Para-equestrian coach joins elite programme

Nina Venables

British Para-Equestrian Olympic coach Nina Venables is amongst 12 coaches across a broad gain of sports to hold out selected for the Elite Coaching Apprenticeship Programme (ECAP) for 2012-2014.

This prestigious programme aims to accelerate the evolution of coaches already inside the World Class System, to enable them to bring an enhanced touching on inwards the brusk term, simply too to conk elite coaches inwards the future.

Venables, 42, coached Paralympic squad gilt as well as private silverish medallist Deb Criddle at London 2012. She learnt her merchandise initially at Catherston Stud, nether the tutelage of Jennie Loriston-Clarke. She completed her coaching exams piece looking after Jennie’s Seoul Olympic ride, Dutch Gold.

After spending fourth dimension at a private dressage yard, Venables began freelance coaching. She started helping Deb Criddle inwards 1999 as well as half-dozen years afterwards was appointed motorcoach to the World Class Development Para-Equestrian Dressage squad.

“I was surprised to fifty-fifty hold out position forward, as well as then it is a existent accolade to hold out selected. I am looking forwards to both developing my ain coaching as well as having the chance to interact with coaches from the unlike sports, finding out what nosotros tin larn from 1 another.”

The ECAP coaches volition produce goodness from ‘on the job’ preparation past times working amongst a Master Coach from inside their manufacture – inwards Venables’ illustration British Para-Equestrian Dressage Head Coach, Michel Assouline – piece too having access to a Mentor – maybe from a unlike sport.

This volition hold out complimented past times a workshop programme, delivered past times experts inwards coaching, non-technical coaching skills, sport scientific discipline as well as sports medicine.

“British Para-Equestrian Dressage owes much of its success to Nina’s coaching skills as well as dedication,” said World Class Programme Performance Director Will Connell.

“She has been an integral utilisation of the World Class squad over the past times x years equally a motorcoach on the Development Programme as well as with the Performance Programme equally motorcoach / possessor supporting Paralympic multi medallist Deborah Criddle. I am delighted that she has been given the chance to farther heighten her skills.”

Alex Copeland, Head of Sport Development at the British Equestrian Federation (BEF) said: “Ensuring nosotros bring a arrangement inwards house that agency nosotros tin bring upwards as well as develop our best coaches is crucial to the continued success of British Equestrian Olympic as well as Paralympic sport as well as programmes similar ECAP enable this to happen”.

 

Full listing of Apprentice coaches, along with their respective Master Coach as well as Mentor:
 
Sport Apprentice – Coach – Master Coach 

British Bob Skelton – Chris Type – Andi Schmid 
GB Canoeing (Sprint) – Steve Train – Mark Ratcliffe 
British Cycling – Matt Winston – Dan Hunt 
Disability Swimming – Rob Aubry – Billy Pye 
British Diving – Tom Owens – Steve Gladding 
Para-Cycling – Tom Stanton – Chris Furber 
Para-Equestrian – Nina Venables – Michel Assouline 
GB Rowing – Neasa Folan – Paul Reedy 
Sailing – Jonny McGovern – Matt Howard 
Short Track Speed Skating – Paul Worth – Nicky Gooch 
Swimming – Andi Manley – Mark Perry 
Wheelchair Tennis – Ash Smith – Karen Ross

 

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