SMART Coach Development workshops & CPD (Continuing Professional Development)

In addition to business leadership, management, sales and customer service training for business and commercial organisations, SMART Way Forward also works with a number of universities, sports colleges, schools, County Sports Partnerships (CSPs) and National Sports Governing Bodies (NGBs) around the UK delivering a series of bespoke Coach Development and CPD workshops to help sports coaches, students and graduates become even more effective within their sports management/coaching roles.

The duration for each workshop depends on the area being covered. However, most training workshops usually last either 2 hours (quarter day), 4 hours (half day) or 8 hours (full day) with an excellent balance or theory and practical tasks, along with review scenarios to help make the training relevant.

These workshops have proved to be very successful once delivered and implemented, especially with many football clubs, rugby clubs, athletics clubs, NGBs, CSPs, and universities around the UK. In each instance, performance increased instantaneously and generated consistent high results from a players, athletes, coaches, students and graduates!

Find out more about our CPD Coach Development programmes for sports coaches, physical education and leisure departments:

• Effective communication skills for coaches

• Effective personal management for coaches

• Effective presentation skills for coaches

• Observation and analysis when coaching

• Delivering constructive feedback

• Planning and prioritisation {no link}

• Monitoring and evaluation

• The basics of coaching effectively

• Training schedules, plans and periodisation

• The next steps for a career in sport

• Preparation and research for coaching

• The importance of coaching and volunteering in sport

• Making a lasting impression

• Gaining valuable experience

• How to sell yourself to prospective employers within the sports industry

• CPD – knowledge with regular theory and practice

SMART Way Forward were appointed by England Athletics, one of the leading sport's National Governing Bodies for coach development in the UK, to deliver a series of CPD coach development training workshops around Hertfordshire to develop the skills of athletics coaches specialising in endurance.

Working with the England Athletics Coaching Development Officer for Hertfordshire, SMART Way Forward delivered a series of 3 hours practical and theory based CPD workshops to hep coaches develop their skills. CPD training workshop were delivered from venues such as Lee Valley Athletics Centre in Edmonton, Wodson Sports and Leisure Centre in Ware, as well as Allianz Park, Barnet North London.

CPD training workshops delivered included:

• How to deliver engaging training sessions {no link}

• Observation and analysis in coaching

• Effective communication skills for sports coaches

• The importance of coaching and volunteering in sport

• Stretching, warming up and dynamic drills {no link}

• Training for performance endurance running {no link}