Getting the Basics Right–Coaching Workshop

Date: Friday 15^th September 2006

Venue: Finn Valley A.C., Stranorlar, Co Donegal

Cost: €40.00

Time: 5.30pm to 10.30pm

Jim Kilty, the coach of Derval O Rourke the World Indoor Champion & European Outdoor Sliver Medalist is to present a series of workshops nationwide.

The workshops are aimed at those club coaches and teachers of young athletes and sports people in schools. Emphasising the development of fundamental skills with drills and fast footwork exercises the course will enhance the development of all students and improve basic skill learning patterns.

Jim had had recent success with Derval but has also coached numerous Olympians and Irish record holders. He is the former Director of Coaching for Athletics Ireland and is a Director of SAQ Ireland, a company which offers coach education packages to NGSs. This is a unique opportunity to learn some of the methods used with young by one of the Worlds top coaches. The workshop will focus on the following areas:

• Warm-up

• Movement Development Techniques

• Innervation Training

Full details if required can be obtained by contacting Patsy Mc Gonagle at patsymcgonagle@hotmail.com or calling 087 222 6112 / 074 91 32053 (Finn Valley Centre). Or check out www.saqireland.net

Getting the Basics Right – Jim Kilty

Target Audience

The course has been designed to help the needs of the club coaches and teachers of young athletes and sports people in schools. Emphasising the development of fundamental skills with drills and fast footwork exercises the course will enhance the development of all students and improve basic skill learning patterns.

Course Objectives

• Introduction of the fundamentals of movement

• A practical introduction to motor skill enhancing drills and exercises

• Demonstration of exercises and drills which will promote and enhance movement, dexterity, quickness and agility

Warm–Up

• The modern theory of warm-up for all events

• The 5 Step approach

• Dynamic stretching compared to static stretching

• Motor skill enhancement thro’ warm up activities

Movement Techniques

• Understanding the importance of motor skill learning

• Developing motor skills neglected in normal teaching/training

• Bridging the gap between motor skill learning and movement

• SAQ emphasises teaching / coaching the neuron muscular system

• By developing and honing the neurological firing patterns, the brain and the body learn to work together more efficiently

Innervation Training

• How to activate the neuromuscular system

• Emphasising teaching / coaching the neuromuscular system

• Starting is taught to be automatic

• With outgoing fast feet drills, the neuromuscular system is reprogrammed and restrictive mental blocks and thresholds are removed

The Result