Might be of interest to coaches:
Next Saturday March 5th Portmarnock Community School are holding a fitness coaching course for coaches who work with juvenile, teenage or adult teams.
The course is entitled Movement for Speed for Sport and is one of the well-renowned SAQ Courses delivered by Jim Kilty – the fitness trainer who trained the Dublin Ladies when they won their only All-Ireland in 2010 and Wexford to win the their first Camogie All-Ireland in 34 years in 2007.
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Over 20,000 coaches since 2001 from all over Ireland have found this course to be exciting and thought-provoking.
The course is organised by Michael McNeive, Director of Adult Educaiton from Portmarnock Community School
The course goes from 9.30am – 3:30pm and costs €50.
Please send an email to adultedpcs@gmail.com to reserve a place. You can then pay on the morning of the course.
Here is a link with more info,
Click to access SAQCourse5thMarch.pdf
Or a quick breakdown of the content is below:
The course will consist of 3 talks and 3 practical workshops
Talk 1 – Fitness for sports
Workshop 1 – Dynamic Warm-up which can be used to prepare teams for training as well as developing motor skills
Talk 2 – the importance of coaching good movement skills to young players
Workshop 2 – Mechanics of Movement drills and exercises
Talk 3 – the importance of activating the nervous system to develop speed and agility
Workshop 3 – fast feet drills and exercises to promote speed development
Talk 4 – summing up and presentation of course manuals and course certificates to all participants
Kind regards and please feel free to forward this email to other coaches in the club.
Many thanks
Michael McNeive
Director of Adult Education
Portmarnock Community School
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