching style, your coaching values and the content of, and science behind, your coaching sessions.

By incorporating the Olympic and Paralympic values in each Master Class, this is an opportunity for you to be part of an Olympic and Paralympic inspired programme – thus spreading a little more of the magic dust of the games and helping to use this once in a lifetime experience to have a lasting effect on everyone involved in sport and coaching.

The Programme
Work is going on daily to confirm every aspect of the programme, ensuring that candidates enjoy a first class experience that also delivers real value for money.  Below are some of the courses on offer.  To book any of the courses go to our website or contact Lucie Rawlins at lucie.rawlins@hants.gov.uk or 01962 846818.

October:
Title: Planning and Periodisation, sports coach UK
Description: By the end of this workshop, you’ll know how to assess the needs of different age groups and abilities and plan the most appropriate sports programmes for them.

You Will Learn How To:

• create the most effective plans
• set goals for performers
• monitor performers progress effectively

Date: 18th October
Venue: Queen Elizabeth II Court (East)
Cost: £25
Olympic/Paralympic theme: excellence

November:
Title: Coaching Insight Event (Right coach, right place, right time: the coach as an agent of change)
Description: An examination of the role of the coach as an agent of change at a variety of stages of development and across the social landscape.  This workshop is aimed at experienced coaches, coach managers, governing body officers and students with an interest in coaching and coaching development.

You Will Learn How To:

• Consider the role you play in promoting social values
• Consider and adapt your coaching style to maximise the learning potential of your athletes
• Highlight the skills, knowledge and characteristics required to develop peak rapport
• Understand the value of long term athlete development

Date: 23rd November
Venue: University of Winchester
Cost: £10 for those out of county/free to Hampshire Coaches registered in Coaching Hampshire & IOW
Olympic/Paralympic theme: excellence, inspiration, equality

Title: Coaching Digital Natives
Description: An introduction to how IT can enhance coaching practice, learning and reflection.  Lance will demonstrate how even a basic grasp of social networking and video analysis can improve our coaching interactions with players and athletes.

You Will Learn How To: -

• Unpick the confusing market place of social media tools and apps
• Understanding how IT can enhance your coaching and maximise learning
• Get hands on experience of using powerful video analysis tools

All delegates will receive a free subscription to http://www.siliconcoach.com which normally costs £25.
Date: 30th November, 6.30-9.30pm
Venue: tbc
Cost: £15 (maximum of 25 places)
Olympic/Paralympic theme: excellence, inspiration

February:
Title: Women in Sport
Description: A celebration of female participation in Sport and a focus for continued growth of female role models and leaders in sport.  This will be a launch event for a number of other satellite events on the same day involving other sports development groups, clubs and schools
Date: tbc, all day
Venue: tbc
Cost: free
Olympic/Paralympic theme: courage, inspiration, equality

March:
Title: Coach Education Month
Description: Building from last year’s inaugural coaching month, Coaching Hampshire & IOW will deliver a range of formal, informal and engaging coach development opportunities.  The programme will be aimed at coaches delivering to all participants, but this year will have particular focus on coaching the 16+ participant.

A menu of session options will include: -
Multi-Skills, Introduction to Fundamentals of Movement, Mentoring, Analysing Your Coaching, Coaching the Whole Child, Nutrition for growing kids, Strength & Conditioning, Functional Training for Adults, Coaching in School environments, Coaching Disabled Performers, First Aid in Sport, Safeguarding Children (1 & 2), Video Analysis, IT in Coaching, Business Essentials

Date: individual sessions dates to be confirmed
Venue: variety of venues across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
Cost: £15-£35 (depending on workshop)
Olympic/Paralympic theme: respect, excellence, friendship, determination, courage, inspiration, equality

May:
Title: Young Coaches’ Conference
Description: This will be the first county event of its kind involving a showcase of, and development for the coaches of the future.  This event is part education and part celebration, highlighting the valuable contribution of young people in sport.

Delegates will be invited from local schools and colleges and given a choice of development opportunities including behaviour management, becoming a role model, communication skills, learning styles and teaching styles.  They’ll also have a chance to share their experiences as volunteers and Sport Makers, highlighting the wide range of roles that our young people undertake within school, college and community sport.
Date: 18th May 2012
Venue: Southampton Solent University
Cost: free
Olympic/Paralympic theme: respect, excellence, friendship, determination, courage, inspiration, equality

Title: Hampshire Coaches’ Conference: From Playground to Podium
Description: Building on the success of last year’s inaugural event, the conference is a chance for coaches in a variety of sports and at a variety of levels to examine the skills, resources and networks required to deliver on the legacy following the 2012 games.  Key note speakers will include former elite athletes and coaches from former Olympic and Paralympic games.  All sessions will be aimed at providing a new tools and resources to help coaches harness the excitement of this once in a lifetime event, by inspiring coaches to reflect on their practice and the impact this has on widening participation, redefining excellence, and maximising our human potential.

The event also acts as a showcase for sports coaching, sports development and sport science students in their final year from Southampton Solent University.  This unique collaboration allows students to demonstrate their expertise to the coaching community, sports professionals, and future employers, whilst widening their knowledge of sports coaching and development.
Date: 19th May 2012, all day
Venue: Southampton Solent University
Cost: £35
Olympic/Paralympic theme: respect, excellence, friendship, determination, courage, inspiration, equality

Early next week the RFU will follow up on the brochure and CD Rom sent in July with every secondary school in the country. This will be a reminder to school management teams that along with the high profile of RWC 2011, there are tools, resources and programmes to help engage students in school and their learning through rugby union.

The schools pages have all been revamped and updated and are well worth a look at (. Please direct schools and teachers to the website as much as possible and any feedback from you or your schools would be hugely welcome.

For more information on the resource, click here.

Article By Ivan Torpey, Clubs and Schools Officer, RFU (Hampshire & IOW)

sports coach UK has produced a ‘Quick Guide on the Employment Status of Coaches’ in consultation with HMRC.

• It is not a matter of choice
• A coach can be both employed and self employed at the same time
• Status is determined by the facts relating to the terms and conditions of the relationship (i.e. what happens in practice not what it says in the contract)

Coaching Insight seminars

Sport and leisure magazine The Leisure Review is continuing its commitment to the coaching profession by extending its popular programme of Coaching Insight seminars to Hampshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire as well as continuing to work with established partners Sport Nottinghamshire, Greater Sport and Sport Cheshire.

Established in 2007 and aimed at practitioners across the sport, leisure and culture spectrum, The Leisure Review has always covered developments in the coaching sphere and began delivering their three-hour Coaching Insights, which give coaches who work at Level 2 or above an opportunity to get out of their sport or work silos, network with peers and listen to experts in the field, as part of the legacy of the 2009 Hockey Champions Trophy in Nottingham. So successful was the inaugural seminar that demand has led to the launch of this year’s autumn series with seminars being run in partnership with a total of seven county sports partnerships and three of England’s leading sports universities.

CJ Lee, the Coaching Development Manager with Sport Hampshire and Isle of Wight, explained why he had jumped at the chance to bring the programme to the south coast:

“One of the challenges of my role is providing valid CPD opportunities for developed coaches and the Coaching Insight programme does just that. The Leisure Review consistently provides thoughtful and challenging articles on the current issues in coaching and the Insight seminar will allow our coaches to continue this debate and really get to grips with the issue of the changing demands on them in the current climate.”

With each local partner selecting a theme for their Coaching Insight session, the programme will see coaches debating a range of topics, including the challenge of delivering differently in a range of social contexts, the best way to nurture talent, the coach’s role in the change process, the nature of inspiration and what can be learned from coaches of elite performers. The Leisure Review’s coaching correspondent Mick Owen was delighted to be launching the new series:

“The success of The Leisure Review Coaching Insight programme highlights the value which developed coaches put on input and ideas from other coaches and other sports. That so many coaches are prepared to commit their time and resources to access these seminars is a testament to the quality of the events and the latent demand for professional development opportunities.”

Winchester Update:  23rd November, 12.30pm, University of Winchester

The University of Winchester will play to host to the first session on the South Coast.  The session will begin with structured networking lunch, where coaches and system builders will have an opportunity to meet and talk shop on a range of topics.  The seminar will start promptly at 1.30pm, where our invited speakers will introduce a series of topics including the coach as an agent of change, coaching, teaching and learning styles, and coaching talented and elite performers.  The session will finish promptly at 4.30pm.

Cost:
Hampshire & IOW coaches & coach developers – £10 booking fee, which will be fully refunded on attendance

Non-Hampshire & IOW coaches & coach developers – £10

Payment Method: Cheques to be made payable to ‘Hampshire County Council’

Car parking: Limited spaces will be available on campus on a first come, first serve basis.  Any over spill with be directed to the Winchester’s Park n Ride venues, located around the city.

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Full details of The Leisure Review Coaching Insight autumn series are available at http://www.theleisurereview.co.uk/events/events.html

Mick Owen can be contacted at mickowen@theleisurereview.co.uk and on 07944 605508

Local contacts:

Warrington, 6th October: Sport Cheshire’s CDM Rob Burchell rob.burchell@sportcheshire.org or Greatersport’s CDM Sarah Fullick SarahF@greatersport.co.uk

Leighton Buzzard, 9th October: team Beds & Luton’s CDM Laura Swanston Laura@teambedsandluton.co.uk

Nottingham, 19th October: Sport Nottinghamshire’s Director Simon Starr simon.starr@ntu.ac.uk

Winchester, 23rd November: SHIOW’s CDM CJ Lee CJ.Lee@hants.gov.uk  

Hatfield, 1st December: Herts Sports Partnership’s CDM Rob Hardwick R.D.Hardwick@herts.ac.uk

SkillsActive’s senior manager for Apprenticeships and entry to the workforce Sue Hook says: “We are confident these high quality frameworks will offer more streamlined pathways to gain a career and progress in the active leisure sector and meet the demands of our employers in all our subsectors.”

Due to the specification, the naming of the apprenticeship programmes have changed from level 2 to intermediate level and from level 3 to advanced level. The following new frameworks are now available for delivery:

Intermediate Level:
• Playwork
• Spectator Safety
• Leisure Operations
• Instructing Exercise and Fitness
• Activity Leadership (pathways for outdoors, fitness and coaching)

Advanced Level:
• Advanced Playwork
• Advanced Spectator Safety
• Leisure Management
• Advanced Fitness
• Sports Development
• Outdoor Programmes

The intermediate level and advanced level coaching frameworks are still in development. We are waiting for the competence qualifications to be accredited and hope to have the new framework ready for delivery in September 2011. A number of NGBs such as LTA and ASA are already using apprenticeships across their sport; even more (eg RFL, County FAs, ECB) exploring the potential impact apprentices could make in delivering their Grow and Sustain strategies.

For more information on the new frameworks see www.skillsactive.com/sase-frameworks

Recently appointed CEO Martin Gallagher says the industry needs a formal set of regulations and minimum benchmark standards so children and young adults have the best possible coaches and trainers available to them.

“Through collective direction, we can enhance the standard of delivery and work with major projects to ensure quality assurance and delivery.”

“The COMPASS Association is setting out these standards by working with technical coaches in the membership and key partners in Government, Education, afPE, SkillsActive and sports coach UK to ensure that we are providing the very best available resources and information for members. Through collective direction, we can enhance the standard of delivery and work with major projects to ensure quality assurance and delivery”.

More than 100 providers have expressed interest in becoming members of COMPASS following a series of meetings across England. A Technical Advisory Panel, including SkillsActive, is now looking at the skills needed to deliver physical activity and sport across a series of environments to progress the Qualification Technical Framework Model.

If you would like more information about COMPASS please email Martin Gallagher at martin@compassassociation.org.uk