Club coach
James Sweeney - Club Coach and Junior Development Officer
Hi to everyone in our club. I currently hold the positions within our club as Club Coach and as Junior Development Coach. Detailed below are the primary functions I fulfil within these roles.
A brief background for those within the club who are not familiar with who I am.
I have been competing in triathlon and have belonged to Panthers Tri club since 1996. During this time I have competed over all distances and have also held several positions within the club committee. In more recent years I have slowly become more involved with coaching and building training programs for fellow athletes. I currently hold certification in the following fields:
- Green licence for swimming
- Level one certification for cycling
- Level one certification for triathlon and
- Level one certification for Strength and conditioning.
A result of these qualifications is that TRINSW have asked me as part of my role to develop more junior involvement within our club for the sport of triathlon.
My aim is to try and establish a strong junior culture in our club where our children can learn the skills needed to become the best athletes they can be. The junior programs will have a heavy emphasis on developing skills in the three disciplines of triathlon.
I want to at the same time offer similar things for all our senior athletes and these things can be worked in conjunction with some junior sessions as well as separate senior sessions where specific aspects of are sport are targeted.
I will be arranging regular sessions for each aspect of our sport which any club members are welcome to attend. Some of these sessions will have a cost attached and this will be publicised prior to the scheduled dates. I am open to suggestions from club members as to what things people would like to cover and the format of these sessions.
I look forward to meeting and talking to many of you and I am available either at
coachsweeney@bigpond.com or on 0417 585 460, with e-mail being the preferred contact method as I do still have a full time job to attend to.
So please feel free to contact me if you would like to find out more or would just like to attend a session and see what it's all about.
Train safe
James Sweeney
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