England Lacrosse are delighted to announce another set of webinars as part of our ‘Cafe Conversations’ series.
The first webinar will be led by former England and current Great Britain Men’s Head Coach, Tom Wenham and will take place on Wednesday 17 February.
Tom, a Senior Lecturer at UCFB as well as an experienced coach, will be presenting a mix of academic and practical examples of how small sided games can be used to develop effective decision makers in team sports.
Tom has used small sided games throughout his lacrosse career in all areas of the game from coaching juniors and seniors at Manchester WACS and Sheffield Steelers, to university coaching at the University of Sheffield and his coaching positions, across 20 years of involvement, with the under-19 and senior men’s England squads.
Small sided games are a way to ignite creativity in players and coaches and, during his webinar, Tom will guide us through the concepts that can work in all areas and at all levels of the game.
Tom’s webinar will be followed by ‘Injury Risk Reduction’, on Wednesday 17 March, as England under-20 physiotherapist, Matt Collier, presents his knowledge of injury risk reduction, focusing particularly on his work on RAMP warm-ups.
Matt, who has a background in occupational physiotherapy, has a wealth of knowledge in his field as well as an in-depth understanding of lacrosse and is keen to share his resources to improve warm-ups and cool-downs at an individual and club level.
A week later on Wednesday 24 March, Director of Sport & Physical Activity at Birmingham City University, Mark Jeffreys, will deliver a webinar about creating a positive learning environment for athletes.
Mark, a member of the England Lacrosse Talent and Performance Group, specialises in talent identification and development and will focus on setting a positive culture within sport where the learner is put first and allowed to thrive without negativity.
Each webinar will start at 6pm and you can sign up below.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact England Lacrosse National Talent Co-ordinator, Martin Cragg, on m.cragg@englandlacrosse.co.uk.