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Saturday 6th June – Devon XV Aside Coaching Performance Day
Big Ideas,
Real Impact.
Benefit from our curated learning approach
Pre-Course Task:
Once registered coaches will receive a short pre-course task a minimum 2 weeks prior to the event, inclusive of reflective prompts to encourage coaches to explore their understanding of the intended content prior to the session
Synthesis Tasks:
To encourage coaches to move learning from the short term memory to the long term memory, a number of synthesis activities, together with learning resources will be sent post course to encourage the recall and retention of information.
CIMSPA
All Coach Development Days are endorsed by CIMSPA (Chartered Institute for Sport & Physical Activity) carrying a weighting of 1½ a CPD point.
Attending coaches will be automatically uploaded onto the CIMSPA portal to recognise their attendance for the event (Full name and email) and offered membership if not already done so. Those not wanting to be uploaded onto the portal should make Coach Centered aware of their decision.
Meet the Coaches
Dave Ward
DoR at Ampthill RFC
A highly experienced coach and former professional rugby player Dave has dedicated over two decades to elite sport and coaching excellence.
As a level 4 Rugby Coach, Dave has experience of leading teams at various levels of the game.
Currently Director of rugby at Championship side Ampthill, Dave previously held the role Bristol Bears Women’s Head Coach, where he has guided the team to four semi-finals and one league final in the past 4 years.
Tom Luke
Bristol Bears Women Backs & Attack Coach
Tom Luke is a professional rugby coach with a strong record of developing players and building high-performing teams.
He has held senior coaching roles including Backs and Attack Coach at Doncaster Knights, Backs and Attack Coach for the BC Bears and Canada U20s, Head of Rugby at Thornbury RFC, and is currently the Backs and Attack Lead at Bristol Bears Women.
Tom is known for creating positive, ambitious environments where players are empowered to play without fear. His coaching emphasises high skill development and encourages a huge willingness to attack from anywhere.
Learning Programme for the Day
