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.
