England Athletics Flying Coach Programme – sponsored by Sweatshop
The flying coach scheme is being delivered across England to benefit clubs, coaches and athletes of a variety of abilities, across all disciplines.Under the scheme, top coaches visit local clubs to work directly with club coaches and assist with the development of their athletes, to help develop coaching expertise in a particular technical event in a practical environment.
Flying coach visits typically take place over a number of weeks to ensure that coaches maximise the development opportunities from them.Where appropriate, clubs are encouraged to work together to host the sessions.
Who are the Flying Coaches?
A range of coaches have been identified on the basis of their experience and expertise in technical events.Coaches that are interested in becoming ‘Flying Coaches’ should contact Elspeth Turner, Club and Coach Support Officer to register their interest.
Sport England and specialist retailer Sweatshop have agreed to support the project financially until 2011.This means that the Flying Coach programme can be offered at no cost to clubs.Coaches working on the programme will be paid and provided with kit by England Athletics.
Requesting a flying Coach visit
To request a flying coach visit to your club, please complete and return the Flying Coach Visit Request Form to Elspeth Turner.Your application will then be assessed and if successful you will be allocated a coach to deliver the session to your coaches.Please read the FAQ document before completing your form.
While it is expected that the focus of the majority of flying coaches visits will be the technical development of coaches, clubs are encouraged to address other areas of coach development using the Flying Coach scheme, such as:
Strength and Conditioning
Fundamental Movement Skills
Planning and Periodisation
Communication Skills
Sport Psychology
Elspeth Turner - Club and Coach Support Officer, England Athletics
Supporting the England Athletics Flying Coach Programme
When you buy any product from Sweatshop and quote your England Athletics competition license you get 10% discount (on full priced products) and also support the Flying Coach scheme as 2% of the value of your purchase is given to the Flying Coach scheme by Sweatshop.
