IBF Annual Judo Coaches Meeting
Academy Sport @ Movement Milton Regis
Minutes of the
Annual IBF Coaches Meeting
Sunday 13th
January 2013 at 11am
Present-
Martin
Clarke IBF UK President (Chairman)
Sittingbourne-
Casey
Belsey, Bradley Belsey, Rob Belsey,
George Loscombe, Michael Hutchinson, John Clarke, Vicky Franks, Keith Costa,
Keith Brown, Jamie Marzetti
Folkestone-
Colin
Carrott, Danny Carrott, Kerry Penfold
Faversham-
Miles Brown,
Trevor Davies, George Holbrook, Sue Tanner, Lee Reeves
Bedford-
Russell
Dodds, Ian Parker, Steve Jacob
Deal
Mick Davies,
Wesley Cousins
London
Oleg Siblov
Apologies
were received from our London, Scottish, N Ireland, Bexley, East Anglia and
Nottingham Clubs
MC opened
the meeting with a welcome and particular welcome to Mick Davies and Oleg
1-Post Olympic Impact
The impact
on membership was discussed with most feeling that the events of the summer
having minimal impact, although Faversham have seen a couple of new female
members as a result.
2-UK Competitions
There was a
resounding yes to the question do we need to continue running competitions? The
cost implications of running events were discussed alongside issues around
numbers of officials, how medals are awarded (if only 3 in a group then only 2
gold and silver awarded) and new rule changes. A decrease in match duration was
agreed-with over 8’s set at 2 minutes and Kyu grades as 3 minutes. The use of
corner judges will be dependent on the number of officials available. It was
also agreed that referees decision would come into play after a golden score
time of the original match period.
Upcoming
competitions were discussed with Sittingbourne running a larger competition in
March and a ground work event yet to be arranged.
Faversham
will postpone their planned Feb comp to April/early May.
Folkestone
will run their outdoor comp/fun day the last Saturday in July.
Bedford will
be running British Open Sombo the 2nd weekend in June and possibly
another event in October.
MC also
mentioned events possible in Scotland.
3-Club Mark
MC gave an
overview of the club’s experiences of the Club mark process. He asked whether
coaches would prefer it if we introduced our own system of specifications, that
although wouldn’t be formally recognised, would give clubs something to work
towards.
4-Kata
It was
discussed whether there was still a place for the formal teaching of Kata and
to have it as part of our grading syllabus. It was felt that there were
suitably qualified coaches at every club that would allow individual clubs to
run their own Kata courses rather than have them run centrally. MD suggested
that this could contribute to an erosion of the Kata and that there is still a
need for all the Kata coaches to get together to ensure consistency is
maintained. LR offered that this is also the case for coaches within clubs as
well, where we risk newly qualified coaches becoming replicas of other coaches
in the club. This could be avoided by coaches ensuring they gain experiences
and ideas from regular contact with other clubs.
5-IBF Instructors
MC gave an
overview of the current coaching process. JC talked about how he had recently
assessed several coaches over a longer period of time. MC informed everyone of
an upcoming free style wrestling course being run by Alan Jones (National
wrestling coach for Wales)
6-Dutch Open
This event
is running 14th-16th March for Judo and Sombo. RD intends
attending with a team.
7- European Competitions
This years
IBF multi nations comp is in Belgium in April. MC to double check the date, ?21st
April. The UK has been approached to run the 2014 event. It was felt that
Bedford would be an appropriate venue as there is an appropriate facility; it
is central for UK competitors and its close proximity to Luton airport for
European competitors. RD agreed to look at setting a date in April 2014 and
requested support from other clubs in running this event.
8-Grading Structure
Mc gave
overview of the current structure and asked for coach’s opinions on the current
junior and Kyu grade syllabus. All clubs are using it currently and felt it was
useful.
9-Referee Courses
MC asked if
there was a demand for courses for referees.
It was felt a formal course was needed rather than a self teaching
method to avoid mixed interpretation of the rules. TD suggested this should
include all coaches as they should also have an understanding of the rules.
After discussion it was agreed that MD would approach a Referee for the BJA to
arrange possibility of him running a course for us. There was a positive
response from the coach’s present stating interest in external trainers running
the course. LR suggested involving juniors at an early stage to get them
involved in refereeing. It was agreed that it would become part of the grading
syllabus for green and blue junior belts.
10-Summer Camp
MC explained
that he was unable to secure booking of the ACF camp at Dibgate again this
year. After discussion it was decided to run a weekend camp at Sittingbourne
with a Dan grading on the Sunday. JC added that after discussion with GH it was
decided to run “Fight night” six times a year, 3 at Sittingbourne on a Tuesday
and 3 at Faversham on a Thursday with an expectation that anyone doing a Dan
grade exam attends at least 2
11-Membership & Insurance
MC gave a
run down on some adjustments to member ship costs and insurance issues.
A.O.B-
CC brought
up the issue of providing refreshments for table officials at competitions. KC
to arrange for the Swallows competition.
Meeting was
closed at 12.30pm
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