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INTRODUCING: Our official travel partners

Posted Friday, 9 May 2014

INTRODUCING: Our official travel partners As official Travel Partners of Independent Coach Education and key sponsors of our events we have been working closely with Edwin Doran Sports Tours for over thirty years. Edwin Doran Sports Tours was launched in 1974 as one of the first operators of its kind,...

Primary Physical Education and Sport Premium ‘One Stop Shop’ ‘Evidencing Impact and Accountability’

Posted Friday, 2 May 2014

Primary Physical Education and Sport Premium ‘One Stop Shop’ ‘Evidencing Impact and Accountability’ Please find a link below to a complimentary website resource from the Association for Physical Education & CfBT . From September 2013, schools have to identify and share how they spend their, ring-fenced funding. Ofsted has strengthened...

Protect Your Child’s Playtime: It’s More Important than Homework, Lessons, and Organised Sports

Posted Friday, 2 May 2014

If you want your child to grow up to be confident, co-operative, intelligent, creative, and successful, protect his playtime from all the encroachments of life in a fast-paced, ambitious, technologically wired world. Playtime is one of the most cost-effective investments a parent can make in a child’s education. It requires...

A Constraint-Led Approach to Coaching Cricket

Posted Friday, 2 May 2014

The content in this post formed the basis of an article and presentation for the Cricket Australia Sport Science and Medicine Conference in 2010. Authors were Ian Renshaw (QUT) and Darren Holder (Brisbane Grammar School) Traditional approaches to coaching cricket: Traditional approaches to skill development in cricket have been based...

Physically Active Kids Perform Better Academically

Posted Friday, 2 May 2014

For children, it’s important to begin a regular routine of healthy exercise as early as possible to help them perform at their best. However, such activity is a means of improving more than just the body through building muscle strength and endurance. In fact, many studies are now showing that...

The Sports Coach as an Educator: Re-conceptualising Sports Coaching

Posted Friday, 2 May 2014

The Sports Coach as Educator edited by Robyn S. Jones The central tenet of this collection of academic writings is that sports coaches need to see themselves more like teachers and educators. It provides academic examples of the pedagogy behind sports coaching. If you are happy to stick with the...