Seven events to be held in the European Athletics 2021 Coaching Seminar Series

European Athletics has put together an intensive schedule of seven events for its annual Coaching Summit Series, which has provided high level instructional and networking opportunities since it was inaugurated in 2008 and seen thousands of coaches attend the events in the last 13 years.

Six of the events take place over a five-week period from the end of October starting with the European Combined Events Conference, which brings together a host of experts with extensive experience realting to the discipline. 

European Combined Events Conference
Venue: Sollentuna Friidrottshall (SWE)
Dates: 29-31 October
Contact: Janne Wanhainen janne.wanhainen@friidrott.se
Website: https://www.friidrott.se/EuropeanMultiEventConference2021
Registrations: https://response.questback.com/svenskafriidrottsfrbundet/rv38ioczbj

• Sweden’s European heptathlon record holder, the 2004 Olympic champion and noted public speaker Carolina Klüft will open the event on Friday 29 October with a presentation.
• Germany’s head coach of decathlon and German athletics federation 2018 coach of the year Christopher Hallman will be sharing his experiences and professional expertise both seminars and coaching session with one of his athletes Tim Nowak, a European and world U20 championships medallist, and the Swedish international decathlete Fredrik Samuelsson.
• The head of sport psychology for the Swedish Sport Confederation Göran Kenttä will discuss his work and good practice in relation to the combined events.
• Finland’s two-time Coach of the Year Petteri Jouste, a sprint and hurdles specialist will share his experiences from 30 years working in speed training.
• Walter Weber from Hypomeeting Götzis organisers, will explain why the Austrian meeting is widely considered to be the best combined events competition outside of a major international championship.

World Javelin Conference
Venue: Kuortane Olympic Training Center (FIN)
Dates: 5-6 November
Contact: Tero Pitkämäki tero.pitkamaki@kuortane.com
Website: https://www.kuortane.com/worldjavelin.html

Speed & Hurdles Conference (online)
Dates: 13-14 November
Contact: Shani Palmer spalmer@englandathletics.org
Website: tba

European Pole Vault and High Jump Conference
Venue: German Sport University Cologne (GER)
Dates: 12-14 November
Contact: Wolfgang Ritzdorf ritzdorf@dshs-koeln.de
Website : https://polevault-symposium.jimdofree.com/

• The 8^th edition of this Conference will once again bring top coaches, sports scientist and athletes will come together to discuss the latest development of the vertical jumps.
• European indoor high jump record holder Carlo Thränhardt, Björn Otto and Tamas Kiss are just three of the outstanding experts who will share their knowledge and expertise. Besides technical discussions ‘periodisation’ will be one of the main topics of the conference. 140 coaches from 18 countries have already registered.

Endurance Conference
Venue: Leeds Beckett University, Leeds (GBR)
Dates: 12-14 November 2021
Contact: Brian Hanley b.hanley@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
Website : https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/events/conferences-and-symposiums/european-endurance-conference-2021/

European Discus Conference
Venue: Tallinn (EST)
Dates: 19-21 November
Contact: Hans Üürike hans.uurike@gmail.com
Website: https://throwsworld.com/

International Festival of Athletics Coaching
Venue: online
Dates: tbc
Contact: Frank Dick office@fwd.uk.com
Website: https://athleticscoaches.eu

European Athletics Member Federations are eligible for the Coaching Summit Series Scholarship grants as follows:

400 CHF if one coach takes part in a Coaching Summit Series event

800 CHF if two coaches take part in a Coaching Summit Series event

1200 CHF if a third coach takes part in one of the Series Events and if this coach is a woman

For further details contact: European Athletics Development Coordinator Yannick Morard yannick.morard@european-athletics.org

Source: European Athletics