Olympic Museum and Maison du Sport International, 26-27 January, 2017
An impressive line-up of internationally-acclaimed experts has been scheduled to speak at the Inside Game Coaching Conference, taking place in Lausanne on 26 and 27 January 2017.
Now in its second edition, Inside Game is a 2-day interactive conference and workshop for coaches of young athletes that focuses on the emotional and psychological aspects of coaching. The goal of Inside Game is to help coaches be better leaders and role models for young athletes, by giving them the knowledge, expertise, understanding and know-how to motivate, interact, talk with, and positively influence young athletes in a way that will improve performance, confidence and motivation.
The event provides an opportunity for coaches of all levels and from all sports to learn, share and improve their coaching techniques and styles among a network of coaches from around the world.
Conference organizer, Cindy Burwell, told knowitall.ch, 'Coaches, whether coaching Olympic athletes or a grassroots soccer team, play an incredibly important role in the development of young people, and have a massive influence on athletes emotionally, both on and off the training ground or competition. Yet there are few opportunities for coaches to get support, or participate in courses to develop professionally. This course brings together experts in sport psychology, high performance coaching, physical literacy, team building, mindfulness, and other subjects, who have developed proven strategies and coaching techniques."
The all-star line up of speakers includes:
- Vera Pauw: Vera Pauw is a former football player and a coach and was recently nominated by FIFA as Coach of the Year. She was the first female Dutch player to play professionally in Italy when she signed for Modena in 1988. She played 89 international matches for the Netherlands. She has been Head Coach for Women National Teams since 1998. She worked with the National Teams of Scotland, the Netherlands, Russia and now South Africa. She qualified with the South African team to play at the Rio Olympic Games.
- Clay Erro: Award winning youth coach and educator with 35 years experience developing athletes, and now speaker, from California USA.
- Bill Knowles: Director of Reconditioning and Athletic development for the Philadelphia Union Soccer Club with 27 year’s experience working with Pro, Olympic and Elite youth athletes.
- Jim Radcliffe: Head of Strength and Conditioning at the University of Oregon, helping develop top performers in all sports, but particularly (American) Football. Jimmy Radcliffe has nearly 40 years experience coaching high school and University level athletics of all levels and in various sports.
- Marie Lanners: Sports Psychologist, professional Mental Trainer in sports performance, Founder and Manager of Swiss Sports Coaching, Marie Lanners has more than 20 years of experience in mental coaching of high level athletes in a large variety of sports in Europe and the USA.
- Tania Cotton: Movement specialist and expert in physical literacy, who has worked with elite and world class athletes and is a regular speaker at the Gambetta Athletic Improvement Network and AISTS in Lausanne.
- Catia Beni: Doctor of neuropsychology, who works with the Genève-Servette Hockey Club and an expert on concussions and ‘return to play’ after a concussion.
There will also be Olympic and pro athletes from Switzerland on the panel including: Anne-Sophie Thilo, former Olympic sailor who participated at the Beijing Olympics; and Juliane Robra, International Black Belt Judo medalist and now coach.
A complete line-up of speakers with their detailed biographies can be found on the Inside Game website: www.insidegame.cbcmarketing.ch
Inside Game Coaching Conference
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Olympic Museum
Lausanne, Switzerland
9h – 17h
Friday, January 27, 2017
Maison du Sport International
Lausanne, Switzerland
9h-17h
www.insidegame.cbcmarketing.ch
