WELCOME

Hosts: Chris Turner (BF Coaching & Workforce Development Manager), Giulia Enright (BF Commercial Administrator)

For coaches and those thinking of entering coaching to find out more on what the coaching pathway looks like, what each course involves, as well as the other development opportunities available.

Learning Objectives:

• Find out what the coaching pathway involves.
• Learn more about other coach development opportunities.
• Understand We Are Forging Futures and the opportunities available in this space.

More info and sign-up form coming soon!

Host: Harry Brown (BF Head of Licensing)

This is a pre-recorded session.

Join us for a bite-sized introduction to We Are Forging Futures, in association with British Fencing. Harry Brown will give a holistic overview of the programme, discussing the following:

• • What is We Are Forging Futures?
  • Who is We Are Forging Futures for?
  • What are the learning outcomes?
  • Where can We Are Forging Futures be delivered?
  • How are teachers/coaches trained for fencing delivery?
  • What equipment will I need?
  • Are there fencing lesson plans available?
  • How do you track children’s progress?
  • Who is currently partnered?
  • How do I find out more and get involved?

More info and sign-up form coming soon!

Host: Grace Batey (BF Performance Athlete Support Coordinator)

Clarify the importance of the coach’s role in supporting athlete IADPs, and understand the benefits towards progress and performance. This session is for coaches.

Learning Objectives:

• Raise awareness of the importance of IADPs.
• Clarify the steps coaches can take to help the implementation of IADPs.
• Understand the purposeful and progressive nature of IADPs.

Guest Speaker: Helen Clayton (Sported Partnership Manager)

Host: Chris Turner (BF Coaching & Workforce Development Manager)

Sported is the largest grassroots sport charity in the UK, supporting around 5000 organisations across the country by helping clubs to be more sustainable and to receive grant funding. Join Helen Clayton from the charity to learn more about how they support sports clubs, and how your club could get involved.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn more about Sported.
• Understand the support that clubs could access.
• See where clubs can sign up for support.

About Helen Clayton:

Helen has been involved in the sport sector for over 20 years, previous roles include college lecturer, coach, school sports coordinator and sports development officer.

During her time with Premiership Rugby, Helen developed the Hitz project in all 12 Premiership clubs, the programme used sport and rugby to develop young people, provide them with educational opportunities and find them work. This project was introduced in Argentina and Colombia and continues to grow.

Helen then took a break from working in the sports sector and worked for Business in the Community as part of their Business Connector programme, coordinating volunteers from business to reinvigorate communities through networking and maximising resources and capacity that was already held within those communities.

Host: Grace Batey (BF Performance Athlete Support Coordinator)

A session for athletes and their parents, designed to generate greater understanding of IADPs, the behaviour surrounding them and how they can help to improve performance.

Learning Objectives:

• Gain a greater understanding of IADPs and their importance.
• Understand how to best use IADPs.

More info and sign-up form coming soon!

More info and sign-up form coming soon!

Guest Speaker: Chris Farren (World Para Fencing referee)

Host: Chris Turner (BF Coaching & Workforce Development Manager)

This session will cover the basics of wheelchair fencing refereeing, including how the wheelchair frame works, how the fencing distance is set, and how the referee starts/stops the bout and judges hits (which is the area that is most similar to standing fencing). It will cover all three weapons, but will not be particularly weapon-focused, and will also cover the most common ‘issues’ in refereeing wheelchair fencing. It will also briefly touch on athlete ‘classification’ which is how the fencers are grouped according to their level of impairment, as this has an impact on some aspects of the referee’s job. A brief discussion on how wheelchair events are generally run may be included.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the basics of wheelchair fencing refereeing.
• Understand how the wheelchair frame works.
• Understand how the fencing distance is set.
• Understand how the referee starts/stops the bout, and judges hits.
• Receive a brief introduction to classification and how this impacts some aspects of the referee’s job.

About Chris Farren:

Chris was previously the head of the World Para Fencing (formerly IWAS) Referee Commission, and in that role was responsible for global wheelchair fencing referee development. An ex-GBR sabre fencer, Chris has won both individual and team national champion titles. Since retiring from competitive fencing, he has refereed both standing and wheelchair fencing events all over the world, including at four consecutive Paralympic Games.

Guest Speaker: Daniel Mynott (The Change Foundation Impact and Insight Manager)

Host: Rick Rodgers (BF Inclusion Manager (Disability))

The course is designed to give candidates an understanding of neurodiversity and how to run coaching sessions specific to fencers’ needs. It will cover specific challenges to those who identify as neurodiverse, different methods of inclusion, examples of situations, and tips for coaching.

The course will also discuss the results from the pilot of Fencing For Change, an ongoing project between BF and The Change Foundation. The findings from the initial pilot concluded that the fencing interventions delivered by coaches from The Change Foundation resulted in improvements within core physiological aspects of children with autism and positively impacted their everyday physical literacy skills.

Learning Objectives:

• Demonstrate an understanding of Neurodiversity.
• Run sessions specific to the participant needs.
• Plan player-centred coaching sessions for neurodiverse participants.

About Daniel Mynott:

Daniel Mynott works for The Change Foundation as their Impact and Insight Manager. He has autism and came though their disability programmes as a young person when he was 14 years old and has developed his career though the power of sport. Daniel is now works on developing The Change Foundation’s impact, and has been instrumental in the Fencing For Change programme.