The Sports Path Newsletter
Number 40
   April 2016
Offer finishes at the end of June !
EXCLUSIVE 'EARLY BIRD ' 50% DISCOUNT FOR SPORTS PATH NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBERS to The International Coaching and E- Learning Conference and Exhibition 

The Largest global gathering of professionals working in Player Development and Coach Education in 2016 
 
 As part of the International Sports Convention, in Geneva, Switzerland on December 7th and 8th 2016, I am organizing a two day Conference on 'Football Development and E- Learning' Brochure details here
 As a subscriber to the Sports Path Newsletter I would like to invite you to take advantage of the exclusive promotion to this event - details here
You can see from the list of speakers here that the Conference in December will be showcasing good practice in the fields of Football Development and E - Learning from around the world including Africa, Asia, North America and Europe
NEWS : Regarding the speakers ....Richard Grootscholten has recently been appointed Head of Feyenoord Academy,Rotterdam.Tom Byer has a new book out at the moment Tom is the leading Football Developer in China and in the Spring of 2016 Tom embarks on a Tour of 64 Cities in China in conjunction with Local and National TV Broadcasters
 
See short video 'trailers ' here from some of the presenters at this Conference 
I am pleased that we have a range of expert speakers who have considerable practical experience in football development from across the world together with some exciting presenters in new fields - like the use of the web and drones in developing young players
 This event will therefore be the largest global gathering of professionals working in Football Development and Education in 2016 and the ONLY event dedicated to the web and football education.
 If you wait until the autumn to enroll for this Conference the cost will be over 1,000 Euros.
If other coaches enroll before the end of June the cost is 450 Euros but if you book through the Sports Path Newsletter offer before the end of June 2016 you will obtain a delegate pass for both days to both Conferences and the Exhibition for 315 Euros (about £125 or $180 per day)
 
To access this offer you need to start a new register on this link  and use the code robin30 .This will give access to the two football conferences and the exhibition on both days- IF BOOKED BEFORE THE END OF JUNE 2016
( Add that code to the option football development (day 1) and football coaching and e-learning (day 2) that will give you discounted  access to those 2 conferences and the exhibition on both days )
 
Early registrations have included already enrollments from the FA's of Germany, Holland ,Belgium,Czech,Ireland,Romania,Bhutan,China  and clubs including Tottenham Hotspur and Sparta Rotterdam  

The Conference and event does provide an excellent opportunity for coaches like you to keep themselves up to date with developments from around the world, hear from experts in their field, network with global leaders in player development  and see at first hand some of the new products available in football development. For example we have signed up 5 Sponsors for this event and these include the following: 
  • Innovative goal posts from Bownet already endorsed by a number of FA's and Club Academies
  • Pioneering wearables to track player activity to be launched later this year by Dashtag
  • Inventive Learning Management Systems,Software,Drills,Sessions,Coaching Resources & Support for UEFA Coaching Courses from Academy Soccer Coach
  • New developments from  Double Pass - the world's reference in talent development systems  with more than  15 years of practical experience with over 500 clubs in Germany,Japan,Belgium,England,Denmark and the USA
  • Ground breaking Resources from The Coaching Manual
 PS We have negotiated attractive rates with local hotels and there is an abundance of cheap flights to Geneva at that time of the year 

Video Trailers of some for the speakers at this Conference below 
Dr Lee Hancock,LA Galaxy Academy
Vince Ganzberg, NSCAA
David Powderly,Charlton Athletic FC Academy 


UEFA Grassroots Programme

The UEFA Grassroots Workshop was held in Slovenia in Mid - April
There were some great presentations and highlighted below are the following:
             - Video 
             - PowerPoint
  • The measured objective evidence of the medical value of Football for all ages from the Danish FA and video lecture here from   Professor Peter Krustrup from the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhage
            - Background
            - Video    


20 ways to prepare yourself

 for modern workplace learning


Listed here (in the right hand column) are 20 things that Jane Hart at the excellent  Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies has identified that you, as a learning professional, will need to have done PERSONALLY in order to be adequately prepared to support new approaches to workplace learning in your organisation.
How many can you check off?

I hope you have found something useful in this month's newsletter.If so please pass on this email to your colleagues and ask them to sign up for future newsletters
We can promise you more material in our May 2016 newsletter to help you use the web to support coach and player development 

Best Wishes  

 
Robin Russell 
RRussellsportspath@gmail.com

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