“It has
taken around fifteen months to develop the site. Now the infrastructure is
in place we must build the coach population to meet the needs of visitors to
the site – including the public, schools, local authorities – who are
seeking coaching expertise. I therefore urge all forward-looking squash
coaches to promote themselves by signing up now at
www.coach4you.co.uk.
“Thousands of people search online for coaches and personal trainers. We are
running a free introductory membership period, valid from now until 28th
February 2007, so coaches and instructors should find this out for
themselves by promoting their expertise free in our
www.coach4you.co.uk virtual shop window before paid membership begins on
March 1 2007.”
Lee,
developed the concept when he realised that there was little or no online
information about coaches in terms of their CVs or indeed how to contact
them. The only way for a coach to showcase their skills has been to have a
website designed and built for them, which could prove very costly and
time-consuming!
FORMER
ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL URGES SQUASH 2/
Coach4you.co.uk is free to use with no need for members of
the public to register. The site will enable visitors to find the contact
details, qualifications and accreditations of squash coaches, which can be
searched by name, region, post code or sport in addition to clubs in their
locales. The site also provides health & fitness details and the details of
17,641 fitness, leisure and sports clubs.
Coach4you.co.uk has a secure ‘Member’ section for coaches and two categories
of membership, Key Member for an annual £30 + VAT fee and Key Premier Member
for £75 + VAT, keeping costs to a minimum to encourage growth of the online
community. Key Premier Member benefits include:
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Their
own web presence - a 24/7 shop window to the public, schools, clubs, local
authorities
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Access to downloadable lesson plans and tournament sheets
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Access to local & national vacancies
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Interactive online business support & mentoring services, e.g. filling in
tax forms
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Access to a comprehensive database of schools
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Reduced cost courses where available from governing body or affiliated
companies
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Free
meta tag listing on all major search engines
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Interactive on line diary, inc ‘Things To Do’ list, displayed
when log into your homepage
Lee
continues: “In addition to benefits such as enjoying a presence
in a national coach portal, ensuring that they are up to date with
the current thinking on their sports and
increasing the opportunity to share their expertise, I hope that coaches
share best practice with each other, and also help each other out,
for example offering to cover for each other at holiday times or even
working together to set up a better sports’ network within their
communities.
“At the
start of every season, pundits talk about grass roots sport and how more
needs to be done to encourage youngsters’ participation. A real obstacle is
lack of awareness of how to access coaches, so I trust that squash coaches
register on
www.coach4you.co.uk not only so they can take on more clients but also
so that they can hopefully nurture the stars of the future.“ |