21 Oct 2015
Doha, 21 October 2015. The second edition of the Aspire Academy “Youth Athletics Coaching Congress”, organised in cooperation with the Qatar Athletic Federation (QAF) and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), drew to close on Tuesday. A number of elite athletics coaches from local and international clubs and federations took part in the congress alongside Aspire Academy coaches.
During the event, speakers and attendees took part in a number of discussions around innovative ideas and recommendations related to the development of athletics. This was in addition to a number of presentations around specialised technical scientific information and methodologies related to athletics training. The congress included a number of technical and practical breakout sessions covering topics including physical capability, nutrition and training theories for sports including sprinting, hurdling, endurance, jumping and throwing. These were designed to provide coaches with new tools to help strengthen athletes’ performance. Furthermore, the congress highlighted the latest thinking and best practice on methods for developing athletes’ talent and presented recommendations on how to help young people to achieve optimum performance and get the most from their training regimes.
Commenting on the success of the congress, Mr. Ivan Bravo, Director General of Aspire Academy, said: “The Youth Athletics Coaching Congress is the ideal platform for coaches and those involved in athletics to hear a range of recommendations, ideas and suggestions from local and international athletics experts. The event fits perfectly with Aspire Academy’s role and mission in supporting and developing future generations of sporting champions.” Mr. Bravo added: “We look at sport not only as a practice, but also as a science. Such events and the discussion that follows them help to enrich the knowledge of coaches. Given coaches’ roles as the foundation for building future sports champions, this of course directly benefits the athletes themselves.”