IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR COACHES FROM PAT SPRATT GDA

• Oct 09,2015

Coach Education 2015/16

Award 1 Courses 2015

 (Evening sessions 7pm – 10pm / Saturday Sessions 9am – 2:30pm)

To book email Shanesupple@gmail.com. Course costs €50.

• Further courses will be run in North Cork in 2015/2016.

• Award 1 courses are being run at regional level in 2015/16.

• If a club wants to host an Award 1 course and has a max of 12 participants please contact Shane Supple. The remaining places on the course are being kept for outside coaches.

Foundation Courses for Clubs

• If your club wishes to complete a Foundation Coaching Course between Ooctober– March  you have to book your course with Shane Supple (shanesupple@gmail.com) at least 4 weeks in advance

• Your club has to have a minimum of 12 participants to run a course

• The cost of a Foundation Course for a club is €250 for up to 20 participants

• If your club will have more than 20 participants the cost will be €450 as two tutors are required

• All payments for courses are to be paid in advance of course beggining

• Please let Shane Supple know the number of participants you believe you club will have for your course when you are booking

• Bookings are to be made by email

• The Foundation Coaching Course is 9 hours for a Hurling and Football Course and 7.5 hours for a single code

• The course can be done in the following formats: all on a Saturday OR 3hrs on a Friday night and 6hrs on the Saturday OR over 3 weeknights either in the same week or spread out over 2 or 3 weeks

• When you are booking please give details of which format you would like and what date you would like

• Dates will be allocated on a first come first served basis so we cannot guarantee the date you are looking for

  Facilities for a Foundation Course

• To run a Foundation Course in your club you will need the following facilities

• Clubs need a hall minimum 2 badminton courts in size (preferably bigger)

• Clubs need a meeting room capable of holding the number of people who will be doing the course

  Individual Bookings
  If your club does not have 12 participants to run your own course we can still accommodate you

• Individuals can email me Shane Supple their names and include the following details - Name, Club, Mobile Number and Email Address

• Club secretaries can also email me the Names, Club, Mobile Numbers and Email Addresses of members of their club who wish to do a Foundation Course

• The cost for an individual is €20

• Payment by individuals is to be made at the course they attend

• If payment is not secured participants cannot complete the course and will not receive certification

• After individuals names are submitted they will be contacted by me as to what club course they can attend

• We will endeavour to place individuals on club courses convenient to them

• If there are no club courses suitable and if numbers suffice a course will be organised for these individuals at a convenient location

  Coaching Workshops

  In the past we have run a number of coaching workshops with top intercounty coaches at the end of calender year. It has being decided that this year we will run these courses in Jan/February so that coaches can take what they learned out onto the field with them in 2016 when coaching there teams.