Australian Taekwondo Seminars comprise a series of expert-led sessions scheduled throughout the year. Sessions will encompass theoretical insights and hands-on practical applications. Engaging discussions will encourage participants to relate these concepts to their coaching practices and to critically assess their relevance within the context of Taekwondo.

The recognition, appreciation and use of the talents and skills of all athletes and staff of all backgrounds.

High performance environments are by nature experienced and seen as exclusive, where athletes and staff meet strict criteria for selection and de-selection. But what if these often unforgiving and relentless competitive sport environments were being navigated by inclusive coaches and coaching behaviours? 

Inclusion as a lens and inclusive behaviours offer coaches new tools, approaches and mindsets in the delivery of high performance. It has the potential to increase the ability of a coach to fully engage with the person and the performer, increase the degree they tailor, personalise and individualise their work with athletes and teams and make better decisions based on insight, not assumptions or stereotypes.
An inclusive high performance coach would know and understand their athletes and staff as people (a focus on who is producing the performance) and as performers (a focus on what performance needs to be produced).

A coaches ability to form genuine working relationships, where they trust, respect, believe, commit and work collaboratively with their athletes, staff and wider networks or ‘relational coaching’ is at the heart of effective, successful and inclusive coaching. Relational coaching has also been proven to be a significant factor in increased and continuous sport participation, for successful and rewarding sport experiences and is ‘an active environmental factor’ that can have significant effects on athletes’ developmental trajectory in sport.

The Inclusive High Performance coach modules will support Taekwondo coaches to intentionally focus on the way they form and maintain professional relationships and networks over the long term and how these relationships serve themselves (Module 1: coach-self relationship), their athletes (Module 2: coach-athlete relationship) and their sport, team or club (Module 3: coach-network relationships). 

Each module is 1.5 hours and will be delivered online by a facilitator. Each session builds on each other and will introduce practical tools, models and frameworks to support coaches to apply their learning back in their coaching environments.

The Physical Preparation Seminar Series is an expert led set of seminars which will be delivered across the month of June.
Topics being discussed will include fundamental and contemporary physical preparation, warm up and recovery on competition day and enhanced understanding of integrating gym sessions leading into competition. The sessions will involve theory and practical application, interactive discussion to understand what this might mean for you coaching practice and to challenge application specific to Taekwondo.