Coach Development
What you need in your coaching course
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You need a partner to help you identify the skills and behaviours that accelerate coach competence.
We will equip coaches with the knowledge and skills needed to excel in their roles.
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You need to equip your coaches with the skills to deliver permanent and continually improving change.
Through our transformative learning-based experiences, we will motivate your coaches, drive lasting behaviour change and improve decision making.
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You need a partner who creates learning experiences that are fun, memorable, and both physically and intellectually rewarding.
Our positive learning experiences, develop coach confidence, competence, and encourages continuous development.
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You need a partner who enables coaches to experiment, learn and grow, through practice, impactful reflection, and action planning.
We will facilitate coaches growth to new levels of performance and embed the importance of on-going self-improvement to evolve personally & professionally.
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Benefit many times over from your investment with coaches who stay committed to their coaching roles, and deliver high quality experiences that retain players within the sport.
Our cost-effective coaching & training programmes deliver a return on investment.
1 to 1 Coach Mentoring
Unlock your coaching potential with our mentorship programme focussed on dynamic, high trust relationships. You’ll benefit from a safe and inspiring environment, whilst being stretched and challenged to grow beyond your comfort zone. Celebrate learning moments and unleash hidden attributes to maximise your performance. Join us and transform your coaching practice today.
Courses
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Stage 1 - In-person introductory chemistry session (15 Mins)
Stage 2 - Insights task (Personal performance review - 1 hour)
Stage 3 - In-person discovery session (45 Mins)
Stage 4 - Reflections and prioritisation
Stage 5 - Goal setting & action planning as part of an individual development plan (30 Mins)
Cost - £175.00
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6 x 1 Hour sessions
Cost - £750.00
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12 x 1 Hour sessions
Cost - Contact the team for more details
Group Coach Mentoring
Bring a voice to your coaching group and explore behaviour insights and new perspectives that enable you draw on the collective capability of the team. Identify and sharpen distinct talents across the group and bridge performance gaps by revealing hidden attributes and potential growth areas. Join us and transform your collective coaching practice today.
Courses
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Stage 1 - In-person introductory chemistry session (20 mins)
Stage 2 - Insights task (Personal performance review – 1 hour)
Stage 3 - In-person discovery session (1 hour)
Stage 4 - Reflections and prioritisation
Stage 5 - Goal setting & action planning as part of an group develop plan (45 mins)
Cost - £250.00
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6 x 90 Minute sessions
Cost - £975.00
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12 x 90 Minute sessions
Cost - Contact the team for more details
Coaching Assistant Course
Grow your coaching workforce with this transformational learning experience. This applied coaching course provides attendees with the core coaching skills to help their design, delivery and development of coaching sessions.
Option 1 – New and novice coaches
Option 2 – Senior School sports students
Course duration
2 Days of face to face contact time
10 Hours of non-direct learning hours
Key components of the course
Building the learning environment
The Why
Coaching Philosophy
Role of the Coach
How to Coach
Coaching Styles
Core Principles of game design
Co-coaching
Game and activity design
Coaching delivery and feedback
Managing challenging behaviours
Summary of learning
Action planning development
Upcoming courses
As an organisation we are passionate about using our creative expertise of coaching design to provide growth experiences for coaches; new, established, or advanced. Elevate your coaching practice with our high-quality programmes, both endorsed or bespoke, to foster deep engagement and elevate competence.
CPD Courses / Workshops
Courses
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Embark on your coaching journey with our Introduction to ‘How to Coach’ course. Tailored for diverse age groups and experiences, learn the core coaching principles and skills that support effective coaching. Discover how best to support engagement and learning through your ability to communicate, demonstrate, and feedback to players. Maximize learning opportunities with varied coaching approaches and coach-player interactions.
Course Objectives
Understand the impact of a range of coaching approaches on player engagement
Develop ability to communicate with players and manage activity
Embed skills for providing demonstrations, and feedback
Duration
2 Hours
Post course synthesis activities.Cost - £15.00 per coach
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Elevate your coaching impact with our comprehensive course looking at coaching strategy, purpose, and skill in making coaching interventions to promote learning and development in players. Explore the influence of timing and type of interventions, and how they can be used to bring about both technical and tactical understanding and execution.
Understand how coaching methodology can influence players access to learning and problem solving, together with strategies to maximise your coaching resources.
Course Objectives
Understanding and applying a range of coaching approaches
Intervention strategies to accelerate competence
Maximising your coaching resources to benefit player development
Integrating skill acquisition into your session
Duration
2 Hours
Post course synthesis activities.Cost - £15.00 per coach
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Unlock the secrets of game-based coaching with our course. Delve into decision-rich environments, master game design principles, and hone your tactical appreciation. Learn to facilitate game coaching and maximize co-coach resources. Elevate your coaching skills and empower players to excel on the field. Book now for a game-changing experience!
Course Objectives
Understanding and applying the essential principles of game design
Building a game and decision-making practices to solve a problem
Developing coaches’ tactical appreciation to facilitate game coaching
Maximising the resources of co-coaches
Duration
2 hours
Post course synthesis activities.Cost - £15.00
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Elevate your coaching prowess with our course on session design. Explore methodologies to boost player engagement and development. Craft sessions for technical and tactical growth, maximizing team potential. Learn effective co-coach strategies. Book now to unleash your coaching potential and drive player success on and off the field!
Course Objectives
Exploring different methodologies and how these impact on activity levels and engagement
Designing opportunities for technical and tactical development
How best to deploy your co-coaches
Duration
2 hours
Post course synthesis activities.Cost - £15.00
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Enhance your coaching skills in safe tackling fundamentals with our course. Learn how coach focus and language influence outcomes. Discover the significance of foot placement for effective tackling. Explore progressions for dominant and safe tackles. Consolidate learning through reflective discussions. Join us to boost understanding, competence, and confidence on the field. Book now.
Course Objectives
Understand how coach focus and language impacts outcome
Introducing the importance of foot placement to impact on tackle height and tackle effectiveness
Understanding the varied progressions to coach dominant and safe tackle completion
Consolidate learning through reflective discussion and highlighting applied action
Duration
2 hours
Post course synthesis activitiesCost - £15.00 per coach
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Master the fundamentals of developing an effective scrum body position with our course. Gain improved understanding, competence, and confidence in delivering safe scrum techniques. Elevate your game and ensure safety and competence in your players. Book now to enhance you coaching of the scrum.
Course Objectives
Understanding ‘set-up’ essentials
Maintaining good shape with internal pressure
Introducing movement and retaining shape
Maintaining shape with external pressure
Engagement scenarios
Duration
2 hours
Post course synthesis activities.Cost - £15.00 per coach
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Master the art of integrating fundamental movement skills into your coaching delivery with our course. Explore techniques and coaching approaches to develop skills through strategic sequencing and context application. Consolidate learning in gameplay and session design. Elevate your coaching prowess and empower players for success. Book now.
Course Objectives
Develop an understanding of fundamental movement skills (FMS) and their importance to the physical literacy of players
Understand how we develop FMS skills through sequencing and context
Develop and consolidate FMS skills in game play and session design
Duration
2 Hours
Post course synthesis activities.Cost - £15.00 per coach
Conferences & Events
We value the importance of those committed to their self-development, seeking knowledge, understanding and interaction with coaching experts from across the game.
Our conference offer, supports all levels of the game, utilising our coach development experts and elite guest coaches to share their philosophies, knowledge, and perspectives on the game.
Content design ensures we are consistent with game trends, providing new and developing insights to the game, that provoke improved understanding and competence in coaches.
Our inclusive, supportive, and sharing learning environments enable coaches to network and grow relationships for the betterment of the game.
Comprehensive learning resources encourage coach reflection and action, aiding coaches’ retention and recall of content.
Up and Coming Conferences
Coaching & Leadership Conference Wednesday 18th June 2025
Location - Sherborne Boys School, Abbey Road, Sherborne, Dorset. DT9 3LF
Duration - 9.30am registration for a 10am start. 4.15pm finish
Cost - £175 (excl. VAT) per person
End date for Registration - Tuesday 17th June 5pm
Coaching & Leadership Conference Wednesday 18th June 2025 (2 Attendees)
Location - Sherborne Boys School, Abbey Road, Sherborne, Dorset. DT9 3LF
Duration - 9.30am registration for a 10am start. 4.15pm finish
Cost - £320 (excl. VAT) per person
End date for Registration - Tuesday 17th June 5pm
Coaching & Leadership Conference Wednesday 18th June 2025 (3 Attendees)
Location - Sherborne Boys School, Abbey Road, Sherborne, Dorset. DT9 3LF
Duration - 9.30am registration for a 10am start. 4.15pm finish
Cost - £435 (excl. VAT) per person
End date for Registration - Tuesday 17th June 5pm
Coaching & Leadership Conference Wednesday 18th June 2025 (4 Attendees)
Location - Sherborne Boys School, Abbey Road, Sherborne, Dorset. DT9 3LF
Duration - 9.30am registration for a 10am start. 4.15pm finish
Cost - £520 (excl. VAT) per person
End date for Registration - Tuesday 17th June 5pm
Essex U9 - U16 Coaches Conference Saturday 28th June 2025 (1st 50 Essex Based Club, School & University Coaches)
Location - Thurrock RFC, Long Lane, Grays. RM16 2QH
Duration - 9am registration for a 9.30am start, with a 2.30pm finish
Cost - £29.99 (excl. VAT) per person - 1st 50 Essex Club, School & University Coaches
End date for Registration - Friday 27th June 5pm
Essex U9 - U16 Coaches Conference Saturday 28th June 2025 (Non-Essex Based Coaches)
Location - Thurrock RFC, Long Lane, Grays. RM16 2QH
Duration - 9am registration for a 9.30am start, with a 2.30pm finish
Cost - £59.99 (excl. VAT) per person - Non-Essex Coaches
End date for Registration - Friday 27th June 5pm
Kent XV Aside Coaching Conference Saturday 5th July 2025 (1st 50 Kent Based, Club, School & University Coaches)
Location - Maidstone Grammar School. Barton road, Maidstone, Kent. ME15 7BT
Duration - 9.30am registration for a 10am start, with a 4pm finish
Cost - £59 (excl. VAT) per person - 1st 50 Kent Club, School & University Coaches
End date for Registration - Friday 4th July 12pm
Location - Maidstone Grammar School. Barton road, Maidstone, Kent. ME15 7BT
Duration - 9.30am registration for a 10am start, with a 4pm finish
Cost - £99.99 (excl. VAT) per person - Non-Kent Coaches
End date for Registration - Friday 4th July 12pm
Kent XV Aside Coaching Conference Saturday 5th July 2025 (Non-Kent Based, Club, School & University Coaches)
Eastern Counties XV Aside Coaching Conference Sunday 6th July 2025 (1st 50 Eastern Counties Based, Club, School & University Coaches)
Location - Bury St Edmunds RFC, The Greene King IPA. Harpenden Southgate Green. Bury St Edmunds. Suffolk. IP33 2BL
Duration - 9.30am registration for a 10am start, with a 4pm finish
Cost - £59 (excl. VAT) per person - 1st 50 Eastern Counties Club, School & University Coaches
End date for Registration - Saturday 5th July 12pm
Eastern Counties XV Aside Coaching Conference Sunday 6th July 2025 (Non-Eastern Counties Coaches)
Location - Bury St Edmunds RFC, The Greene King IPA. Harpenden Southgate Green. Bury St Edmunds. Suffolk. IP33 2BL
Duration - 9.30am registration for a 10am start, with a 4pm finish
Cost - £99.99 (excl. VAT) per person - Non-Eastern Counties Coaches
End date for Registration - Saturday 5th July 12pm
Location - Sir Ben Ainslie Sports Centre, Truro School Senior, Trennick Lane, Truro, Cornwall. TR1 1TH.
Duration - 9.30am through to 2pm (Registration from 9.15am)
Cost - £21 (excl. VAT) per person - (Last years conference attendees only)
End date for Registration - Friday 11th July 5pm
Cornwall XV Aside Coaching Conference Saturday 12th July 2025 (EARLY BIRD OFFER - Discounted price for last years conference attendees)
Cornwall XV Aside Coaching Conference Saturday 12th July 2025 (Discounted price - 1st 50 Cornwall Based Club, School & University Coaches)
Location - Sir Ben Ainslie Sports Centre, Truro School Senior, Trennick Lane, Truro, Cornwall. TR1 1TH.
Duration - 9.30am through to 2pm (Registration from 9.15am)
Cost - £25 (excl. VAT) per person - 1st 50 Cornwall Club, School & University Coaches
End date for Registration - Friday 11th July 5pm
Cornwall XV Aside Coaching Conference Saturday 12th July 2025 (Non-Cornwall Based Coaches)
Location - Sir Ben Ainslie Sports Centre, Truro School Senior, Trennick Lane, Truro, Cornwall. TR1 1TH.
Duration - 9.30am through to 2pm (Registration from 9.15am)
Cost - £59.99 (excl. VAT) per person - Non-Cornwall Coaches
End date for Registration - Friday 11th July 5pm
Online Webinars
We offer a range of interactive online workshops, instrumental to the development of coaches and their delivery of high-quality sessions. We focus on delivering a bespoke programme, that promotes application, reflection, and actioning of learning to have a real impact on coaching delivery and player experience.
Courses
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This course explores the advantages of a Game-Centered approach, identifying the guiding principles for creating a conducive learning environment. Understand the value of adaptive games and how environmental design influences the learning and development of players.
Objectives
Recognising benefits of a Game Centred approach
Key components of a Game Centred learning environment
Applying guiding principles to a Game Centred approach
Importance of having an adaptive game design
Understanding how reflection underpins game design delivery
Duration
60 Minutes
Post Course Synthesis ActivitiesCost - £10.00
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This course highlights the significance of perceptual skills, draws attention to feedback models and outlines characteristics of high-quality feedback. Delve into a comprehensive understanding of feedback mechanisms, their impact on facilitating skill development and improved performance outcomes.
Objectives
Recognising the importance of perceptual skills
Application of feedback models
Characteristics of high-quality feedback
Implications on the receiver
Action planning for performance improvement
Duration
60 Minutes
Post Course Synthesis ActivitiesCost - £10.00
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Explore the diverse range of coaching roles and responsibilities in enhancing the learning and development of players. Recognise the benefits and unintended consequences of coaches’ actions, and the differing strategies to maximise the deployment of your resources.
Objectives
Appreciation of the varied coaching roles and their impact on the learning environment
How to optimise learning and development through effective deployment of coaches
Associated benefits to co-coaching actions and practices
Awareness of the unintended consequences of coach interventions
Duration
60 Minutes
Post Course Synthesis ActivitiesCost - £10.00
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This course employs diagnostic tools and reflective practice to develop a personal picture of performance. Refine your personal profile via critical discussions, to identify areas for coaching performance optimisation, and establish individual development plans to support goal achievement and personal growth.
Objectives
Create a picture of performance utilising a diagnostic tool
Enhance personal performance profile through discussion with critical friend
Highlight key areas to optimise your coaching performance
Secure personal goals and underpinning actions with an individual development plan
Undertake regular reflective practice through use of varied reflective tools
Duration
60 Minutes
Post Course Synthesis ActivitiesCost - £10.00
Upcoming Webinars
Testimonials
“The RGS sports coaches benefitted immensely from the considerable expertise of Jon, and I would wholeheartedly recommend Coach Centered to any schools or sports clubs looking to develop elements of coaching and leadership within their respective institutions”.
Head of Rugby
RGS Guildford
“This year has been phenomenal, thanks for the help and support you have provided me as a coach. I’ve really do feel I’ve kicked on in ways I wouldn’t have known or would have thought possible and a lot of that is down to you.”
“An exceptional and knowledgeable coach mentor and person. As well as his ability to mentor and educate, he would listen and advise on the pathway of coaching. It was truly an honour to work and learn with such a guy and I will continue to use his knowledge throughout my career.”
“Jon spent time getting to know me and understand me. He has a rare ability to support you in celebrating your strengths and yet push and challenge you to be better, all at the same time. This sets him apart from other coaches I have worked with. Jon has certainly challenged me, but I’ve always felt supported and guided throughout the entire process. I don’t think that I’ve had a year in my 10 years of coaching where I learned as much, based on the width and breadth of the curriculum provided.”
“Another great evening sharing ideas with coaches, exploring another angle of practice design, where will it end. Few challenges from tonight to explore towards developing my own model. Thanks JB”
“Thanks so much to Jon at coach Centered Limited for our third DPP workshop on game design. Tied together everything we’ve done on goal setting, reflective practice, and the detail each session goes into is amazing.”