Coaching Edge - Winter 2012 Issue 26

'The diversity of the articles covered in the Coaching Edge helps me to see many different points of view and coaching in different sports.'

Neil Troth, Level 1 Rugby League, Union and Football coach

Coaching Edge is the official magazine of sports coach UK and is the UK's leading coaching magazine dedicated to sports coaching.

Aimed at coaches and participants of sport interested in improving performance, it provides relevant, practical information to those who take sport seriously.

This issue contains an interview with FA Head of Elite Development Gareth Southgate. Find out what approach 'the national game' is taking in its efforts to bring football home, and how a change in the emphasis of coaching is central to these efforts.

Also included are articles on:

• Happy and Glorious... Coaching Edge catches up with some of the winners at the 2011 UK Coaching Awards.
• It's About What You Can Do... All coaches will tell you that even though they are teachers, they never stop learning. To add a greater dimension to their coaching, ex-professionals are turning to coaching disabled people. Pick up some tips to help you coach disabled people.
• Ahead Of The Learning Curve... expert advice on creating appropriate coaching strategies for different learner needs.
• Be Prepared... A physio is for health, not just for injury and any coach worth their salt has taken on the message that 'prehabilitation' is far better, and far less painful, than the alternative. Find out how you can help prevent future problems for your athletes.
• And much more!

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• 04 Remote Control - Matt Majendie
• 07 Theories of Relativity - Sam Parker
• 10 Happy and Glorious - Coaching Edge
• 12 It's About What You Can Do - Howard Foster
• 16 The Long Haul - Paul Buttle
• 20 Ahead of the Learning Curve - Sam Hawcroft
• 23 Take Your Partners - John Goodbody
• 26 Be Prepared - Richard Gibson
• 29 The Name of the Game - Mike Dale
• 32 Cape Crusaders - Richard Jones