Contemporary Rounders Coaching

Dates & Venues

Friday, 2 March 2012
Rugby School, Warwickshire
Thursday, 22 March 2012
Thames Valley Athletics Centre, Windsor
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
East Grinstead Sports Club, Sussex

Prices

£139 2 places £239 4 places £339 (price excludes VAT)
Course runs from 10.00am - 3.30pm. Course includes lunch and notes

Tutors

Caroline Park
Caroline Park

Caroline Park works with nurseries in Gloucestershire developing Child Movement Programmes.  She was previously a lecturer at Manchester Met University working in Child Movement and coaching.  As Head of PE at Millfield Prep, she was in charge of developing the pre-prep PE programme. Subsequently she was Director of Sport at Cheltenham College and now she is Head of PE at Cumnor House School.

This is an opportunity for teachers and coaches of Rounders to learn a range of new techniques, practices and tactics to improve the performance of their players. This course also looks into the Rules and how they are applied in school matches. Attention will be paid to teaching the game in the class situation, in addition to preparing teams for match play. It will cover all material contained within the GCSE Rounders syllabus.

  • Rules of the game and their application in school matches
  • Umpiring and scoring a school match
  • Fielding techniques and practices
  • Role of the backstop
  • Specialist fielding positions
  • Bowling with variety and pace
  • Batting strokes and ball placement
  • Small sided games for class teaching
  • Tactical development: preparing teams for match play