As part of the Paris Wave programme, supporting boxers, coaches and clubs in the post-Paris 2024 Olympic Games period, High Performance Coaches will be holding seminars throughout the Association in September and October, including in Ulster. These coaching seminars will include three key elements:
1. Road to Paris 2024 and Lessons Learned: presentation and Q&A
2. Practical coaching session: led by Head Coach Zauri Antia and the HPU coaches
3. Session/weekly planning workshop: fundamentals of designing a daily programme, building a training week and competition campaign.
To date, one High Performance seminar has taken place this year in Antrim, one in Munster, two in Castlerea – one of which took place during the Ireland/Ukraine training camp, and one in Dublin. A date is awaited for a seminar in Leinster. All dates and locations have been nominated in collaboration with the respective province or unit.
Paris Wave: High Performance Coaching Seminars are open to adult members of clubs successfully affiliated for the 2024/2025 season. Attendees must be over 18 , and registered as members in their club’s Blocworx portal.
Derry: Oakleaf Boxing Club, Rathmor Business Park, 52 Brickfield Court, Derry BT48 9PW. Saturday, October 5th, 12pm to 3pm. Register here https://shout.com/s/RZsudCD8
Paris Wave also includes:
Paris Wave – NextGen This programme will support clubs, financially, in responding to growth in member numbers. IABA will provide support for the provision of 4 training sessions for new members over a 6-week period, beginning in September. All clubs offer training to multiple age groups and clubs are welcome to make Paris Wave – NextGen applications for several training groups. IABA will also be supplying programme-specific materials to each participating club.
Paris Wave – Women in Sport – WIS Conference, August 31st, encompassing workshops on Coaching Teenage Girls, S&C for Female Combat Athletes, and Safeguarding Essentials – a practical session on managing and reporting concerns. This also marks the beginning of a 6-month long arc of WIS learning at in-person events in every province. Paris Wave – Women in Sport will culminate with a conference on International Women’s Day, 2025.
Paris Wave – Coaching: IABA is making 8 additional coaching courses available in this pillar. Four Fundamentals: Assistant Coach courses will enable 80 people to begin their coaching careers in Q4, and Four Level One: Club Coach courses will enable 80 coaches to take the next step in their coaching journeys.
Paris Wave – Safeguarding, augments IABA’s existing 2024 Safeguarding learning programme. IABA is providing 20 Safeguarding 1 workshops throughout 2024, and under Paris Wave, has added Safeguarding 2 learning in Q4. These are online events, and open to all Ulster clubs and their members.