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Sport Leeds Seminar 2008 - 'Creating sporting pathways' with guest speaker Gabby Logan

Sport Leeds are hosting their 5th annual seminar on March 12th 2008 in the indoor bowls and athletics centre at the John Charles centre for sport. The seminar, which is entitled 'creating sporting pathways' is an ideal event for teachers and sport development professionals, volunteers, coaches and administrators involved with sport and active recreation. It is an excellent opportunity to meet up with others involved in sport, make contacts, share ideas and discuss the everyday challenges you face.

SportLeeds is proud to welcome Gabby Logan as the key note speaker for this year’s event. Fresh from her achievements on the popular show ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, Gabby will be providing an insight of her rise to fame as a Commonwealth standard gymnast, the impact that sport has and continues to have on her life and the importance of creating sporting pathways for today’s rising stars.

Those attending the event will also have the opportunity to choose from a choice of seven workshops including fully accredited Running Sports and a Sports Coach UK workshops. This years workshops will include:

'Creating sporting pathways' provides the perfect opportunity for everyone attending to gain contacts, gather useful ideas and to take tried and tested methods of good practice back to their school, club or place of work. The seminar costs £12 (£10 for leedscard holders and group bookings), with an additional £10 or £6 for two of the accredited workshops. A buffet and refreshments are included in the delegate fee, plus an opportunity to network with like-minded volunteers and professionals.

For a registration form please contact:

Ruth Hartley on 0113 2243329
or by email at:  ruth.hartley@leeds.gov.uk

Please note – workshop places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.


Further information about the workshops: 

Long Term Athlete Development –Sports Coach UK accredited workshop – Shanwaz Aijib
Everybody, whether a sport coach, teacher, parent or player has a responsibility in ensuring the long term athletic development of young athletes. In today’s society issues such as childhood obesity and the concern for national well being are emphasising the importance of regular sport and exercise among young performers.The LTAD approach is designed to help prepare players to reach elite development while focusing on the importance of having fun in sport.To make this research information more useful to coaches and athletes, a 6-stage plan has been developed to provide guidance as to what to focus on and when.
This workshop costs an additional £10 to cover resources.

 

Developing partnerships with clubs and schools – Running Sports accredited workshop – Nigel Harrison
Young people are the future of sport, and it is important that they are able to move from sport at school to a more adult environment that is of high quality, attractive to them, and that helps them progress in their chosen sport.This workshop focuses on the two key areas in making this transition, and has been tailored to meet the needs of both schools and sports organisations.
This workshop costs an additional £6 to cover the cost of resources.

 

Appliance of science to sport – Stewart Ross, University of Leeds and Malcolm Brown, Leeds Metropolitan University
The application of science to support the improvement of sporting performance used to be something that was only ever for the very elite in the sporting world. Times have changed and increasingly throughout all levels coaches and sports teams are looking for the edge.This workshop will provide an introduction to the application of sports science support, examples of how it has been used to enhance performance and also provide some useful tips from our university experts to take away and use in your own sporting setting.

 

How do we ensure a real local legacy from the London 2012 Games? Peter Smith
If the Sydney Olympics and the Manchester Commonwealth Games had a limited impact, what can we do to buck this trend? This workshop will provide an update on local planning for London 2012, give you the chance to share best practice and to influence the planning for Leeds in the lead up to 2012"

 

Get involved stay involved. – Leeds Rugby Foundation
Leeds Rugby Foundation is the registered charity of Leeds Rugby, Leeds Rhinos and Leeds Carnegie. During the last 12 months Leeds Rugby Foundation has been working with Education Leeds and Carr Manor High School on the Get Involved Stay Involved project.
The workshop aims to share examples of best practice and help groups, schools and local clubs with an interest in running activities designed to increase their numbers of volunteers. This workshop will include a practical element.

 

Achieving the school sport target– Charlie Pyatt, Brychan Jones, Shaun Mulhearn, Richard Chattoe and Trudi Hannaford
The governments ambition for 2012 is 2 hours PE in curriculum and 2 to 3 hours sport and physical activity beyond the curriculum. How can we work together to achieve and maintain this level of activity? This workshop will help you work towards this target and provide examples of current good practice.The workshop is aimed at the education sector and sports clubs keen to work with local schools. 

Marketing on a shoestring – Lucinda Walsh 
When it comes to marketing everyone has at lease one question that’s always the same ‘how can I make the most out of the money I have?’ More often than not they money you might have for marketing is limited and has to go a long way.This workshop will give you some ideas about how you can maximise the results you see from your investment, even if you’re doing it on a shoestring. Directed in the right areas you can make even the smallest amount of money work for you to increase participation, recruit volunteers or just get you noticed. 

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