I was steered towards a great website the other day. www.britishtennisparents.com has advice which is relevant to parents of any sport. I’m a believer in having parents included in sport – after all they spend far more time with their children than coaches do, and are consequently far more influential.
What’s impressive to me about this website is that so much good advice has been captured and made accessible to anyone at the click of a mouse. I’ve done information sessions for parents all of my professional coaching life, yet I know the knowledge only every reached a few who were there on the day.
Monday, November 27, 2006
Friday, November 17, 2006
IOC Women & Sport Awards 2007 nomination
Rather fun! I’m being nominated for the IOC Continental Award for Europe www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/missions/women/full_story_uk.asp?id=1748
by the International Sailing Federation www.sailing.org for next year in ‘recognition of the significant contribution you have made to the sport of sailing’. Two other ISAF women are being nominated – Adrienne Greenward (NZL) for Oceania and Fiona Kidd (CAN) for North Canada/America. Nucci Novi Ceppellini (ITA), one our Vice Presidents won the World Award a few years ago.
by the International Sailing Federation www.sailing.org for next year in ‘recognition of the significant contribution you have made to the sport of sailing’. Two other ISAF women are being nominated – Adrienne Greenward (NZL) for Oceania and Fiona Kidd (CAN) for North Canada/America. Nucci Novi Ceppellini (ITA), one our Vice Presidents won the World Award a few years ago.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Buddies
The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Conference www.isaf.org is a big event that comes round inexorably every year. It’s always a time of frantic last minute preparation, lots of paperwork and intense listening to English with lots of difference accents. We are a truly multi-cultural organisation yet we need one language to communicate with.
It happens to be English, which makes it easy for me in some ways, but does mean that my spoken English must be comprehensible and spoken well, and that part of my role is to ensure that those for whom English is their second or third language get both opportunity and time to construct and express their thoughts.
Two years ago we formalised this need into a Buddy system for the female Committee Members. It has worked outstandingly well. I was delighted to note that in Women’s Committee, every single woman spoke and with effect. The contribution to the quality of the debate was evident.
And on a personal level, it’s great to make contacts and friendships across the world!
It happens to be English, which makes it easy for me in some ways, but does mean that my spoken English must be comprehensible and spoken well, and that part of my role is to ensure that those for whom English is their second or third language get both opportunity and time to construct and express their thoughts.
Two years ago we formalised this need into a Buddy system for the female Committee Members. It has worked outstandingly well. I was delighted to note that in Women’s Committee, every single woman spoke and with effect. The contribution to the quality of the debate was evident.
And on a personal level, it’s great to make contacts and friendships across the world!
Friday, November 03, 2006
International Sailing Conference
I’ve just arrived in Helsinki for the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Conference www.sailing.org I sit on two committees at the current time – I’ve given my bit back to sailing for many years through this organisation.
The Youth Development Committee agenda seems thin compared to my other committee, the Women’s Sailing Committee. However I’m happy about that since it will give us more chance to work out ways to be effective across the diversity of the world while promoting the growth of a single sport. The ‘Connect to Sailing’ linkage is very important to our sport, both in the UK via the RYA www.rya.org.uk and in the rest of the world, linking as it does youth and the sailing industry.
The Women’s Sailing committee agenda is much thicker, dealing with a number of ongoing ‘hot’ issues. Women’s representation in the decision making layers of our sport, and the first flurries of submissions leading up to the choice of boats for the Olympic Classes for London 2012.
Key to our work is developing strategies, and I am particularly interested in progressing both women’s development worldwide and the women’s area of the ISAF website. For many years I was the moderator of the Women’s Website Forum until finally defeated by software issues.
I missed last year’s Conference due to breaking my leg 2 days before flying out. Since last year was the first time the newly elected committees met, I’m catch-up mode this year. I was instrumental in putting a Buddy scheme in place last year, which worked so well we were asked to repeat it this year. I’m looking forward to meeting my Buddies from Brazil, Italy and Turkey.
The Youth Development Committee agenda seems thin compared to my other committee, the Women’s Sailing Committee. However I’m happy about that since it will give us more chance to work out ways to be effective across the diversity of the world while promoting the growth of a single sport. The ‘Connect to Sailing’ linkage is very important to our sport, both in the UK via the RYA www.rya.org.uk and in the rest of the world, linking as it does youth and the sailing industry.
The Women’s Sailing committee agenda is much thicker, dealing with a number of ongoing ‘hot’ issues. Women’s representation in the decision making layers of our sport, and the first flurries of submissions leading up to the choice of boats for the Olympic Classes for London 2012.
Key to our work is developing strategies, and I am particularly interested in progressing both women’s development worldwide and the women’s area of the ISAF website. For many years I was the moderator of the Women’s Website Forum until finally defeated by software issues.
I missed last year’s Conference due to breaking my leg 2 days before flying out. Since last year was the first time the newly elected committees met, I’m catch-up mode this year. I was instrumental in putting a Buddy scheme in place last year, which worked so well we were asked to repeat it this year. I’m looking forward to meeting my Buddies from Brazil, Italy and Turkey.
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