Why I do not consider myself to be a “children’s coach”. And what I hope to be doing in 2021.
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The (blogging) year in review — the year of pedagogy
A very strange year. Lots of free time (too much free time) spent online. Not all frivolous — I did commit to finding out more about online teaching, and was struck by the emphasis that educators (those delivering the online courses I took, at least) placed on how people learn. Which highlighted for me just …
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Attrition in junior membership numbers — can we encourage “drop-ins”?
Really interesting from Professor Catherine Woods of University of Limerick in her presentation “Youth Sport Dropout: Prevention is Better than Cure” at the iCoachKids (virtual) Conference on 2nd December 2020. Professor Woods’ main focus was on ways of keeping junior players engaged with sport as they get a little older (see below for a link …
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