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Frank Dick will interview the legendary coach Ans Botha

August 18, 2021 (updated August 18, 2021) Published by

EACA is pleased to announce that our very own President Frank Dick will be hosting an interview with the legend that is Ans Botha on the 26th August 2021.

Frank will be talking to Ans about her journey as a female coach to a world record holder, her influencers and the importance of relationship building with your athletes all via zoom which is open to everyone to register

Ans Botha coached South African Athlete Wayde Van Niekerk who set the World Record for 400m Gold at the Rio Olympics. Frank has said “I hope the interview will give us a picture of Ans’ journey as a coach; who Ans is; How she thinks as a coach; her priorities in the coaching process; examples with Wayde. Truly a history maker in being first female coach to coach an athlete to Olympic Gold and a World Record in Athletics”

The interview will take place on the 26th August 2021 at 13:00 – 14:30 SAST and CET Time and 12:00 – 13:30 UK time.

You will need to register using the link below.

www.bit.ly/AnsBotha2021

Coaches Clubs, again!

August 17, 2021 (updated August 18, 2021) Published by

Virtual Coaches Clubs, again!

The European Athletics Coaches Association, following the success of its Tokyo Coaches Club during the Olympic Games, is pleased to announce two new
Virtual Coaches Clubs.

Both Clubs will be hosted by Jimson Lee, founder and owner of the world renowed website SpeedEndurance.com.

We truly hope you will put these dates and times in your diary. This is a fantastic opportunity for our coaches to learn together through the real time of the Olympic Experience.


Nairobi WJC Coaches Club

August 19th and August 22nd at 7PM CEST the Athletics Development topic will be discussed by panellists like Amy Dean, Arne Gullich, Christine Bloomfield, Danie Cornelius, Frank Dick, Gunter Lange, Kevin Ankrom, Rita Engelbrecht, Shaun Pickering and many others, to analyze the events with particular focus on European performance but also reflecting on the Global picture.

EACA Nairobi WJC Coaches Club is free:

Subscribe to the Zoom meetings here!

Please, feel free to share this link to anyone!

ParaCoach Athletics Club – Tokyo

August 23rd and September 1st at 7PM CEST the Tokyo Paralympic Games will be discussed by panellists like Frank Dick OBE, Peter Eriksson, Dr Tabo Huntley, Trevor Painter, Steffi Nerius, Suzanne Ferreira, Richard Parkinson and many others.

ParaCoach Athletics Club – Tokyo is free:

Subscribe to the Zoom meetings here!

Please, feel free to share this link to anyone!

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July 30, 2021 (updated August 5, 2021) Published by

European Athletics Coaches Association is pleased to announce the first Virtual Olympic Coaches Club.

From 31st July to 8th August at 19.00 CEST, Jimson Lee will host invited Panellists like Christine Harrison-Bloomfield, Rita Engelbrecht, Kelly Sotherton, Laura Turner, Dalton Grant, Danie Cornelius, Peter Eriksson, Martin Bingisser, Peter Stanley, Shaun Pickering, Wolfgang Ritzdorf, Anders Borgstrom, Frank Dick and many others, to analyze and discuss the day’s events with particular focus on European performance but also reflecting on the Global picture.

The event may be accessed by this link.

The event is free and open to everyone and on this inaugural occasion to coaches across Europe who wish to participate.

We truly hope you will put these dates and times in your diary. This is a fantastic opportunity for our coaches to learn together through the real time of the Olympic Experience.

We wish you the best for this Summer 2021!

“Mindful Coaching” Series Episode 2 with Laurent Meuwly and Paolo Camossi

May 26, 2021 (updated May 27, 2021) Published by

The brand new EACA series “Mindful Coaching” aims to cover the world of coaching at 360° by interviewing coaches with different skills and experiences, also coming from other sports or other areas.

In the Episode 2 of of its first season, Jimson Lee hosts two European coahces: Laurent Meuwly and Paolo Camossi. At the recent European Indoor Championships they achieved great results, reaching the top in the 60 meters event, where Ajla Del Ponte and Marcell Jacobs won the gold medal for Switzerland and Italy, respectively. 

In perfect harmony with the spirit of the “Mindful Coaching” Series, Jimson especially tries to spotlight their approach to coaching rather than talk about which technical exercises they adopt during the training sessions.

We added a new main menù item to access to EACA Series:

Starting from this episode, the series will be accessible for the EACA members only, no matter if Free, Premium or Pro members, so if you are not registered already, choose your membership level and sign up!

Let me reminds you that, in order to celebrate our President’s 80th birthday, for the whole current month of May the yearly Pro Membership is 50% discounted FOR LIFE, meaning that those who will become a yearly Pro member this month will pay half the price every year, not only at the sign up but forever.
To get the 50% discount apply the code FRANK80 during the sign up process.

As always, we hope that you’ll really enjoy this new content. But we are only at the beginning: lots of ideas in our mind will be effective soon!

European Athletics High Performance Online Week

May 26, 2021 (updated May 26, 2021) Published by

European Athletics is providing a special online event related to its High Performance Series next month: the High Performance Online Week.

The event is “a series of two webinars a day during the 7 until the 11 June 2021, gathering famous athletes, coaches and scientists, to deliver to you the most up-to-date knowledge and experience on high performance in athletics”.

 

The programme of the week is available here. Don’t forget to register for free.

 

Moreover, the High Performance Webinar Series will continue from July – December 2021. See here the full programme and the registration link.

 

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“Mindful Coaching” Series

May 10, 2021 (updated May 10, 2021) Published by

"Mindful Coaching" Series

With a view to offering more and more services to member coaches, the European Athletics Coaches Association today inaugurates a series created with the collaboration of Jimson Lee, the creator of the SpeedEndurance.com website.
Neither Jimson nor his website needs any introduction and the EACA is proud to have him on board: it will be a key element in the development of the Association.

This brand new series “Mindful Coaching” aims to cover the world of coaching at 360° by interviewing coaches with different skills and experiences, also coming from other sports or other areas.

The first episode of the first season sees the EACA President Frank Dick OBE as guest, right after his 80th birthday. This episode’s title will be “Five decades of coaching” but, obviously, it’s impossibile to cover five decades in one hour only so we are planning to see Frank as guest in some other episode.

The series will be weekly or bi-weekly and it begins with an episode available for everyone, even non-EACA members. However, starting from the next episode, the series will be accessible for the EACA members only, no matter if Free, Premium or Pro members.

At this regards, let me reminds you that, in order to celebrate our President’s 80th birthday, for the whole current month of May the yearly Pro Membership is 50% discounted FOR LIFE, meaning that those who will become a yearly Pro member this month will pay half the price every year, not only at the sign up.
To get the 50% discount apply the code FRANK80 during the sign up process.

As always, we hope that you’ll really enjoy this new content. But we are only at the beginning: lots of ideas in our mind will be effective soon!

Happy Birthday Mr. President!

May 1, 2021 (updated May 2, 2021) Published by

Today our President turns…………..

Wait a minute!

For my personal safety, let me only say that the candles on the actual cake number way more than the three in the icon above and that they in themselves constitute a fire risk!

To celebrate Frank’s birthday we are offering our members new content on the website and to officially launch the subscriptions for the Pro Membership of the EACA Website!

As a special offer, anyone that chooses now to sign up for the Pro Membership within the current month of May, 2021 and choosing the yearly subscription can get a 50% discount FOR LIFE on this annual subscription by applying the following discount code:

FRANK80

Keep reading below to discover the new videos on the website, taken from various editions of the International Festival of Athletics Coaching.
We really hope that you will enjoy these videos and let me say once again: Happy Birthday Frank! 80 more years!
 
 
 
 
Opsssss……
In these videos Peter Hannan will explain the strength training strategies that led Sally Pearson to the World and Olympic titles
Frank Dick's lectures are always so inspirational, starting from their titles: "The bridge to excellence" and "Success is a matter of choice, not chance"
In this fireside chat with Frank Dick, Ans Botha talks about Coaching World Class Sprints shortly after the stunning performance of her protégé, Wayde van Niekerk, at the Olympic Games in Rio where he broke the 400m World Record
Jerome Simian is the Strength & Conditioning coach of the Decathlon World Record holder Kevin Mayer and he works successfully with many other athletes across a variety of sports. In these two videos he first explains his systemic approach to Fundamental Physical Preparation in a superb lecture and then he demonstrates its application in a practical session.

ASEA Congress 2021 scheduled next 26-27 February

February 2, 2021 (updated March 24, 2021) Published by

“Asociaciòn Sudamericana de Entrenadores de Atletismo” (ASEA) stands for “South American Coaches Association” and it’s an EACA Partner in the Conference’s cycle.

The main title of the event is “Women at the Center of Athletics Training”, so the focus will be on women training.

Prof. Oscar Gadea will lead the conference, while Martin Palavicini will act as moderator, also mastering both English and Spanish languages. 

Ticket price is $ 30,00 (€ 24,72) only and, as for the previous conferences, ASEA Congress will be streamed live on our website.

Take a look at the conference’s program and subscribe!

Frank Dick interviews Stefano Mei

January 28, 2021 (updated January 28, 2021) Published by

Frank Dick interviews Stefano Mei

Two weeks ago we invited all the three candidates for the Italian National Athletics Federation’s President, asking if they would be available for a video interview. 

One of them courteously declined. Another, gave his availability for a written interview, so we sent a set of questions to his Secretary but are yet to hear back. Only one embraced our proposal for a video interview: this is Stefano Mei.

Stefano Mei is the star of the incredible One-Two-Three created by the Italian’s for endurance at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, where he won the title beating the reigning World and Olympic champion Alberto Cova.

Next Sunday, Stefano will run for another achievement: the Presidency of the Italian Athletics National Federation (FIDAL). In the video below, our President Frank Dick OBE asked Stefano some questions about his project relating to coaching and coaches in Italy as well as if he thinks he will become the new president. If needed, activate the subtitles and choose your preferred language.

When we receive them, we will publish the answers to our President’s questions by the other candidate.

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