Any club coaches interested in attending this event in UL please let Coaching CoOrdinator David O'Connor know and the club will cover costs.

Details here: https://www.ickinternationalconference.com/presenters

“Child Centred Coaching”

University of Limerick June 14th and 15th 2019

Hosted By Sport Ireland Coaching

The event will be the 3rd conference of this 36-month project co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission.

Under the overall theme of ‘Child Centred Coaching’, an international line-up of renowned youth sport experts will deliver keynotes, workshops and practical sessions over the two-day event. Keynotes include:

• Prof Dan Gould, Director of Youth Sports Institute, Michigan State University, USA

• Prof Marie Murphy, Professor of Exercise and Health, Dean of Postgraduate Research and Director of the Ulster Doctoral College, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland

• Prof Nicolette Schipper – van Veldhoven, Professor of Sport Pedagogy, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

• Prof Catherine Woods, Chair in Physical Activity and Health, University of Limerick, Ireland

• Kris van der Haegen, Director of Coach Education, Royal Belgian Soccer Association, Belgium

• Dr Sergio Lara-Bercial, Leeds Beckett University and the International Council for Coaching Excellence, Leeds becket University, UK

The delegates will have an opportunity to attend eight keynote sessions and select from multiple workshops addressing issues including creating effective children’s coaches, keeping children involved, child centred coaching, session planning, physical literacy, ethics in children’s sport, holistic coaching, the pedagogical and motivational sport climate, and the role of parents in sport.