Alan Richardson Email & Phone Number

Wedmore, Gb

Street, Somerset

Acting as a team leader for junior GB and NI teams at World Junior, European Junior and World under 18 champs as well as being a team coach for GB teams from under 20 to senior championships including the 2011 World Champs and 2012 European Champs

Leadership and management of national strategy of Jumps and CE including coach development and talent development programmes through to futures and WCPP. This process included budget management, strategy development, staff management and leadership as well as acting as team leader for GB and NI Junior teams.

Loughborough

•Leader for high performance programme developing and supporting athletes to Olympic and World championship success. This included high performance coaching, talent development pathways, coach development and management of a multi disciplinary team to support high performance.

Loughborough, England, United Kingdom

Coaching Loughborough university students for the Pole Vault as the lead for developing performance athletes at the worlds most successful sporting university.

•Responsible for the Development and Delivery of the National Coach Development Programme (NCDP) for Jumps and Combined Events, including preparation, management and monitoring of budgets •Supporting the creation, development and evaluation of the England Athletics National Coach Development Programme and England Athletics Masterclass Programme.•Responsible for identifying, implementing and supporting personal and group development opportunities for Jumps coaches across… Show more •Responsible for the Development and Delivery of the National Coach Development Programme (NCDP) for Jumps and Combined Events, including preparation, management and monitoring of budgets •Supporting the creation, development and evaluation of the England Athletics National Coach Development Programme and England Athletics Masterclass Programme.•Responsible for identifying, implementing and supporting personal and group development opportunities for Jumps coaches across England.•Constant review and distribution of literature to coaches to enhance personal coach development •Personal Mentoring of 15 Senior coaches across England, including providing support for both writing annual plans and developing training structures for athletes, including those on the UKA Futures programme and in their application processes for various funding streams including UKA Future’s Programme and SportsAID.•Line management of the Jumps and Combined Events National Coach Mentors comprising of senior coaching staff including chairing staff meetings, six monthly and annual appraisals and developing professional development programmes. •Recruiting and interviewing for Club and Coach Support Officer roles nationwide•Provision of monthly reports on performance objectives including continued statistical analysis of Key Performance Indicators across the Jumps and Combined events groups.•Team Coach/Management role for England Teams, including various international competitions and planning international competition fixtures in the 2010 build up to the Commonwealth Games.•Development of Coach Education Material, including for the use on Ucoach•Responsible for developing and implementing strategies to ensure the filtering of mentoring knowledge and skills from national to local coach development programmes•Good working relationships with all England Athletics Club and Coach Support officers to ensure implementation of national strategies. Show less

East Midlands

•Provide outstanding support and mentoring to coaches throughout the East Midlands region•Management of volunteer coaching staff providing high quality coaching to regional performance squad including developing links to AASE programme•Organised and implemented an innovative mentoring and excellence in coaching scheme for coaches across the East Midlands Region.•Developed regional coaching scholarship scheme and successful regional coaching conferences•Set-up and delivered a… Show more •Provide outstanding support and mentoring to coaches throughout the East Midlands region•Management of volunteer coaching staff providing high quality coaching to regional performance squad including developing links to AASE programme•Organised and implemented an innovative mentoring and excellence in coaching scheme for coaches across the East Midlands Region.•Developed regional coaching scholarship scheme and successful regional coaching conferences•Set-up and delivered a regional athlete support mechanism for elite athletes within the East Midlands utilising relationships created with UKA talent managers, EIS support staff and other service providers Show less

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

Postgraduate Certificate In Sports Science, Sports Science

Activities and Societies: Postgraduate Studies in Sports Science including Sports Biomechanics, Sports Nutrition, Sports Psychology.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Physical Education Teaching And Coaching

Activities and Societies: BA (hons) Physical Education

Level 5 Elite Jumps Coach, Distinction

Level 4 Performance Coach, Pole Vault

Level 3 Performance Coach, Sprints, Hurdles, Jumps

Level 2 Coach - Sprints, Jumps, Throws, Endurance