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COACHING EDGE |NEWS|
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NEWS BITES
Q’S ALL HEART
WITH AWARD CASH
WELCOME
It’s important that coaches are
recognised for their hard work and
successes. That is why we host the UK
Coaching Awards which are supported
by Gillette. As we look forward to the
2013 event we caught up with Q
Shillingford, the 2012 Gillette
Community Coach of the Year winner,
who spoke with his usual infectious
passion about coaching and the Heart
of Portsmouth Boxing Academy.
We all cheered on Mo Farah at the
Athletics World Championships in
Moscow where his 5,000m and
10,000m Golds confirmed him as one
of the best distance runners of all time.
His coach Alberto Salazar provides
Coaching Edge with a fascinating
insight into the techniques he uses with
the double Olympic and World
Champion.
This edition also takes a further look at
the new funding which has been made
available for school sport. As I’ve said
before this is an important area and it’s
vital that we all work together to ensure
that coaches and schools make the best
use of this money to create a sustainab B