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£80*

per delegate

*concessions may apply for

clubs affiliated to ClubSport

Stirling – please ask for

more details.

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Additional Information

If you are a member of a ClubSport Stirling affiliated club and you are eligible for a 50% discount on the delegate rate, you must submit a signed booking form from your club treasurer/chairperson at time of booking.

To confirm your place at the conference please make sure your booking form is sent to Forthbank performance sport centre – and please book early to guarantee a place!

Please note we are unable to refund any bookings. However, we will provide a full refund for all bookings should we have to cancel the conference due to unforeseen circumstances. Please note the conference is also subject to speaker availability.

Please make cheques payable to Active Stirling Ltd and provide your cheque guarantee number on the reverse along with your name, address and postcode and delegates name (if different) and post to the address above.

By phone01786 448308

In personForthbank Performance Sport Centre

By post/emailPlease complete the booking form at www.activestirling.org.uk and send to Forthbank performance sport centre, Stirling Sports Village, Springkerse, Stirling FK7 7UJ or email to meet@activestirling.org.uk

Booking & payment

Stirling’s first Coaching Conference at Stirling Sports VillageSaturday 18 August 20129.30am – 4.00pm

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What is talent? How do we identify it? Is it something you’re born with or can it be taught? Join us and some of the world’s leading professionals to discuss some of the questions above and explore how a deeper understanding of talent can affect our teaching, learning and coaching practices.

Talent alone is never enough

Key Note – Matthew Syed

Matthew Syed is a British journalist, broadcaster and author of Bounce, a book described as “a must-read for anyone interested in the science of success, and the mindset and culture that support it”. He has won numerous prizes for his writing including Feature Writer of the Year at the SJA Awards and Sports Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards. He is also a three time Commonwealth table tennis champion and a two-time Olympian.

Rhona Martin MBE

Rhona is Head Women’s Curling Coach at the sportscotland institute of sport, most recently helping Eve Muirhead’s team to capture Gold at the 2011 European Championships. As an athlete, Rhona brings a wealth of experience, competing at World level and most famously capturing Gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Ollie Dudfield

Currently Sport Advisor to the Commonwealth Secretariat, Ollie has worked extensively across sport, previously as International Development Manager at UK Sport a role that included the development of the International community Coach Education Systems (ICES) initiative. He has worked on sport development initiatives in Australia, Scotland and New Zealand with both community based and government agencies. Formerly he was a professional basketball coach and coach educator in Australia and New Zealand.

Brian Minikin

Brian is currently a lecturer in Sport & Fitness Management at the University of Kent. Previously he was the Regional Development Manager at the Oceania National Olympic Committee and Co-ordinator of the Australia South Pacific 2000 Sports Program at the Australian Sports Commission, providing support to Pacific Islands Countries in Sport Development leading up to the Sydney Olympic Games.

Conference Programme

09.30 Arrival and Tea & Coffee

10.00 Rhona Martin - Performance Coaching

11.00 Short Break & Refreshments

11.15 Ollie Dudfield – Viewing talent through different lenses: lessons from near and far

12.15 Lunch

13.30 Brian Minikin – If it’s about Talent, the Pacific Islands would beat everybody

14.30 Short Break & Refreshments

14.45 Matthew Syed – The Talent Myth and the importance of mind-set

15.45 Closing Remarks

16.00 Finish

*Conference schedule subject to change – please check website for updates

This conference is a must for any coach, teacher, or professional looking to understand what separates the world’s best athletes and how we can learn from their success. We have brought together an inspiring group of speakers with a mixture of experiences to give you a fantastic insight into this fascinating topic.

Conference chaired by Alison Walker.

Alison Walker is a highly-experienced and well-respected presenter and reporter who spent almost 20 years in television and radio

with the BBC, she will be joining us hot after commentating at the London Olympics.