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The third European Coaching Conference will take place at Lord’s Indoor School on 28th February to 2nd March 2007.

14 Associate and Affiliate member countries will be represented by their coaches at the conference, giving them an excellent opportunity to meet and discuss coaching practices, share new ideas and learn new coaching skills. The coaches selected to attend are all actively coaching junior national squads and will be working with their respective teams during ECC tournaments in 2007. The conference is an integral part of the continuing development of the European programme.

Led by Regional Development Officer Philip Hudson, the sessions will include a mixture of seminars, theory and practical sessions coving different areas of the game. Highly experienced presenters include John Abrahams (ECB National Academy Assistant Coach), Steven Seligmann (ECB Regional Performance Manager), Stuart Barnes (Gloucestershire CCC Academy Director), Owen Dawkins (Gloucestershire CCC Batting/Spin Coach), Nino Severino (Foot Sport Dynamics) and Dr Joce Brooks (Sports Psychologist).

The conference will cover wide ranging topics of technical disciplines together with advanced coaching skills, mental skills and lifestyle management.

Philip Hudson, Regional Development Officer, commented: 'the conference will provide all the attendees with an excellent opportunity to further develop the coaching skills they have already obtained. One of the main roles of the conference is to provide the coaches with fresh ideas that they can take back to their countries'

'We look forward to seeing the standard of European tournaments continuing to rise thanks to the effort of these coaches, many of whom are volunteers'