General News
4th European Coaching Conference
Oct052015
31 coaches from 15 European countries met for the 4th European Coaching Conference from 18-20 September in Prague, Czech Republic. The Hector club provided an excellent venue with a large meeting room next to the courts and the hotel within walking distance.
The theme of the conference was "Supporting performance at elite level". Some of the topics and presenters included: Goran Vuckovic (Slovenia, University of Ljubljana) – “Performance analysis”, Mirek Dobes (Physio, Czech Republic) – “Injury prevention”, Philip McWilliams (Scotland) – “Strength training for squash”, Csaba Altvater (Fitness Coach, Hungary) – “Performance testing”, Ronny Vlassaks (Belgian and Dutch Head Coach) - “Training planning”, Colin White (Ireland, Austrian National Coach) – “Squash Sanity – group fitness for squash”, and Peter Hirst (England) – “Skill and accuracy”. As usual the social aspect was important for this kind of event and Saturday night in the old town of Prague with traditional Czech food and beer was a great opportunity for everyone to discuss squash (and other things) with old and new friends.