Course Information

Session overview 

Dave Reed, from UK Coaching and Mike Porteous, British Triathlon High Performing Coach Programme (HPCP) Coach, will explore the subject area of selfcare for coaches. Dave and Mike will commence with an introductory conversation sharing their lived experiences with a series of questions and in-depth discussions, before opening the topic up for questions and wider discussions from the group. The session will consider.

 Where are we? The state of self-care, Dave and Mike will commence by sharing their experiences.

 What gets in the way? 

 What does a culture of caring look like? 

 Please note, due to the nature of this discussion this session will not be recorded and therefore can only be attended as live interactive learning.

Speaker overviews 

Dave Reed

Dave is a practicing coach, coach developer and mentor across several sports. His coaching experience covers many age groups within Rugby Union. He has a passion for mentoring coaches, to ensure they make the most of their opportunities. Over the last 12 months he has been working with several sports around children’s coaching and care of the coaching community.

• UK Coaching Partnership Development Manager
• U18 England Head Coach 2005-2015
• England U20 Head Coach 2015-2020
• England Woman
• RFU Senior Coach Developer
• Mentor
• RFU Development Officer  

Mike Porteous

Mike runs a swim, bike, run and triathlon coaching business: ZigZag Alive.  He is also a British Triathlon mentor, including for coaches on the High Performance Coach Programme.  He was the Head Coach at Brighton Tri Club, leading a team of 25 coaches.  He has a special interest in confidence and its central place in great coaching practice - a book on the way for coaches across all sports.  At the last Learning Performance Week Mike ran a workshop on Protecting Our Coaching Energy - a theme he and Dave will pick up on in their session.

Audience | Who should sign up? 

This personal development session is aimed at coaches wishing to; challenge their thinking, develop their own coaching practice whilst exploring topics in greater depth. You should attend if you’d like to sound board ideas in a group of driven coaches looking to thrive at their best.  We recommend you are willing to share your lived coaching experiences with others to contribute to the groups learning. We recommend this learning experience for coaches that have taken either the HPCP, Level 3 or Level 2 Diploma qualifications and are regularly coaching in order to share lived experiences and implement in your coaching practice.

Course Venue

Online, Online, Online, Online, Online