York St John and North Yorkshire Sport to host coaching seminar
York St John University has joined forces with North
Yorkshire Sport to bring a Coaching Insights seminar to York on 6
December, where coaches and would-be coaches will get the chance to
hear from, interrogate and network with four leading coaching
minds.
The partnership between York St John and North
Yorkshire Sport will enable future local sports stars receive the
best possible grounding by ensuring that their coaches are exposed
to the latest ideas in sports coaching. The aim of the seminar is
to get coaches out of their sport and work comfort zones, hear new
ideas and debate them with their counterparts. The seminar has been
arranged by national sporting publication The Leisure Review.
Peter Taylor, Coach Development Manager at
North Yorkshire Sport, explained:
“All too often sports coaches work so hard on
their primary role, improving the performance of the people they
coach, that they forget their own development. The Coaching Insight
programme aims to inform, entertain and challenge our coaches and
encourage them to take ideas back to their coaching contexts.”
Sarah Hawley, YSJActive Development Officer at
York St John University, added:
“At the University we have a commitment to the
development of the region’s coaches, both as part of our taught
programmes and in the community. The Leisure Review is one of the
leading publications writing about coaching in the UK and their
Coaching Insight seminars have helped develop coaches across the
country. We are excited to host a seminar here in York.”
Professor Andy Smith, an expert in exercise
and sports science at York St John University will form part of the
panel of speakers on 6 December. He will look at what the
future holds for sport and its coaches and consider what skills and
behaviours they will need to develop as society changes. Other
speakers include Rob Brierley, who works for the Scottish Rugby
Union developing and mentoring aspiring internationals, Lindsy Gray
from Doncaster based social enterprise ‘Active Fusion’ who use
activities like parkour and dodgeball to engage young people who
are turned off by traditional sports, and Helen Whitrod Brown who
will explain how a national supermarket chain is transforming its
business using coaching techniques on a day-to-day basis.
The seminar takes place on Tuesday 6 December
from 7.00pm-9.30pm in De Grey Court lecture theatre at York St John
University. The event is free and open to coaches or those with an
interest in sport. For more information and to book please visit
http://bit.ly/NYORKCI You
will need to register on the North Yorkshire Sport website if you
are not already a member.
If you have any questions about the event or
need assistance to book, please contact Sarah Hawley at York St
John University on T: 01904 876300 or E: ysjactive@yorksj.ac.uk
For further
press information please contact Amy Hall, PR &
Communications Officer on T: 01904 876466 or E:
a.hall@yorksj.ac.uk
