Overview

This professional development workshop programme is designed for experienced athlete welfare and development managers. The focus of this programme is on higher order athlete development management skills and to provide the opportunity for full and lengthy exchanges among the participants to allow the growth of ideas and enhance practice in this challenging area. Workshops and discussions will focus on the roles of the player development manager; identifying and influencing key stakeholders; counselling strategies; dealing with distractions and deviations; athlete identity; and current and future issues in athlete and career development and management.

Curriculum

Making a difference: current and future issues for the PDM
Identifying and influencing key stakeholders
Effective communication (“getting the message across”)
Athlete Identity
Counselling Strategies: a professional approach
Understanding and assisting deviance and difference
Enhancing the future for a PDM

Delivery Mode

> Face to Face
> Intensive
> Live-In
> English Language
> Case Study/Problem Solving Focus

Participant Mix

People who are involved in developing and caring for elite and professional athletes including player development managers, welfare officers, counsellors, player agents and retired players with an interest in elite athlete development and player welfare management.