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Scottish Cycling CPD for Coaches
Introduction
Continued Professional Development or CPD opportunities come from many different sources, opportunities we become aware of will be published to these pages.
Whilst our core coaching courses will form the basis of your coach education you should seek to enhance your knowledge by attending regular seminars, conferences and any training opportunities that you feel are relevant to your coaching.
Coaching Network
Many local authorities now run regular coaching conferences which offer a good chance to network at a local level and also offer the chance to learn from and share best practice with coaches from other sports. Please contact your local authority for further details.
Sportscotland and Sports Coach UK Workshops
Sportscotland in conjunction with Sports Coach UK also run a nationwide coach Development Workshop Programme details of courses can be found here.
For further information on the resource bank on Sports Coach UK see here.
SC Coaching And Volunteering Conference
Scottish Cycling holds an annual Coaching and Volunteering conference where we offer the chance for you to take part in a variety of workshops or attend coaching development sessions. Conference details will be published on our website when dates are confirmed.
Outside of this conference Scottish Cycling can not presently offer any financial assistance with the costs of your CPD although you may be able to apply to your local council or coaching development fund for a grant towards your CPD.
CPD Documents and Downloads
The following downloads have been produced to assist coaches with various aspects of their continued professional development.
Coach LED Racing (.pdf 120KB) - A guide on how to run sessions based around racing whilst maintaining a safe coaching environment.
Coaching female riders(.pdf 127KB)
The role of a track coach on race day(.pdf 113KB)
Improving core stability(.pdf 115KB)
Coaching CPD Diary (.pdf 48KB) Please feel free to use this form to record actions taken to improve your personal development. This may include: courses attended, magazines read or conversations with other coaches. A record of your CPD training may prove useful when applying for jobs or when demonstrating your competancy.
Coaching Matters
Professional development for performance coaches
Sportscotland in partnership with Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence – the University of Stirling – have launched a programme which supports the development of performance coaches in Scotland.
The programme consists of a number of workshops held throughout the year for performance coaches to attend to help them develop their effectiveness and keep up to date with coaching issues. In its first year, Coaching Matters has delivered 16 workshops for 120 coaches and the learnings from each workshop are being seen throughout the coaching network.
Explore the Coaching Matters pages for more information or contact Bob Wyllie or Sheena Carroll on 0141 534 6500 .
To register for a workshop and for log in details please contact Sarah Dixon at the University of Stirling on sarah.dixon@stir.ac.uk
Anti Doping
Information about anti doping can be researched from the following sites, information is presented clearly and some of the interactive tools may be used as CPD for coaches and other officials.
http://www.ukad.org.uk - The UK anti doping authority with information for athletes, coaches and officials
http://www.wada-ama.org - WADA the World Anti Doping Agency site contains many informative and interactive ways to learn about anti doping, including:
http://www.wada-ama.org/en/Education-Awareness/Tools/Coach/CoachTrue--Elite/ The World Anti Doping Agency's interactive tool for those responsible for elite athletes
http://www.wada-ama.org/en/Education-Awareness/Tools/Coach/CoachTrue--Recreational/ The World Anti Doping Agency's interactive tool for participation level sport and coaching.
