Coaching Courses
We offer a range of courses to our registered members. We have developed a hybrid learning approach for the delivery of our Coach Education Program courses through the use of virtual online training and real-world practical experience.
Introduction to Coaching Course
This introductory coaching course is suitable for everyone willing to get involved with helping in your club. Parents, both ex-rowers and those who know nothing about the sport but want to help; juniors and students aged 16+ with some rowing experience, but no coaching experience, all will benefit from this course.
By the end of the day you will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to assist your club coaches both on the water and in the gym.
During this course, we cover a wide range of essential topics, including coaching methods, rowing technique on the erg, safety and welfare awareness, effective communication, and session planning.
Course Fee: €80
For more details and to register for the course click HERE
Level One Coaching Course
Our Level One Coaching Course will show you best coaching practices for both on-water and off-water training. Completing this course will equip you to coach Junior 12 to Junior 18 athletes and novice to intermediate adults.
This course combines over 22 hours of in person and online lessons and practical sessions covering topics like strength and conditioning and coaching practice. The in person course is spread over 3 days.
Course Fee: €350
For more details and to register for the course click HERE
Level Two Coaching Course
The Level Two coaching course is the next step of development for coaches. The course is delivered over a 6 month period through online and in-person seminars.
Level Two Course Contents:
| Lactate Testing theory & practice | Strength and Conditioning |
| Coaching Skills. | Communication Skills |
| Athlete Drop out & Retention | Fundamental Movement Skills |
| Long term Athlete Pathway | Rowing Physiology |
| The Female Triad | Elite & Lightweight Rowers |
| Season & Event Planning | Sports Psychology |
| Nutrition for training and competing | Training principles, requirements of the sport |
| The R.I. technical model | Drills and technique development |
| Rigging theory & practical application. | On the water coaching observed assessments with a L3 or HP coach |
| Goal Setting |
Course Fee: €650 However, to facilitate payment, we can split the cost over the 6 month period.
In order to register for the Level Two Coaching Course you must fulfil certain entry requirements
For more details and to register for the course click HERE
HIIT for Rowing Workshop – online
Rowing Ireland Coach Education presents an opportunity to be updated on the most recent developments in interval training specifically for rowing. It will challenge your current knowledge in this area and should provide you with both the theory and practical knowledge to tailor your training programmes to maximum advantage.
This online workshop has been developed by and will be delivered by Sport Ireland Coach Developer Luke Smyth. Luke holds a MSc. in Sports Performance from U.L. and is a Rowing Ireland Level Two coach.
This workshop is aimed at experienced coaches working with Championship level crews.
Course Fee: €10
Click HERE to register
Coaching Teenage Girls – WORKSHOPS
When 1 in 2 girls drops out of our sport, what can we do? Come to our workshops to find out!
The Coaching Teenage Girls in Sport workshop has been developed through a collaboration between Sport Ireland Coaching and their partners and adapted by Rowing Ireland Coach Education.
Workshop Content
The workshop is made up of five main modules:
- Drop-out And Engagement in Girls’ Rowing and Physical Activity.
- Meeting the Psycho-Social Needs of Girls in Rowing.
- Coaching Girls 12-17 years – Body image & Maturation.
- Menstruation and training.
- Preparing for the Challenges of Adolescence in Girls.
Coach Learning Resources
As well as the workshop, which is delivered by Robin Winkels and John Dillon, both trained Coach Developers, the learning resources provided for each coach consists of:
- Pre-workshop task: A pre-workshop task to get each coach to think about good coaching practice with teenage girls.
- Reflective journal: After each section of the workshop each coach gets the opportunity to consider how the content may apply to their coaching.
- Coach’s manual: This consists of the content of the workshop, allowing the coach to read and review what was covered in each section of the workshop.
- Let’s Get Real tasks: These are for use post-workshop to support coaches to transfer their learning to their practical coaching, with the girls they coach, in their club environment.
Key Takeaways
The 3-hour workshop provides an excellent start-point. Highly recommended for both male and female coaches, it raises awareness of the challenges for teenage athletes and stimulates increased understanding, inspiration, and action to engage teenagers in rowing.
It is especially valuable for male coaches as they may not have lived experience and particularly seek more knowledge around the physical and emotional impact puberty has on girls in a sporting context. This is particularly difficult for male coaches to grasp without that specific education.
Course Fee €15
Click HERE to register
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Advanced S & C WORKSHOP
Advanced S&C Workshop
30 and 31 May | National Rowing Centre
Delivered by Luke Smyth, this two-day practical workshop is ideal for coaches who want to build stronger, more athletic rowers through better strength and conditioning.
It is part of our Level Two Coaching Course, but it also works as a stand-alone workshop.
We would particularly encourage coaches involved in coastal and beach sprint rowing in clubs across the south-west to attend. The physical demands of these disciplines make strength, movement quality, power and robustness especially important.
The two-day workshop includes:
10:00 – 11:00 = Advanced S&C theory for rowing
11:15 – 12:30 = RAMP warm-up structure and practical application
12:30 – 13:00 = Lunch
13:00 – 14:30 = Bodyweight and weighted exercise technique
14:45 – 16:00 = Movement assessment, progression and regression
16:00 – 17:00 = Coaching practice and peer feedback
Day Two includes:
10:00 – 11:30 = Spotting techniques and coaching safe lifting practice
11:45 – 13:00 = Coaching key exercises including squats, lunges, deadlifts and pressing movements
13:00 – 13:30 = Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 = Programme design for different rower profiles
15:15 – 16:30 = Case studies and group tasks
16:30 – 17:00 = Review and applied coaching discussion
As the workshop progresses, coaches will be actively involved throughout, combining theory, practical work and coaching application. This is not just a lecture-based course. Coaches will be expected to take part, coach others, and reflect on how the material applies in their own club setting.
The cost for the weekend is €130. This is a stand-alone workshop, but it will count towards the Level Two Coaching qualification if you later decide to take the full course.
