2006 Coaching Report Presented to the 2007 Annual General Meeting

2006 has been a period of continued and significant development for the generic coaching program within the British Roller Sports Federation, this has justified the inclusion of Skate Smart at level two, the level one, Community Sports Leaders Award (CLSA) 'bolt on' and teachers certificate courses as the correct vehicles for grassroots development of the sport within schools, colleges, leisure centres and other non specialist roller skating settings.

These are proving to be the main recruiting grounds for mass participation and the growth of roller skating (a requirement of all funding bodies for any significant financial input) and the growth of individual skating disciplines which can only happen in any meaningful way if a stable base is provided at grass roots level from which the individual disciplines can develop.

To read the full report on our website click here
 

Wednesday, 3 January 2007

SOUTHPORT

Southport YMCA Level One, Practical Coaching Course Saturday & Sunday, 24th & 25 February 2007

Southport YMCA In partnership with
British Roller Sports Federation and
Sports Leaders UK, Community Sport Leaders Award

Are offering a Level One, Practical Coaching module for those coaches who are using
"Accreditation for Prior Learning" (APL) as a path to obtaining
Sports Coach qualifications recognised by Sports Leaders UK.

This Level One, Practical Coaching module is being offered at Southport YMCA Sports Hall (map)
on Saturday & Sunday, 24th & 25 February 2007
starting at 09.00 and finishing about 16.30 on both days.

The above Community Sport Leader Award, Level One, Practical Coaching module in Roller Sports is a "Bolt-On" to the Community Sport Leader Award, which can be obtained from Southport YMCA or from a number of other organisations, such as Community Sport Leader UK.

If the learner already holds a Community Sport Leader UK, Level Two Award in some other sport, or holds Sports Coach UK Coaching Essentials, then the above bolt-on module can be added to the existing awards in respect of both quad roller and inline roller skate coaching.

For more information about this event and to obtain an application form contact
Jill Rothwell at Southport YMCA on 01704 538317
or email Jill.r@southportymca.org

To connect to the Southport YMCA website click here

For those readers that are new to the Sports Coaching environment, it should be explained that basic sports coaching qualifications (level one) are generic to all sports and are delivered by a number of core sports organisations, such as the British Roller Sports Federation, the Football Association, British Gymnastics and other sports National Governing Bodies. Level One Sports Coach training is also available from a number of sport delivery organisations, such as local council's, the YMCA and Sport Leaders UK.

The development of roller skating at Southport YMCA was made possible by Sport England as part of the Active England Project

ARTISTIC SKATERS SUMMER TRAINING CAMP Ipswich, Suffolk Thursday 10th & Friday 11th August 2006

The British Roller Sports Federation
Coaching Committee

Is pleased to announce a two day Summer Camp on Thursday 10th & Friday 11th August 2006
to be held at the Pipers Vale Gymnastic Centre & the Gainsborough Sports Centre
on Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich (click here for map)

The aim of the camp is to provide an extended non-competitive event that will enable both skaters and coaches to learn new and to extend existing skills at selected skill levels, while providing an opportunity to develop friendships, respect and camaraderie between skaters and coaches within the artistic skating community.

The camp will assemble on Wednesday evening 9th August, so that participants can arrive, settle in and get to know one another. The camp will finish on Friday evening when parents can pick up their children to take them home.

Coaching will be available for both figures and free skating. We will also cover dry work in some depth and can also include sessions on strengthening, flexibility, line and form, diet etc.

To read more about this two day artistic roller skating training camp click here
 

2005 Coaching Report Presented to the 2006 Annual General Meeting

2005 saw significant developments within the coaching initiatives of the BRSF.

There has been a full implementation of the generic level two coach’s course which has led to the qualification of a total of 22 coaches so far. This number includes coaches that were involved in the pilot project run in 2004 but had only completed the practical units of the qualification. They subsequently completed the Sports Coach UK theory modules we ran in 2005 and so gained full qualification.

We also saw the introduction of the Local Authority Certificate of Competence, designed to enable the delivering of safe skating activities by local authority staff. The development of this qualification was specifically requested by local authority Health and Safety Offices after the BRSF was asked to provide a presentation on skating safety in June to 31 local authority Health and Safety officers by Zurich Municipal, the main insurer for local authorities in the UK.

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