2009 News
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Workshops Launched for Surrey County Cricket Club
The Sport and Exercise Scientists and Sports Dietitian from the School of Sport, Health and Applied Science at St Mary’s University College, Twickenham, have joined forces with Surrey County Cricket Club to provide a series of professional development workshops for their coaches.
The workshops are being delivered by Glyn Howatson, Gill Horgan, Tim Holder and Stacy Winter and address areas including recovery, nutrition, mental toughness and imagery. The aim of the project is to provide bespoke continuation training that gives qualified coaches additional skills and knowledge to help facilitate their effectiveness in supporting players.
Project Leader Glyn Howatson said, “we are very pleased to welcome Surrey CCC to St Mary’s University College. The team has worked extremely hard in compiling the programme and we are delighted to be involved with a programme that makes a meaningful addition in the development of coaches and, ultimately, the players”.
The content of the workshops has been based on topics that are not traditionally addressed during coaching courses, and the team lends additional professional development opportunities that are not readily available.
Ian Read, Community Cricket Coach for Surrey CCC, said “these workshops are extremely insightful and offer a real chance for our coaches to up-skill and make a positive impact on our professional practice”.
In this series of development workshops over the spring and summer, Glyn and the team also look forward to welcoming Ladies Cricket World Cup winning coach Mark Lane, who will also benefit from the expertise of the team of Sport Scientists at St Mary’s.
