The Focus Coaching PROGRAMME will support coaches to explore coaching behaviour, practice design and goal setting.

Coaches will be challenged to critically reflect on their coaching practice, while connecting and collaborating with coaches from Olympic, Paralympic, and non-Olympic sports.

As part of the Focus Coaching PROGRAMME, coaches will engage with content and discussions relating to:

• coaching practice and design
• goal setting
• performance planning
• coaching in performance pathway teams
• talent ID and development
• coach-athlete relationships
• holistic coaching
• coach energy and self-care.

The programme is aimed at coaches who are:

• working at a national level with junior athletes in the talent and/or performance stage of the athlete pathway
• coaching within the UK or who are supporting UK Performance Pathway Athletes
• committed to their own development and able to engage with the learning opportunities throughout the entirety of the programme
• eager to enhance, develop or fine-tune a target area relating closely to coaching behaviour, practice design and goal setting
• coaching regularly
• overseeing and contributing to the delivery of coaching programmes over multiple seasons.

The Focus Coaching PROGRAMME has one cohort running across 2024/25.

It is running from:

• 2 August 2024 (Online Welcome Event) to 31 March 2025 (Online Departure Event).

Coaches have the opportunity to engage in the Focus Coaching PROGRAMME to a depth and breadth that suits them. It includes:

• coach learning groups facilitated by a UK Coaching Associate Coach Developer (6 sessions)
• coach learning webinars (live content with subject matter experts)
• coach reflection sessions
• online December Gathering Event 
• on-demand, digital coach resource
• full access to the UK Coaching Club 
• a Celebration Event.