Focus on Coaching

In the past week ITU Sport Development showed a strong coaching focus in their activities.

Two coaches were awarded the BG Coaching Scholarships for 2008 namely Zeljko Bijuk from Croatia and Atherton Squire from Zimbabwe.

Zeljko Bijuk (Croatia) has been on the coaching staff for the past two years at the World Junior Camp in Tiszaujvaros, Hungary and is also the ITU Regional Development Coordinator for Europe and an ITU Certified Coach.

Atherton Squire (Zimbabwe) is a deputy headmaster of a school in Harare, Zimbabwe and is also an ITU Certified coach and the ITU Regional Development Coordinator for Africa.

ITU also endorsed the coach education programmes of two leading National Federations, British Triathlon Federation (BTF) and Triathlon Australia (TA) as part of the National Federation coaching Accreditation Programme. Both these education programmes more than met the standards set by the ITU and must be regarded among the world's leaders in triathlon coaching education.