Angling Trust's The Coaching Angle Issue 10 | Page 6

COACHING
DANNY WILLIAMS, ANGLING
DEVELOPMENT OFFICER (NORTH),
EXPLORES THE COACHING SCENE
THROUGH THE LENS OF “SPRING INTO
FISHING”, AN ANGLING TRUST MASS
PARTICIPATION EVENT HELD AT BOGGART
HOLE CLOUGH, MANCHESTER, IN MARCH.
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My role gives me many
opportunities to support the
deployment or employment of
Licenced Angling Coaches and
Volunteers, working on events at
their own clubs or fisheries, as well
as at Angling Trust programmes
such as Spring Into Fishing and the
AIM and CAST awards. These
events are funded by Environment
Agency fishing licence income and
help thousands of people discover
the wonders of angling each year.
When I was asked to pen a picture
of how anglers get into coaching,
and their subsequent coaching
delivery, I chose a typical Spring
Into Fishing session as a good
example of a mass participation
event, attracting over 160
attendees. I decided to interview
and record what happened through
the eyes and voices of potential
coaches, coaches of various levels
and even one of our coach
educators. This is what they said.