Coach Development and Education Program

Triathlon Ireland are starting an initiative to develop coaches who will then offer their services to clubs. The primary focus of this is to identify people in clubs who are interested in training to be a coach, have an apptitude for coaching, are willing to put time back into their clubs, and are willing to learn.

The ideal people would have the following skills and attributes:

 i) good communication and people skills;
 ii) a keen interest in Triathlon (but not necessarily a lot of 
 experience);
 iii) some experience of training and competing at triathlon - please 
 note that you don't have to be a strong athlete i.e. good athletes don't 
 always make good coaches;
 iv) be willing to contribute time back to their club and the wider 
 triathlon community e.g. someone who is a personal trainer who wants to train 
 as a coach so that they can offer private coaching is unlikely to be suitable for this program.

We are holding a 'New to Triathlon' training morning on the 26 January in the Pheonix Park. In
conjunction with this we're looking for around 8 potential trainee coaches from the Dublin area to participate in the morning.

There are also other opportunities around the country at other training events for 
further coach development e.g.  we have a women's training weekend in Nenagh on February 9 and 10. We hope to hold a coach development day on the 8 February for coaches helping with the weekend.

We invite clubs to put forward individuals (up to four), for consideration for this program. At least one of these should be female. Please email coaching@triathlonireland.com with contact details and a short paragraph written by each person on themselves and what they feel they'd be able to contribute as a coach. Please would you also indicate if they'd be interested in coming along for the morning of the 26 January to assist with the 'New to Triathlon' session. We encourage clubs to ask around their club and advertise on club websites for suitable individuals.

Kind regards

Jag Gunawardana

President, Triathlon Ireland

January 22, 2008 11:15

David