Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
Whatever you’re coaching level or role, keeping up to date with best practice and continuously developing your skills is really important!
The sport of badminton is constantly evolving making CPD necessary just to keep up with developments in coaching and the sport. Because people learn in very different ways, CPD can take all sorts of formats, such as short CPD workshops and conferences, working with other coaches and mentors, as well as self-directed learning using resources available such as the internet, books, other sports etc. Although most coaches already engage in some form of CPD without really recognising it as such, Ulster Badminton are committed to provide more formal opportunities for our coaches. As an organisation we want to get to the stage where we only use the coaches who invest in their own development on our programs.
S & C Workshop for Ulster Age-group Coaches
A small change for Ulster Age-group squads this season will be the use of warm-ups as part of the Squad sessions. A workshop for Ulster Age-Group coaches will take place on the 19th October from 6-8pm at the National Badminton Centre.
The session will be led by Sian Williams who has been supporting the Leinster coaches in this area.
Further Information
There are numerous CPD opportunities available to coaches ranging from First Aid Courses to Fundamentals of Movement Workshops. You may wish to view both the sports coach UK and Coaching Ireland websites to view the generic Coaching Workshops they have on offer. Or contact your local Sports Development Officer to see what is on offer from your Council’s Sports Development Unit locally.
Please keep an eye out on this page for upcoming opportunities!
