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Potentially great high jump workshops

  • 22-10-2009 10:29pm
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    thirtyfoot
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    http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=10295

    This looks like it'll be a cracker and kudos to Jacqui Freyne and the development people for putting this on. There may be many bad things in AAI but there also some great things been done. Fair play.


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    helpisontheway
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    Tingle wrote: »
    http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=10295

    This looks like it'll be a cracker and kudos to Jacqui Freyne and the development people for putting this on. There may be many bad things in AAI but there also some great things been done. Fair play.
    Yes alot of development workshops happening at the right time of year with some excellent coaches.Unfortunatly the ones im interested in always seem to be in Dublin but i may[have to] be able to pull off this one as i really need to brush up on my coaching knowledge for high jump and triple jump.:o


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    Woddle
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    helpisontheway wrote: »
    Yes alot of development workshops happening at the right time of year with some excellent coaches.Unfortunatly the ones im interested in always seem to be in Dublin but i may[have to] be able to pull off this one as i really need to brush up on my coaching knowledge for high jump and triple jump.:o

    and all the ones I'm interested in are in munster :D


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    RoyMcC
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    Good to see. Must try to get up for that. I hope it is well supported. The throws clinics early this year had athletes in droves but hardly a coach in sight other than those conducting the sessions.


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    thirtyfoot
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    RoyMcC wrote: »
    Good to see. Must try to get up for that. I hope it is well supported. The throws clinics early this year had athletes in droves but hardly a coach in sight other than those conducting the sessions.

    Thats a good point. I don't think we have enough coaches. I'd love to do a survey of Irish athletes aged 18+ and see whether they have a coach who coaches them properly as in giving them a full weeks/months/years training to complete. I'd say an awful lot of post-juvenile athletes have no real coach and just faff from one day to the next, training with the odd group here and there etc etc. May be a reason for drop out. Anyway, off topic there.


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    RoyMcC
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    There are too few coaches who really want to grow with their athletes beyond their juvenile years. It does take much further study and perhaps mentoring by an experienced, senior coach to progress one's coaching career so that one can give value to older athletes.

    Lucky are those who get the opportunity to work with top coaches. So these development days are like gold nuggets.


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    IrishTrackFan
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    RoyMcC wrote: »
    There are too few coaches who really want to grow with their athletes beyond their juvenile years. It does take much further study and perhaps mentoring by an experienced, senior coach to progress one's coaching career so that one can give value to older athletes.

    Lucky are those who get the opportunity to work with top coaches. So these development days are like gold nuggets.


    The one area which is most neglected in AAI is the structural one of putting nationwide coaching systems in place. We should have a national grid of coaches across events and age/ability groups available in a consistent way across the country, culminating in the regional HP centres and finally a national HP centre. It was part of the AAI Technical Plan developed ion 2005 but the Coaching Committees since then dont seem to have done anything about it.
    So while these 'once-offs' are fantastic they are no substitute for a proper system.


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    Kiptanui
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    IrishTrackFan wrote: »
    The one area which is most neglected in AAI is the structural one of putting nationwide coaching systems in place. We should have a national grid of coaches across events and age/ability groups available in a consistent way across the country, culminating in the regional HP centres and finally a national HP centre. It was part of the AAI Technical Plan developed ion 2005 but the Coaching Committees since then dont seem to have done anything about it.
    So while these 'once-offs' are fantastic they are no substitute for a proper system.

    That would be great in an ideal world. However, in many events the depth of knowledge is not there. A national grid of coaches is years away in events like the shot and discus. Noble idea but impractical for now.vOne off days and level 1 and Level 2 courses (of whch there have been several) area good starting point. These coaches need to develop practical experience and be willing tomake the effort to develop as coaches.

    I agree with Tingle that many people drift along after their juvenile days.That is something that must change to retain people in the sport. Some onus is on the association but some is also on the individual athlete to address this.


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