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Participation, Recreation and Inclusion through Martial Arts Education (PRIME) – Workshop II: 9-10 September 2017, Oxford
The second workshop of the Participation, Recreation and Inclusion through Martial Arts Education (PRIME) project, took place in Oxford on 9-10 September 2017. Ladislav Petrovic and Sergio Lara-Bercial represented the ICCE (a partner in this Erasmus+ funded project) and led a session on Coaching Frameworks, with an emphasis on the European Sport Coaching Framework. PRIME seeks to develop a high-quality coaching framework to support the promotion of healthy martial arts participation...
1st iCoachKids Conference – For the Kids and With the Kids
The first Conference of the iCoachKids project will take place on 3rd November 2017 in Budapest, Hungary. The event will aim to gather feedback from stakeholders informing the development of a European Coaching Children Curriculum. The ICCE and Leeds Beckett University's Sergio Lara-Bercial, project leader for iCoachKids, said of the event: ‘We are very excited about the 1st iCK Conference in Budapest. This is our first chance to share with the wider coaching children community all that...
All you ever wanted to know about coaching children, but were too afraid to ask…
iCoachKids: All you ever wanted to know about coaching children, but were too afraid to ask… iCoachKids has published the eagerly awaited Coaching Children Literature Review. The review is a central piece of iCK. It aims to provide the necessary evidence to aid the development of a European Coaching Children Curriculum (ECCC) to guide those developing training opportunities for coaches of children and young people in the European Union and beyond. The review has also provided the foundations...
Whistle Project Meeting and National Conference, Limassol, Cyprus – September 2017
ICCE Secretary General Ladislav Petrovic gave a presentation at the Whistle project meeting and national conference in Limassol, Cyprus, on 28-29 September 2017 entitled "Sport Coaching and Whistleblowing".
iCoachKids Goes East
Project iCoachKids are delighted to announce a new cooperation agreement with the National Youth Sport Institute (NYSI) of Singapore to drive the quality of youth sport experiences in the South-East Asian country. The NYSI thus becomes the latest project supporter to be added to a growing list of organisations aiding the development and dissemination of youth coach education resources linked to the Erasmus+ project led by Leeds Beckett University (LBU) and the International Council for...
iCoachKids Makes Waves at the European Sport Summit in Denmark
The Erasmus+ co-funded project led by Leeds Beckett University and the ICCE developing FREE educational resources for youth coaches was presented in the Danish coastal city of Aarhus, European Capital of Culture 2017, during the activities of the European Sport Summit 2017. The Summit was jointly organised by ENSE (European Network of Sport Education), the ICCE, and the European Athlete as Student Network and brought together stakeholders from over 20 EU countries to discuss issues of talent...
Driven Benevolence – Leadership lessons from Olympic Serial Winning Coaches
Expert coach, and the ICCE's own Sergio Lara-Bercial interviewed seventeen of the worlds top gold medal winning coaches to find out their secrets. A free webinar will take place on 18th October to reveal the results. To find out more, and to register, please click here. Coaching athletes and teams to Olympic gold once is a huge achievement. Being successful consistently over 20 or 30 years is the perogative of a very small and select group of coaches. So, what does it take to win...
Whistle represented at ENSE Board Meeting and ENSE Forum, Aarhus, Denmark, September 2017
ICCE Secretary General Ladislav Petrovic gave an overview of the Whistle project and its objectives at the ENSE Board Meeting on 13-14 September in Aarhus, Denmark. He also presented work of the Whistle project during the ENSE Forum at which a group of 240 participants from over 24 countries took part, delivering a total of over 20 presentations relating to sport education. Whistle flyers were also distributed.
Whistle represented at ICCE Global Coach Conference, Liverpool, UK, July/Aug 2017
WHISTLE project team member Mr. Loukovitis also gave a presentation at which he addressed the need of preventing and fighting, harmful irregularities in sport through whistleblowing and highlighted the role of education by presenting the WHISTLE Project at the ICCE European Projects in Cooperation with the European Commission Session at the 11th ICCE Global Coach Conference in Liverpool, UK, 31 July-2 August. ICCE Secretary General Ladislav Petrovic, also represented the Whistle project, and...
Leeds Beckett and ICCE Research Influences Developments at the Highest Level of European Policy.
Photo Credit: Estonia Ministry of Culture Research conducted by Leeds Beckett and ICCE researchers Sergio Lara-Bercial, Dr Julian North, Dr A.J. Rankin-Wright and Dr Ladislav Petrovic was showcased at the inaugural Sport Conference of the Estonian Presidency of the European Council focused on ‘The Role of Coaches in Society’ which took place in Tallinn from 12-14th July. Estonia, a country renown for producing great sporting talent from a very small pool (1.5M inhabitants) is holding the...