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Coaching Youth Athletes – Coach Webinar Series 2023 (Russian)

Coaching Youth Athletes – Coach Webinar Series 2023 (Russian)
The second webinar of the 2023 Coach Webinar Series, presented by Gallagher, was about Coaching Youth Athletes. This focused on coaching athletes from their first experience of sport, to when they leave school/college. This webinar was hosted by SO Venezuela Athlete Leader, Alvaro Brochero. Alvaro is a certified CONMEBOL football coach, and coaches players from the ages of 8 to 12 in the club Futuros Vinotinto. In 2020 he was elected as President of the Special Olympics Latin America Regional Athlete Leadership Council. Currently, he is part of the group of Sports Directors of Special Olympics, responsible for planning and organizing the Unified Football World Cup that was held in Detroit in July 2022. Joining Alvaro, was Hayley Kavanagh from Special Olympics Ireland. Hayley discussed her research on Young Athletes and how to effectively measure and evaluate children with intellectual disabilities’ functional movement skills (FMS). Following Hayley’s excellent presentation, Holly Jacobs and Sean Stake discussed Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and how this can be applied in practical settings with Unified Champion Schools.
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Coaching Youth Athletes – Coach Webinar Series 2023 (French)

Coaching Youth Athletes – Coach Webinar Series 2023 (French)
The second webinar of the 2023 Coach Webinar Series, presented by Gallagher, was about Coaching Youth Athletes. This focused on coaching athletes from their first experience of sport, to when they leave school/college. This webinar was hosted by SO Venezuela Athlete Leader, Alvaro Brochero. Alvaro is a certified CONMEBOL football coach, and coaches players from the ages of 8 to 12 in the club Futuros Vinotinto. In 2020 he was elected as President of the Special Olympics Latin America Regional Athlete Leadership Council. Currently, he is part of the group of Sports Directors of Special Olympics, responsible for planning and organizing the Unified Football World Cup that was held in Detroit in July 2022. Joining Alvaro, was Hayley Kavanagh from Special Olympics Ireland. Hayley discussed her research on Young Athletes and how to effectively measure and evaluate children with intellectual disabilities’ functional movement skills (FMS). Following Hayley’s excellent presentation, Holly Jacobs and Sean Stake discussed Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and how this can be applied in practical settings with Unified Champion Schools.
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Coaching Youth Athletes – Coach Webinar Series 2023 (Italian)

Coaching Youth Athletes – Coach Webinar Series 2023 (Italian)
The second webinar of the 2023 Coach Webinar Series, presented by Gallagher, was about Coaching Youth Athletes. This focused on coaching athletes from their first experience of sport, to when they leave school/college. This webinar was hosted by SO Venezuela Athlete Leader, Alvaro Brochero. Alvaro is a certified CONMEBOL football coach, and coaches players from the ages of 8 to 12 in the club Futuros Vinotinto. In 2020 he was elected as President of the Special Olympics Latin America Regional Athlete Leadership Council. Currently, he is part of the group of Sports Directors of Special Olympics, responsible for planning and organizing the Unified Football World Cup that was held in Detroit in July 2022. Joining Alvaro, was Hayley Kavanagh from Special Olympics Ireland. Hayley discussed her research on Young Athletes and how to effectively measure and evaluate children with intellectual disabilities’ functional movement skills (FMS). Following Hayley’s excellent presentation, Holly Jacobs and Sean Stake discussed Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and how this can be applied in practical settings with Unified Champion Schools.
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Coaching Youth Athletes – Coach Webinar Series 2023 (English)

Coaching Youth Athletes – Coach Webinar Series 2023 (English)
The second webinar of the 2023 Coach Webinar Series, presented by Gallagher, was about Coaching Youth Athletes. This focused on coaching athletes from their first experience of sport, to when they leave school/college. This webinar was hosted by SO Venezuela Athlete Leader, Alvaro Brochero. Alvaro is a certified CONMEBOL football coach, and coaches players from the ages of 8 to 12 in the club Futuros Vinotinto. In 2020 he was elected as President of the Special Olympics Latin America Regional Athlete Leadership Council. Currently, he is part of the group of Sports Directors of Special Olympics, responsible for planning and organizing the Unified Football World Cup that was held in Detroit in July 2022. Joining Alvaro, was Hayley Kavanagh from Special Olympics Ireland. Hayley discussed her research on Young Athletes and how to effectively measure and evaluate children with intellectual disabilities’ functional movement skills (FMS). Following Hayley’s excellent presentation, Holly Jacobs and Sean Stake discussed Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and how this can be applied in practical settings with Unified Champion Schools.
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Coaching Youth Athletes – Coach Webinar Series 2023 (Portuguese)

Coaching Youth Athletes – Coach Webinar Series 2023 (Portuguese)
The second webinar of the 2023 Coach Webinar Series, presented by Gallagher, was about Coaching Youth Athletes. This focused on coaching athletes from their first experience of sport, to when they leave school/college. This webinar was hosted by SO Venezuela Athlete Leader, Alvaro Brochero. Alvaro is a certified CONMEBOL football coach, and coaches players from the ages of 8 to 12 in the club Futuros Vinotinto. In 2020 he was elected as President of the Special Olympics Latin America Regional Athlete Leadership Council. Currently, he is part of the group of Sports Directors of Special Olympics, responsible for planning and organizing the Unified Football World Cup that was held in Detroit in July 2022. Joining Alvaro, was Hayley Kavanagh from Special Olympics Ireland. Hayley discussed her research on Young Athletes and how to effectively measure and evaluate children with intellectual disabilities’ functional movement skills (FMS). Following Hayley’s excellent presentation, Holly Jacobs and Sean Stake discussed Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and how this can be applied in practical settings with Unified Champion Schools.
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Coaching Adult Athletes – Coach Webinar Series 2023 - Spanish

Coaching Adult Athletes – Coach Webinar Series 2023 - Spanish
The final webinar of the 2023 Coach Webinar Series, presented by Gallagher. This webinar was all about being adaptable as a coach and keeping adult athletes engaged in a challenging environment. This webinar was hosted by football referee and Special Olympics Washington Athlete Leader, Garrett Utz. Garrett has officiated at 1 USA Games, 2 Unified Cups, and 2 World Games. Garrett also holds multiple leadership positions and is also an Athlete Advisor for the Sport and Competition team in Special Olympics International. Garrett was joined by Gallagher’s Scott Gregory who sits on the board of Special Olympics Southern California and is an active Special Olympics coach. Thomas Graham from the Newcastle United Foundation gave us an overview of the development of their walking football programme and how this could be applied to Special Olympics contexts. Ken Black, co-founder of the Inclusion Club, then presented on the STEP Model (Space, Task, Equipment, People) and how to adapt your coaching to continually challenge athletes no matter the ability level. To close out the webinar, there was a very passionate and inspiring message from Special Olympics supporter and former US Men’s National Team player and current Vice President of Sporting for US Soccer, Oguchi Onyewu.
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Coaching Adult Athletes – Coach Webinar Series 2023 - Italian

Coaching Adult Athletes – Coach Webinar Series 2023 - Italian
The final webinar of the 2023 Coach Webinar Series, presented by Gallagher. This webinar was all about being adaptable as a coach and keeping adult athletes engaged in a challenging environment. This webinar was hosted by football referee and Special Olympics Washington Athlete Leader, Garrett Utz. Garrett has officiated at 1 USA Games, 2 Unified Cups, and 2 World Games. Garrett also holds multiple leadership positions and is also an Athlete Advisor for the Sport and Competition team in Special Olympics International. Garrett was joined by Gallagher’s Scott Gregory who sits on the board of Special Olympics Southern California and is an active Special Olympics coach. Thomas Graham from the Newcastle United Foundation gave us an overview of the development of their walking football programme and how this could be applied to Special Olympics contexts. Ken Black, co-founder of the Inclusion Club, then presented on the STEP Model (Space, Task, Equipment, People) and how to adapt your coaching to continually challenge athletes no matter the ability level. To close out the webinar, there was a very passionate and inspiring message from Special Olympics supporter and former US Men’s National Team player and current Vice President of Sporting for US Soccer, Oguchi Onyewu.
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Coaching Adult Athletes – Coach Webinar Series 2023 - Russian

Coaching Adult Athletes – Coach Webinar Series 2023 - Russian
The final webinar of the 2023 Coach Webinar Series, presented by Gallagher. This webinar was all about being adaptable as a coach and keeping adult athletes engaged in a challenging environment. This webinar was hosted by football referee and Special Olympics Washington Athlete Leader, Garrett Utz. Garrett has officiated at 1 USA Games, 2 Unified Cups, and 2 World Games. Garrett also holds multiple leadership positions and is also an Athlete Advisor for the Sport and Competition team in Special Olympics International. Garrett was joined by Gallagher’s Scott Gregory who sits on the board of Special Olympics Southern California and is an active Special Olympics coach. Thomas Graham from the Newcastle United Foundation gave us an overview of the development of their walking football programme and how this could be applied to Special Olympics contexts. Ken Black, co-founder of the Inclusion Club, then presented on the STEP Model (Space, Task, Equipment, People) and how to adapt your coaching to continually challenge athletes no matter the ability level. To close out the webinar, there was a very passionate and inspiring message from Special Olympics supporter and former US Men’s National Team player and current Vice President of Sporting for US Soccer, Oguchi Onyewu.
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Coaching Adult Athletes – Coach Webinar Series 2023 - English

Coaching Adult Athletes – Coach Webinar Series 2023 - English
The final webinar of the 2023 Coach Webinar Series, presented by Gallagher. This webinar was all about being adaptable as a coach and keeping adult athletes engaged in a challenging environment. This webinar was hosted by football referee and Special Olympics Washington Athlete Leader, Garrett Utz. Garrett has officiated at 1 USA Games, 2 Unified Cups, and 2 World Games. Garrett also holds multiple leadership positions and is also an Athlete Advisor for the Sport and Competition team in Special Olympics International. Garrett was joined by Gallagher’s Scott Gregory who sits on the board of Special Olympics Southern California and is an active Special Olympics coach. Thomas Graham from the Newcastle United Foundation gave us an overview of the development of their walking football programme and how this could be applied to Special Olympics contexts. Ken Black, co-founder of the Inclusion Club, then presented on the STEP Model (Space, Task, Equipment, People) and how to adapt your coaching to continually challenge athletes no matter the ability level. To close out the webinar, there was a very passionate and inspiring message from Special Olympics supporter and former US Men’s National Team player and current Vice President of Sporting for US Soccer, Oguchi Onyewu.
Videos

Coaching Adult Athletes – Coach Webinar Series 2023 - Portuguese

Coaching Adult Athletes – Coach Webinar Series 2023 - Portuguese
The final webinar of the 2023 Coach Webinar Series, presented by Gallagher. This webinar was all about being adaptable as a coach and keeping adult athletes engaged in a challenging environment. This webinar was hosted by football referee and Special Olympics Washington Athlete Leader, Garrett Utz. Garrett has officiated at 1 USA Games, 2 Unified Cups, and 2 World Games. Garrett also holds multiple leadership positions and is also an Athlete Advisor for the Sport and Competition team in Special Olympics International. Garrett was joined by Gallagher’s Scott Gregory who sits on the board of Special Olympics Southern California and is an active Special Olympics coach. Thomas Graham from the Newcastle United Foundation gave us an overview of the development of their walking football programme and how this could be applied to Special Olympics contexts. Ken Black, co-founder of the Inclusion Club, then presented on the STEP Model (Space, Task, Equipment, People) and how to adapt your coaching to continually challenge athletes no matter the ability level. To close out the webinar, there was a very passionate and inspiring message from Special Olympics supporter and former US Men’s National Team player and current Vice President of Sporting for US Soccer, Oguchi Onyewu.
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