Saturday 11th October 2008
National Indoor Athletics Centre, Cardiff, Wales
The 2008 Welsh Athletics Coaching Conference will take place this Saturday at the National Indoor Athletics Centre, Cardiff. The conference will be led by the dynamic and inspirational Fuzz Ahmed who will begin with a presentation on the ‘Role of Coordination in Strength’.
Fuzz will be joined by three Italian strength and conditioning specialists. The Italian trio will be led by Marco Cardinale who will present some general information regarding strength training. The afternoon sessions will provide event specific strength training information from Roberto Bonomi ‘Speed’ Domenico Di Molfetta ‘Throws’and Raphael Brandon ‘Endurance’.
Welsh Athletics are delighted to be able to secure such a world class line up for our inaugural coaching conference and we hope all delegates enjoy the day.
Key Note Speakers
Fuzz Ahmed
Fuzz is one of the great personalities among UK coaches. He has developed a proven track record as a world class high jump coach and works closely with UK Athletics as a consultant coach. He has contributed widely to the success of many international athletes and is currently coach to Welsh high jump record holder Julie Crane and 24 year old UWIC graduate Tom Parsons who finished an excellent 8th place at this summers Beijing Olympic Games for Team GB.
Dr. Marco Cardinale
Marco is currently Head of Sports Science and Research of the British Olympic Association. His research work has included ‘The Use of Vibration as an Exercise Intervention’, ‘Hormonal Responses to Exercise and Neuromuscular Adaptations to Strength Training’. He has worked as a consultant to football and volleyball teams as well as athletes in many different sports.
Domenico Di Molfetta
Domenico is currently the Italian Athletic Federation National Throws Coach. He is also a lecturer in the Faculty of Motor Sciences University of Foggia – Bari. Domenico Lectures frequently in Italy about the throws and strength training from youth to performance athletics. He is an author of several articles in the area of strength training for the throws. He is a principal coach to a number of top Italian javelin throwers.
Roberto Bonomi
Roberto is currently the Italian Athletic Federation National Sprints and Hurdles Coach. He is a lecturer in the Faculty of Motor Sciences, University of Tor Vergata in Rome. Roberto is the personal coach to three of the athletes in the current Italian relay team (Collio, Donati and Verdecchia). Roberto has worked closely with athletes on their speed development from all athletics event groups as well as with athletes in other sports.
Raphael Brandon
Currently working as Senior S&C coach for UK Athletics, Raphael has helped endurance athletes and their coaches over the past 5 years. He has a good understanding of the practicalities and realities of how to ‘blend’ traditional and innovative S&C methods into endurance training programmes. As lead S&C coach for UKA World Class Talent programme, he has experience in the progression and development of S&C training methods for young athletes.
Please note that conference bookings have now closed
Correspondence Details:
Emily Brown (Performance Administrator)
Welsh Athletics
National Indoor Athletics Centre, Cyncoed Road, Cyncoed, Cardiff, CF23 6XD
T: 02920 201520
E: Emily.brown@welshathletics.org
Website Links
Marco Cardinales blog
http://marcocardinale.blogspot.com/
Canadian Athletics Coaching Centre
Link to Coach Cast section
http://www.athleticscoaching.ca/?pid=1&spid=105
Link to Sport Sience Articles
http://www.athleticscoaching.ca/?pid=1&spid=43
Sports Coach provides information on the many topics related to developing athletic ability and coaching
http://www.brianmac.co.uk/
The Russian researcher Yuri Verkhoshansky site
http://www.verkhoshansky.com/
A Peer-Reviewed Journal and Site for Sport Research
http://www.sportsci.org/
Long-Term Athlete Development from Sport Development UK
http://www.sportdevelopment.org.uk/html/rg_ltad.html
Long-Term Athlete Development from Canada Sport
http://www.ltad.ca/content/home.asp
