03 Nov 2014
?Doha, 3 November 2014. The “Youth Athletics Coaching Congress”, an event hosted by Aspire Academy and the Qatar Athletics Federation, will bring together a large panel of internationally recognized coaching and sport science speakers on November 9 to 10.
“We are all gathering at Aspire Academy in the spirit of cooperation to learn from one another about the subtle intricacies of developing youth athletes,” says Chris Earle, Director of Sport at Aspire Academy. “In partnership with the Qatar Athletics Federation, we are proud to host this conference that includes an outstanding panel of internationally respected coach educators from around the world.”
Among the invited speakers are prominent names such as Paddy Upton, a World Champion cricket coach, who is going to give the keynote speech, John Godina, a four-times World Champion in shot put and CEO of the “World Athletics Centre” or Kevin Tyler, the former Head of Coaching at UK Athletics. “I’m very excited to come and present at the world-leading Aspire Academy in Doha. Coach education is an important step for all of us coaches. When you can learn a few things to incorporate within your own coaching practice, your athletes immediately benefit,” says Tyler.
Furthermore Qatar Middle Distance Coach Jama Aden, who has coached multiple world record holders as well as World and Olympic Champions is going to be part of the congress. “I’d like to thank Aspire Academy for giving me the opportunity to share my coaching experiences at this conference,” says Coach Aden, who will be speaking about the organization of training for teenage distance runners as well as endurance technique. “I’m looking forward to spending time over the two days with my coaching colleagues and to discuss the newest methods of training athletes.”
In addition, many sport scientists from Qatar and abroad will be speaking to the audience of over 200 people, that will include many athletics clubs and Qatar Athletics Federation coaches, who will be officially welcomed by Dahlan Al-Hamad, President of the Qatar Athletics Federation, and Ivan Bravo, Director General of Aspire Academy, on the first day of the conference.
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