Spectrum Striders Running Club
Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire
Coaching
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Please note that this page is up-to-date on 24-Sep-2008. For up-to-date information on Spectrum Striders coaching and club coaches, please contact any committee member.
We have several club members who have trained and qualified as coaches at various levels. The levels are as defined by UK Athletics, the sport's governing body.
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UKA Level 3 |
Julian Spencer |
| UKA Level 2 |
Karon Forster |
| UKA Level 1 |
Nicola de Jong Carol Stynes Mike Houghton Stuart Andrew |
| Currently training for Level 1 |
Ian Bamber Steve Pickford |
| Other Coaches | Brian Burnett (significant coaching experience) |
Tuesday night sessions are currently split into 3 groups based on speed (roughly based on 10K times: sub 42 mins, 42-50 mins, more than 50 mins). Each is led by one of the coaches, with others to assist or stand in as required. The sections below refer to these groups.
| Lead Coaches: |
Carol Stynes Julian Spencer |
| Deputies: |
Karon Forster |
| Lead Coaches: |
Janet Redpath David Redpath |
| Deputies: |
| Lead Coach: |
Geoff Wilson Donna Carroll |
| Deputies: |
Linda Owen |
| Lead Coach: | Linda Owen |
| Deputies: |
This group is from April to July each year, with the Spring Training Initiative. The group then merges with the Improvers group later in the year.
A new coaching framework was produced in 2004 by the then Club Coaching Co-ordinator Tony McCarthy. A summary of the document follows. For the complete document (in Microsoft Word .DOC format), please click here. For further information, please contact Tony.
I have been asked by Julian Spencer to undertake the role of club coaching coordinator. This has been discussed at club committee meetings and notionally there is support for me to do this. This proposal outlines my ideas on how I would carry out this role.
Recently there has been an increased activity in coaching within the club, both from existing coaches and new coaches. We have also seen a number of members, with varying abilities, achieve improved results through specific coaching outside the traditional coaching regime. We now have an excellent opportunity to capitalise on this situation and integrate it into a more collective and structured coaching process directed at individual performance improvement for all club members based on their needs.
The 4 key objectives of this process are:
1. To introduce a coaching process framework that will deliver continual and consistent performance improvement to club members based on their needs
2. To use coaching to increase an individual’s level of performance from current levels identified through annual goal setting.
3. To establish individual personal development plans for members so they can plan their progress and have support and commitment to their longer term development.
4. To focus on annual goals for club team events and provide prioritised specific coaching.
This page was last updated on 06/10/08