15 Coaches Complete IBA 1-Star Coaching Course.

15 coaches have completed their world governing body, IBA 1-Star Coaching Course.

The 6 days of training were facilitated by IBA Instructor, Poland’s Adam Kusior, and held in Corpus Christi Boxing Club, Belfast.

The 1-Star course covers, in depth, topics including coaching styles, teaching and training methods, basic techniques, evaluation, responsibilities in competition and anti-doping.

It is part of the 3-step IBA coaching pathway:

3 STAR COACHES

• Current National Head Coach

• Former National Head Coach within 10 years

• A Coach who possess the highest national coaching school certificate

• A Coach who has over 20 years coaching experiences without stopping

(*) any Coaches who satisfy 3 conditions of these 4 requirements

2 STAR COACHES

• Current National Head Coach

• Former National Head Coach within 10 years

• A Coach who possess the highest or the second highest national coaching school certificate

• A Coach who has over 20 years coaching experiences without stopping (*) any Coaches who satisfy 2 conditions of these 4 requirements Or

• Current National Assistant Coach

• A Coach who possess the national coaching school certificate

• A Coach who has over 10 years coaching experiences without stopping

1 STAR COACHES

• Current National Coach

• A Coach who has over 5 years coaching experiences without stopping

• A Coach who possess the national coaching school certificate

(*) any Coaches who satisfy 2 conditions of these 3 requirements

Organisers have extended particular thanks to Tony Leonard and Eileen Shaw, for use of their club premises, and also to Paddy Barnes Senior for his logistics and operations support.