Coach Development

What you need in your coaching course

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

    • 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

  • 6 x 1 Hour sessions

    Cost - £750.00

  • 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

    • 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

  • 6 x 90 Minute sessions

    Cost - £975.00

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 activities

    Cost - £15.00 per coach

  • 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

  • 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

£210.00

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

Terms and conditions for booking

Coaching & Leadership Conference Wednesday 18th June 2025 (2 Attendees)

£384.00

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

Terms and conditions for booking

Coaching & Leadership Conference Wednesday 18th June 2025 (3 Attendees)

£522.00

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

Terms and conditions for booking

Coaching & Leadership Conference Wednesday 18th June 2025 (4 Attendees)

£624.00

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

Terms and conditions for booking

Essex U9 - U16 Coaches Conference Saturday 28th June 2025 (1st 50 Essex Based Club, School & University Coaches)

£35.99

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

Terms and conditions for booking

Essex U9 - U16 Coaches Conference Saturday 28th June 2025 (Non-Essex Based Coaches)

£71.98

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

Terms and conditions for booking

Kent XV Aside Coaching Conference Saturday 5th July 2025 (1st 50 Kent Based, Club, School & University Coaches)

£71.98

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

Terms and conditions for booking

£119.98

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

Terms and conditions for booking

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)

£71.98

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

Terms and conditions for booking

Eastern Counties XV Aside Coaching Conference. Sunday 6th July 2025 (Non-Eastern Counties Coaches)

£119.98

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

Terms and conditions for booking

£25.00

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

Terms and conditions for booking

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)

£30.00

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

Terms and conditions for booking

Cornwall XV Aside Coaching Conference Saturday 12th July 2025 (Non-Cornwall Based Coaches)

£71.99

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

Terms and conditions for booking

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

  • 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 Activities

    Cost - £10.00

  • 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 Activities

    Cost - £10.00

  • 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 Activities

    Cost - £10.00

  • 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 Activities

    Cost - £10.00

Upcoming Webinars

£10.99

Location - Online Zoom

Duration - 7pm through to 8pm

Cost - £10.99 (Inclusive of VAT)

End date for Registration - Monday 28th April 12pm

https://www.coachcentered.com/conference-booking-terms-and-conditions

7s Webinar with Tom Mitchell Monday 28th April 2025 ‘Securing the ball at the restart’

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.”