Coach Conference Key to Connect

Written on the 17 December 2024 by SWSAS

The South West Sydney Academy of Sport is excited to announce that it is hosting it’s first ‘Coach Connect’ Conference in early 2025.

Scheduled to be held at the Wests League Club, in Campbelltown, on Sunday 9 February 2025, the conference will feature special guest presenters and explore the topic of ‘Coaching for Long Term Success’.

Made possible by the renewed partnership with Academy coach education program partners, QUBE Holdings, and the 3D Institute, along with the support of Wests Group Macarthur, the conference will include presentations and open discussions on coaching athletes both in and outside of the training arena.

“Ensuring long term success as a coach is not just about teaching the X’s and O’s, but in mapping out the (wh)Y’s”, said Academy Sport Operations Manager, Stephen Craig, clarifying that the conference topic of achieving “long-term success” was “far more than just winning or losing”.  

Key elements to be presented throughout the day-conference include dealing with issues and strategies surrounding motivation, coach and athlete self-awareness, value and purpose, along with education in growing in your reason for coaching, building strong united teams, and more.

The Academy is looking forward to engage with not just its own Coach and Support Staff, but those of neighbouring Regional Academies, Illawarra Academy of Sport, and the Western Sydney Academy of Sport.

Yet it is not just Academy level coaches being catered for, with the conference open to all community, club and representative level coaches from within the sporting clubs of South West Sydney.

“Whether you are new to coaching, considering becoming a coach, or have been coaching for a long time, coaching for long-term success is definitely a topic to be explored”, said Craig, who indicated that any coach, whether head, assistant or trainee coach from the age of 16 up would greatly benefit from the conference’s immersive dive into coaching across multiple dimensions within the performance sport pathway.

Further information on the Coach Connect Conference is available on the Academy’s website swsas.org.au/coachconnect with early bird registrations available until mid-January.

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Picture: Coach Education is a key element of the many programs provided by the South West Sydney Academy of Sport, who are looking to host their first Coach Connect Conference in February.