Institute delivers cutting edge support to 32 coaches from 13 sports through the Pursuit of Excellence Programme
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The Institute of Sport is delighted announce details surrounding their 2012 ‘Pursuit of Excellence Programme’. The programme offers a diverse array of supports to high performance coaches who represent Ireland at world level competitions. The support offered to coaches includes individual grant aid to support sport specific learning, access to an experienced mentor and the opportunity to attend cutting edge training events. In November 2011, the Institute created two new coach support programmes. This change was informed through a comprehensive review of the 2011 programme which indicated the need to redesign the current coach support offering. The Institute responded to this feedback by setting up two new coach training and development programmes. |
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The Horizon Programme – Provides formal based training and development support to 20 coaches who perform at a junior/developmental level. The Horizon programme starts on November 29th with a 2 day training event in the Garda Training College. The programme offers coaches 4 1 day training seminars over a 14 month period. The following coaches have applied and successful taken up a place on the 2012 Horizon Programme:
Lynne Algar – Triathlon
Sean Casey – Rowing
Thomas Chaix – Sailing
Sally Corscadden – Eventing
Jamie Costin – Athletics
Kenneth Egan – Boxing
Keith Gough – Judo
Edmund Patrick Green – Rowing
Derek Holland – Rowing
Richard Malone – Hockey
Elena Maslova – Triathlon
Billy McClean – Boxing
Teresa McDaid – Athletics
Frank O’Leary – Cycling
William O’Neill – Badminton
Fran Ronan – Swimming
Graham Shaw – Hockey
Brian Sweeney – Swimming
Stephen Teeling Lynch – Triathlon
Alan Turner – Swimming
The Podium Programme – Provides informal based training and development support to 12 coaches who operate at a senior world class level. The Podium programme provides coaches with an individual grant in order to access key individualized performance supports. Typically this may involve shadowing a top coach, recruiting a world class mentor or attending an international conference. In addition to the individual grant support, the programme also provides coaches with 2 ‘games related’ training events. These events will take place on June 22nd – 23rd and October 18th – 19th. The following coaches have applied and successful taken up a place on the 2012 Podium Programme:
Billy Walsh, Boxing
Pete Taylor, Boxing
Zauri Antia, Boxing
Rory Fitzpatrick, Sailing
Ross Killian, Sailing
Pat Furlong, Paralympic Athletics
Brian Nugent, Paralympic Cycling
James Lafferty, Paralympic Swimming
Daniel McGee, Badminton
Ciaran Ward, Judo
Paul Donovan, Swimming
Ronald Claes, Swimming
'We are excited about the change that we have made to our Pursuit of Excellence programme offering. We have looked at best practice and surveyed our coaching community in order to create the evidence for change. I believe that the 32 coaches who have signed up for the programme represent an exciting talent pool and we look forward to supporting this community over the coming months , stated Gary Keegan, Director of the Institute of Sport.
As part of the 2012 Pursuit of Excellence Programme, the Institute is delighted to announce an exciting training collaboration with An Garda Siochana. This collaboration will involve the use of expert professionals and high quality training facilities in the Garda Training College in Templemore, Co. Tipperary.
In addition to the above training events, the Institute will be convening an expert steering group in order to develop a training and development strategy for high performance coaching. This expert steering group will be compromised of training professionals from the world of business, sport and the public sector.
'The Pursuit of Excellence Programme has undergone an exciting change which will ensure that we are providing the right type of support to coaches in our community. The collaboration with An Garda Siochana is a significant catalyst in allowing us to take the programme to a new level whereby training is designed and applied to the realities of high performance coaching' stated Daragh Sheridan, Manager, Pursuit of Excellence Programme.