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article 22 June 2025

You Can’t Be Everywhere, But The Right Coach Can Meet You Halfway

Most CPD feels like a tick-box exercise, especially when you're juggling a full PE timetable. But what if you could learn directly from coaches who live and breathe high performance?

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๐™’๐™๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™‹๐˜ฟ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™‹๐™€ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™‰๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™จ ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™๐™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™…๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐˜พ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™›๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š

When youโ€™re managing a busy PE program, every hour counts.
Lesson planning, clubs, fixtures, emailsโ€”and somehow, weโ€™re also supposed to stay up to date with the latest in teaching and coaching practice.

๐—–๐—ฃ๐—— ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜… ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ.

But the truth is, the quality of our teachingโ€”and our studentsโ€™ experienceโ€”is shaped by the ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ.

And in PE, that expertise often lies in the hands of high-level coaches.

Yet most teachers donโ€™t have access to elite coaches or national team mentors. Not because they arenโ€™t committed, but because theyโ€™re isolated by geography, funding, or time.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ Performance Pathways ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€.

๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ดโ€”
๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต, ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ-๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ.

Insight that can help you raise the barโ€”
๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ.

Because CPD shouldnโ€™t mean sitting through a generic webinar and hoping you remember one good idea.

It should feel like:

- ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ
- Watching them build sessions
- Hearing why they make a decision
- Learning how they adapt on the fly

Thatโ€™s what our platform is built around:
๐—š๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—˜ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด that you can bring into your own environment.

Whether itโ€™s:
- A volleyball curriculum from an international coachโ€ฆ
- A workshop on decision-making in invasion gamesโ€ฆ
- Or a sports psychology course made specifically for PEโ€ฆ

Youโ€™re not just learningโ€”
๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

And suddenly, CPD stops being a chore.
It becomes part of your growth as a:

๐™๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™ง.

๐˜พ๐™ค๐™–๐™˜๐™.

๐™‡๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ง.

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Director of Performance Pathways

Martin Brockman is Director of Brockman Athletics, providing teacher training and track and field teaching resources for schools around the world. Representing Great Britain in the decathlon for almost a decade, Martin achieved a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Dehli, 2010. On retiring from his international career, he moved to the world-leading Aspire Academy in Qatar as the Head of Athlete Development where he designed and implemented the academy athletics program from talent identification through to international athletics.

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