The cohort will now come together for a total of four seminars – starting 7 October – to develop their skills, behaviours and knowledge to thrive and flourish within the high-performance environment.
At these seminars, the coaches will specifically engage in facilitated peer coaching, including ‘buddying up’ with coaches from other sports and larger group work. These elements will enable them to share practice, reflect on experiences, develop a greater understanding of their issues and challenges, and identify strategies and tactics to overcome them. This will also enable them to deepen their network, consider other sports’ coaching practices, and further develop their awareness of others’ modus operandi.
Several learning paths have also been incorporated into this year’s schedule, drawing on best practice and learning from previous iterations of the programme. Additionally, it has been lengthened to 14 months so that coaches can gain first-hand experience of high-performance coaching.