SG Club Congress 2022 line up of speakers underway!

This year's theme is all about caring and investing in a club's key resource - the coaches. Register your interest today!

This congress is suited for club owners, managers and administrators. 

Sessions

Hire to fit, Train to skill

9am - 10am Singapore time (1 hour)

When coaches are in short supply and high demand, it can be tempting to snatch up any willing candidate with the right background and expertise for the job. What can organisations look out for when hiring a committed, lasting employee who actively contributes to your organization’s mission, vision and growth? How can organisations incorporate good safeguarding practices in their recruitment to create a child safe training environment? 

Frank Sahlein has been active in the Children’s Activity Center industry as an athlete, coach, business owner, consultant and business broker. Frank’s reputation as a business management innovator has inspired audiences worldwide, delivering over 1,500 presentations for a variety of children’s activity center industries and organizations – including gymnastics, swimming, cheerleading, dance, martial arts and child care/education.

Club Quality Assurance Programme

10am - 10.30am Singapore time (30min)

Management systems, if well planned and written, will underpin any service business such as a gymnastics club. The Club quality Assurance programme is developed to help clubs understand how to establish and maintain management systems that will assure quality and give the necessary information to enable clubs to build such systems.

Karen will be sharing more about the programme, the benefits, the movement to recognise star clubs on our website and that moving up the star rating is managable in a few key steps.

Adopting safeguarding policies in your Clubs 

10.30am - 11am Singapore time (30min)

How do you identify the risk areas or gaps within your clubs? What can you do to mitigate such risks? This session will share on the Risk Assessment Tool and “quick win” areas that clubs can implement right away to ensure a safe sporting environment for their participants!

Ng Kend Tuck, Policy & Advocacy, Safe Sport Taskforce

Kend Tuck's work focuses on the development of Safe Sport policies and guided sporting organisations in the implementation of safeguarding policies and best practices. He is a psychologist by training and worked in the criminal justice system previously.

Syahirah Latiff, Training & Education, Safe Sport Taskforce

Syahirah drives the training curriculum for Safe Sport, coach recognition programmes and events, profiling of coaches and publicity work for CoachSG. She has been part of the Safe Sport work since its infancy in 2018 and has facilitated various workshops for stakeholders, built partnerships and guided Sporting Organisations in implementing their Safe Sport policies, including management of cases. Her background is in psychology and communications.

Running "Fitter 4 Life" in your club

11am - 12nn Singapore time (1 hour)

Frances will provide some background on the Fitter for Life Seniors Exercise Program. She will advise the benefits to participants and clubs and shop some examples of the program.

Fitter for Life is a Program targeted at older adults to assist them remain active, improve cognition and also encourage social interaction. The program aims to help improve mobility, strength, coordination and balance with activities that can be catered to all levels of ability or mobility.

Frances is a sports consultant and the current State Coordinator of "Fitter for Life" at Gymnastics NSW. Frances has extensive experience in the world of sport as an international level gymnast, coach, high performance manager, CEO of NSW Sporting Association and National Director of Australian Sporting Organisation. She has been involved in 5 Olympic Games and 5 Commonwealth Games in a variety of capacities including manager, coach, judge, television commentator and production manager. Frances also has extensive experience in the organisation of Functions and Events, vast experience in public speaking and being a Master of Ceremonies. 

Engage - building positive relationships with your gymnast's parents

12nn - 1pm Singapore time (1 hour)

Parents, guardians, and carers play an extremely important role in the sporting lives of children and adolescents. Without their support and encourage it is unlikely that many children would be able to participate in sport. In this webinar, Gordon MacLelland from Working with Parents in Sports explores:
•    What is parental engagement?
•    What are the positives and challenges of sporting parents?
•    Following organisational culture and alignment
•    Understanding today’s sporting parent
•    What can we do as a coach to keep parents happy?
•    What can we look to expect in return?
•    The importance of being a positive role model and setting the tone
•    Building an effective communication policy
•    Running effective parents meetings
•    Dealing with a disagreement

Gordon MacLelland set up ‘Working with Parents in Sport’ after 20 years as a teacher and as a coach to all age levels from 7 year olds to adults. He has a BA/Hons degree in Sports Science from University College Chester and a PGCE from Lancaster University. He was a Director of Sport at an independent school in the UK for over a decade. He has worked in schools in both the UK and New Zealand. WWPIS is a UK based company that works with sporting organisations globally, providing unbiased information that understands the difficulties that parents and coaches face in today’s world.

*Please note that session order may be subjected to change.