Andy Stewart

Here's another thought on coach education. Five years from now - if you're a University offering #coach education degrees or a sport delivering coaching courses, what will be in your actual course?? 1. I don't need periodization - AI can write my programs. 2. I don't need workout design, session design, training session design - I can buy these on line, download them for free or AI can do it. 3. I don't need biomechanics - there are apps which can analyze technique and tell me how to fix it. 4. I don't need sports nutrition - there are apps where athletes can write up their eating diary and the app will give them a better diet plan. So what's left? 1. Building relationships, creating connections, inspiring athletes. 2. Building relationships, creating connections and working with parents / carers. 3. How to build and create learning and coaching environments where participants learn fast, learn effectively and improve quickly. 4. Skill development. 5. Mind / emotional management skills. 6. Personal wellbeing / welfare / holistic approach to sports training and performance. If you're running a #coacheducation program at any level, I'd be taking a long, hard look at what you're including in your syllabus and make some serious plans for significant change.

@Marianne_D1 @_UKCoaching @etelligentcoach @Martin_Dighton Questions from LL when considering can 'Coaching actually be assessed effectively?' - What should we be assessing? - What can be assessed? - How do we assess? - Who should be assessing coaches? - Has the assessment in CE progressed and improved over the last 5 yrs?

Excited for this morning’s Learning Lab! Where has coach education been and where is it going? Dr Alex Twitchen will be our guest exploring the topic with us. @_UKCoaching @etelligentcoach @Martin_Dighton

On my recent journey's around Europe, a CEO of a national sporting organization asked me "how can we grow our participation numbers?" I replied, "Invest in your #coaches". "Why?", she said. "Because ultimately, your sport IS your #coaches. Coaches and #coaching are the connection - the relationship builders - the deliverers of the experience of your sport. No matter what your strategic plan says or what your marketing plan might be, in the end, your sport is delivered day to day by your coaches. Invest in them - and your sport's success is assured".

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@sportsscipod any thoughts on this claim goal.com/en-gb/lists/ex…

Back with a long over due 'Spaces' chat. Starting at 8pm GMT Sunday 19th November Main topic will be focused on 'skill acquisition with beginners' but will cover some general questions too. Send me a 'DM' or comment below with any questions you'd like us to try cover @markstkhlm

I am super excited about tomorrows Learning Lab. We will be exploring 'effective and ethical practice' in coach education with our guest @thecathbishop Do you work in coach education and are not signed up yet to Learning Lab? You can still sign up here - ukcoaching.org/courses/webina…

Do you think you could design something better than your existing Coach Ed system? This is your opportunity to decide what to include Why not send your ideas to your Association or NGB, what reply would you get? badmintonandy.com/design-your-ow…

Has Coach Education given you the coaching skills you need? Those every day, in-session skills that help you make decisions. Or has it just provided information that is good to know but not explained how, when and why to apply it? badmintonandy.com/is-your-coach-…

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@badmintonandy It’s on Apple as well podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tri…

Martin Dighton is a senior coach developer UK Coaching and in this episode of the TRIP podcast he shares his journey and his views regarding effective coach development Check out the episode here spotify.link/kqbenJxvMDb

If you work in Coach Learning, Development and Assessment this is for you. 7 sessions with expert speakers, followed by a sensemaking session. All designed to get you thinking. It's free so sign up now ukcoaching.org/courses/webina…

His confession really but my Dad, who always avoided work if he could, would wait until the weather forecast a heavy shower and the squirt washing up liquid on the roof of his car - thus achieving a free effortless car wash

The Fast Track L1+L2 Course is back again! Read more here 👉 tinyurl.com/ywevt5er #RSL #welivebadminton #badminton

During a Coach education course, the organisers sprung a surprise, they wanted a written, marked exam for the coaches To check their understanding they said I did something I’d never done before – I asked the coaches to set their own exam questions badmintonandy.com/ask-coaches-to…

@Mr_Tennis_Coach Is losing representativeness always something to be avoided?

@Mr_Tennis_Coach Are you concerned that people will reduce complexity, and create an impoverished environment to the point where an isolated practice emerges? Something that is helpful at times with novice players who have limited ability to attune to a complex game situation.

Designing tasks that allow athletes to explore new opportunities without over-constraining and losing representativeness can be a big challenge. One nice way of putting this into practice is by thinking of reduce without impoverishing. So we reduce the complexity but we don’t impoverish the environment by removing the specifying information.

Developing the Badminton overhead forehand is a critical task, especially with young beginner players What do you see when players try to discover their ‘best’ overhead technique? I sat down with some friends and we came up with these 5 challenges badmintonandy.com/introducing-de…

Dr Alex Lascu joins the Learning Lab tomorrow So far this season we have explored 🛑 where coach education is currently ❓ what coach education might look like in 10 yrs 🧭 In this Learning Lab we will explore how we might start to navigate that journey ukcoaching.org/courses/webina…