British Showjumping Coach, Fred Bergendorff selected for the Sport Coach UK’s Aspire programme
Friday 30 October 2015
A new cohort of coaches have announced for the Sport Coach UK’s Aspire programme, an initiative aimed at developing coaches working in the talent domain.
Aspire combines a face to face workshop programme with mentor support to provide an individual learning schedule for each participant. It was developed to broaden the understanding and influence the practice of coaches with potential to progress to a world class level.
Over an 18 month period the 19 coaches will have access to their own talent coach mentor, interactions within a community of practice, presentations from industry experts and experienced coaches and an online review of their coaching practice from their mentor and peers.
Tony Byrne, Chief Executive Officer of sports coach UK, said: “Developing coaches is important at all levels of sport, it is particularly important with those working in the talent pathway as it enables them to go on to nurture and develop young athletes with the potential of reaching the highest level and encourage them to stay in their sport.
“Good luck to the newly announced cohort of coaches, I wish them every success on their Aspire journey.”
Fred, who makes up a team of coaches across diferent sports selected for Cohort 4, will commence on the programme in December and attend the workshop based programme with mentor support until the summer of 2017.
Graham Taylor is the head of coaching at UK Sport, he said: “The success of UK athletes and teams would not be possible without the coaches who dedicate their time to developing performers.
“The Aspire programme is a core initiative for building a world-class workforce to support talented athletes and I look forward to seeing the results of the latest cohort of coaches.”
Further information on Aspire can be found on the sports coach UK website www.sportscoachuk.org.
The full list of coaches selected for cohort four of Aspire is as follows:
Fred Bergandorff (Equestrian)
John Armstrong (Rowing)
Laura Kerr (Athletics)
Colin Williamson (Rowing)
Iain Monaghan (Rugby Union )
John Campbell (Gymnastics)
Emily Perry (Netball)
Jane O’Donaghue (Tennis)
Paul Wellens (Rugby League)
Mark Driscoll (Boxing)
Steve Robinson (Golf)
Ludo Sotto (Fencing
Davoud Etminani (Taekwondo)
David Goodchild (Volleyball)
Nathan Stephens (Para Athletics)
Dale Frantzeskou (Swimming)
Elizabeth Lewis (Rowing)
Lee Davie (Basketball)
Nick Fowler (Canoeing)
Adrian Palmer (Athletics)
Andy Bullock (Triathlon)
About sports coach UK
sports coach UK’s vision is to put coaching at the heart of sport, driving the development of coaching at all levels.
sports coach UK specifically:
- Champions and drives policy and investment in sport
- Supports and challenges our Partners to improve their coaching systems
- Provides products and services to support our Partners and their coaches
- Provides research and shares good practice to benefit coaching
- Ensures we are an effective UK coaching agency through high quality leadership, good governance and a skilled team.
In England, we support the National Governing Bodies of sport and the County Sports Partnerships. In Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, we work with the three Home Country Sports Councils.
About UK Sport
UK Sport is the nation’s high-performance sports agency. Its mission is to work in partnership to lead sport in the UK to world class success. Primarily this means working with our partner sporting organisations to deliver medals at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. UK Sport’s strategic direction helped British sports and athletes deliver 65 Olympic and 120 Paralympic medals at London 2012 and 4 Olympic and 6 Paralympic medals at Sochi 2014. UK Sport also has responsibility for activities best delivered at a UK level, such as: bidding for and staging major sporting events in this country; increasing sporting activity and influence overseas; and promoting sporting conduct, ethics and diversity in society. UK Sport is funded by a mix of Government Exchequer and Lottery income. More @ www.uksport.gov.uk.
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