Assistant Coaches Course - Registration Open

An Assistant Coaches Course will be held on April 27th at Shoreline Leisure by Neil Taylor, the Regional Development Officer in our area . Please note that a minimum number of participants is required to make the course viable. If anyone in your club is interested in attending, please register using link provided here: Assistant Coaches Course - Shoreline, Greystones - Saturday, 27 April 2024 - Buy Tickets (eventmaster.ie) 

For further information, please contact Neil at [email protected].

​The aim of the assistant coach course is to give some basic skills to the beginner coach to help assist a more senior coach in the delivery of coaching sessions to young athletes. It is an introduction to coaching in three key event areas, Running (Sprints and Endurance), Jumping (Long Jump) and Throwing (Shot Pu......

Content

• group coaching skills and identifying ways to make coaching sessions fun
• Fun and functional warm ups and cool downs
• Safety in Athletics, including Child Welfare
• Rules of key events
• Communicating with young athletes and giving effective feedback.
• Basic Running skills
• Basic Long Jump Skills
• Basic Shot Putt skills

Duration: This is a course over 1 day (8 hours)
Entry Requirements: The Assistant Coach Course is open to all those 16 years or over.
Assessment/ Qualification: There is no exam.
Cost:  €70- Included in the price for this course is an Athletics Ireland Assistant Coach Manual.
An online booking system will be opened after Easter.