Tag: track & field
Why having a female coach has been the best thing about...
“Know that you are a champion. Believe that you are a champion"
This quote may seem comparable to a Muhammad Ali precept; a motto he...
FCN Delivers Workshop at the European Athletics High Performance Conference 2019
This weekend saw the delivery of the second European Athletics High Performance Conference
held in the beautiful city of Warsaw, Poland.
The conference brought together...
British Coach Series – Gladys Bird
Biography
Gladys represented GB and England at Pentathlon, 400m, 400m Hurdles and 4 x 400m relay including two Olympic Games, World and European Championships and...
British Coach Series – Coral Nourrice
Biography
Coral, a former athlete herself has been a coach since 2004 whilst working in various primary schools throughout Newham, which led her to receive...
British Coach Series – Clova Court
Biography
As an athlete, Clova competed for Great Britain at several major championships during the 1990's. Her first individual international vest was at the age...
British Coach Series- Carol Jackson
Biography
Carol bean coaching High Jump in 1974 at the request and under the watchful eye of Eric Laxen and worked with Mark Naylor as...
#London2017 – The Story of Ans Botha – the World Record...
Ans Botha is the woman behind the fastest 400m runner of all time - Wayde Van Niekerk.
Ans and Wayde have been working together since 2012;...
#London2017 – Meet Carmelita Jeter; The Fastest Woman in the World...
Carmelita Jeter is the fastest woman alive over the 100m, she currently hold 3 Olympic Medals and was part of the USA 4 X...
#London2017 – Sally Pearson and Why She Decided To Go It...
Sally Pearson is one of the best 100m hurdlers the world has ever seen. She has multiple World, Olympic and Commonwealth titles to her...
#London2017 – A Brief History of Women as Leaders in Global...
Track and Field began as a sport for men and opened to women only slowly and reluctantly, its narrow scope limited by social conventions...