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Easter Coaching 2008
April 2008
The first two weeks of April
were this years school April holiday’s and as such saw the
Skatepark run it’s coaching and youth programmes. Week one
saw eleven participants take place in the coaching with
eight staying on for the afternoon youth activities where as
week 2 saw 25 participants with 14 of these young skaters
staying on the whole day.
The morning sessions lasted for
two hours and involved coaching for the two hours between
10a.m-12pm, the over all feed back from parents was that all
those that enrolled on the coaching progressed greatly due to
the standard of the coaching and the coaches.
The youth activities were also
greatly received with the graffiti art proving the most
popular activity out with the actually sporting activities,
week one saw each young person creating there own canvas
graffiti work where as in week two sections of the park were
spray painted over a period of two days.
Each participant received a
certificate, sweat band and stickers at the end of the week
and almost all wished to return during the Summer holidays.
The success of the two week programmes means that once again,
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Film and Photography
Project
March - April 2008
16 Young People signed up to
this Community Safety Partnership funded project, the first
4 weeks were spent planning and developing and also spent
learning the disciplines of filming and photography putting
together storylines/ ideas. A helmet camera was purchased to
allow the young people to film there self in action, the
beauty of the project was that once the young people learnt
the ropes they were given almost free reign to produce what
ever they felt was fitting. After consultation it was
decided that everyone would film each other then help to
edit and produce a DVD montage of each other skating to
background music that was again selected by the young
people.
Monday 31st Tuesday 1st
filming and editing, this took place over the first two days
of the Easter holidays, and also allowed all those on the
project two days of free skating on the park as well as
editing and producing the film
Wednesday 2nd Final
Touches and showcase.
Wednesday evening saw a showcase
of the DVD taking place with all participants inviting
parent’s, guardians and siblings for the premier. All
participants received a copy of the DVD and expressed an
interest in returning to develop the skills that they had
learnt on the next course. |
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Graffiti Workshop
March 2008
Tuesday nights throughout March
2008 saw the return of the Graffiti workshops in partnership
with Skinnycap. Demand was so high for the seven places that
they were allocated on a first come first serve basis. The
Community Safety Partnership met the cost of the art worker and material’s and
once again ran the courses free of charge. The first two
weeks saw each participant given their own sketch books and
saw sketches’ and ideas being formulated with the aid of the
art worker and various magazines.
It was decided that the area above
the mini half pipe would be ideal for the project, so on week
three the work commenced and painting began the transformation
that took place in the space of two weeks spanning 4 hours was
amazing all participants thoroughly enjoyed the project and
all expressed a keen interest to enrol on the next project.
All participants were given their sketch books to keep so as
to practice their art work, with a view to formulating ideas
that could be expanded upon and created during the next
project. The feedback from both parent’s and participants was
extremely positive with one of the participants parent’s
claiming that “…. he is going to do his bedroom” and “ he’s
been warned not to be doing this outside”. |
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Factory visit to Transition
Extreme
3rd March 2008
At 5pm on Monday the 3rd
of March the users of the factory Skatepark set off for a
trip to Transition Extreme Skatepark Aberdeen. Twelve of the
Factory’s regular users took part on this trip. The age
groups ranged from 11 to 18 for the bus, a session on the
park and food each person was charged the princely sum of
£5, with the rest funded by Community Safety Partnership
Funding. The group arrived at the park at 6:30pm and skated until
8pm. In attendance were 8 Bladers and 4 boarders. Transition
was not overly busy with about 30 to 40 users on the park
inclusive of our own group and the 5 members of staff. Many
of those who attended were first time visitors to Aberdeen,
and were all impressed by the park.
With this in mind the the younger
group where only really begging to find line’s they felt
comfortable with when it was time to leave, however everyone
did enjoy themselves and liked the park. At 8 o’clock everyone
was rounded up and taken to Burger King for a burger as the
Transition café was completely closed by 6 :30pm, all in all
everyone had a good evening and by the time we returned just
after 10 most were ready for bed after having a good night
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Ramp Building
February 2008
The Factory Skatepark ran a
5-week ramp building course through February, the times for
the course were 6-8pm on Wednesday evenings, the course was
only made possible through the support of the Community
Safety Partnership.
There were 9 young people signed
up on the course. The first week saw ideas and sketches’ put
together between the joiner and the young people and it was
decided that the young people would be split into two groups
and construct two individual ramps.
Over the course of the next 3
weeks the ramps were measured, cut and assembled with each
individual taking part in the creative process. All aspects of
ramp building that required power tools were done by a
qualified joiner who has a keen interest in rollerblading and
is a park regular. The final week saw the ramps painted and
metal applied to reinforce the ramps. The young people were
then given the opportunity to test the ramps on their next
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Relentless Blading Comp
13th January 2008
The first Relentless sponsored
comp held at The Factory took place on Sunday 13th
of January 2008. Throughout the whole week leading up to the
competition it was obvious that the blading community was
behind the event with many putting in the hours all week. So
after a week of sub zero temperatures Scotland’s blading
community decided to heat things up, the park was literally
buzzing with anticipation by the time 2 O’clock came around
and with over fifty registered competitors and another
hundred spectators and free skaters it was clear that this
was going to be a good afternoon. So while the final prep
before the competition was going on the riders started to
warm things up and from the outset it was clear that
something special was going to be needed to take home a
prize.
The results are as follows and on
the day, these guys were the top runners and riders:
12 and under
1st - Sean Walsh
2nd - Dominic Bruce
3rd - Arron Donaldson
1st place then went to our very
own Sean “Shorty” Walsh for a combination of sick tricks but
his disaster top soul and royal on the rail box combined with
a front flip from the spine to the big flat bank gap, and a
top acid on the middle quarter and 540 on the spine saw him
run away with first prize.
16 and Under
1st - Callum Walker
2nd - Craig Downie
3rd - Chris Gilray
The 16 and under saw Callum Walker
bring home the bacon by 540’ing the box, a back torque to acid
along and down the rail box followed by a front unity back
farv on the middle quarter. No mean feat at all which saw this
young magician handsomely rewarded.
Over 16
1st - Keir Lindsay
2nd - Zak Buys
3rd - Scott Quinn
Last but by no means least it was
finally the chance for the big boy’s to shine and we don’t
just mean their bruises. This was by far the hardest section
to call and the judges were seriously sweating to pick a
winner. In the end however Keir Lindsday was crowned the
overall master. A 720 on the big box, a 540 kind grind then
540 switch grind, a disaster 450 back royal on the rail box,
followed by undoubtedly the trick of the day, a disaster sweat
stance off the sports Scotland on to the wall ride and back
in, which brought about the biggest cheer of the day… Well
second as the biggest cheer of the day had to be when Zak Buys
took out Lewis Bowden with what can only be described as a
flying dropkick that Bruce Lee would have been proud of.
To round off proceedings hard cash
for tricks were awarded and that rounded off what can only be
described as a good day for all. The factory Skatepark would
like to thank all those who turned up on the day either to
ride or spectate, those who did compete “We salute you” and of
course the Sponsors on the day Relentless who not only
donated all the prizes but also where on hand on the day
giving away free goodies and of course liquid refreshment that
was greatly appreciated by all in attendance. “We Thank You
All” |
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Xmas Skate Jam 2007
17th December
2007
Monday 17th of
December saw the Factory Skatepark hold a Christmas skate
jam between 6pm-10pm. There was a good range of skaters on
the night local and not so local. The first hour or two saw
the guy’s sesh the park and a good vibe was transcending the
whole park, the real nitty gritty took place about 8
o’clock, the rail in the new plaza area was the first
obstacle to be given the treatment, it took a battering
indeed. Ross Matthew’s took the honours for his
backside blunt however and was presented with a new set of
wheels for his troubles. Jamie received a set of
bearings for a creative wall tap that had to be seen to be
believed.
Next it was onto the new roll in
and jump box and there was no shortage of tricks here, big
airs where the order of the day accompanied by some big
spills, Roddy representing lowriderz was well involved by
this point, but as one of the sponsors it just didn’t seem
right to be dishing product to the man (sorry Roddy). Murray
Fender was another well represented here, but when it came
down to it for effort, style and over all guts it was a
shoot out between two. Once again Ross was at the forefront
and was trying sick tricks for a pair of Supra sneaks. Ross
just shaded it with repeated big air’s attempting to gap the
box to the flatbank 360 and boy did he deserve it. Stuart
received a £20 gift voucher from Concrete Jungle and this
was well deserved.
Let’s face it Concrete Jungle,
Lowriderz, Brokehead, and Ozzy’s gave
us that much gear, decks, hoody’s, t shirts, bearings,
wheels, belts, DVD’s, and more that there were prizes
getting handed out left right and centre too far to many to
name. In the end a bowl toss decided the home of one new
deck, t shirts and DVD’s. To end the night an impromptu
speed camera appeared in the bowl and the guy’s were letting
it rip. And of course a shout out must go to Paul Thompson
who claimed a deck on the night for being voted the best
ripper.
The Factory would like to give a
big shout out to Lowriderz (Rod and Bri), Concrete
Jungle (Billy Boyd), Brokehead (Steve and Mac),
and of course Ozzy’s (Shiraz), for donating the
goodies and for the support on the night. Finally, a massive
shout must go to Ian Forbes D.J. extraordinaire for rocking
the jam all night with a mix of tantalising tunes and break
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Blue Light Band Night 2.
14th December 2007
The second Blue Night Band night
was held on Friday the 14th of December 2007 at the
Factory Skatepark. From 6pm, a small crowd started to gather
at the door, this was a full hour and a half before the
actual event, bearing in mind the sub zero temperatures this
was no mean feat. By doors open there were 104 young people
eagerly waiting to hear the bands. Headliners on the night
were once again The Valentine Project who were supported by
‘Disposable
Heroes’ and ‘Sharp Edge’.
The Valentine Project
kicked off proceedings due to commitments elsewhere and were
followed on stage by Disposable heroes and Sharp Edge, each
band played for around thirty minutes. Those whom attended all
had a great night and each banned rocked the crowd with there
tight sets and amazing vocals.
The success of this night coupled
with the previous event will see another night take place on
the 29th of February 2008. This is sure to be
another excellent night of free music, so watch this space for
details of bands scheduled to play.
The event was hosted by The
Factory Skatepark in partnership with Dundee City Council,
Tayside police and Tayside Fire Brigade, while all sound
requirements were taken care of by Audiowave. |
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October Skate+.
1st - 12th October
2007
About 10 kids
each week participated in the October Skate + sessions. The
morning’s were spent learning and improving skills with our
coaches and the afternoons were spent doing a whole range of
youth activities.
A couple of
days were spent with an arts worker where young people got
access to digital cameras and were able to take photos of
themselves on the Skatepark. We discussed different types of
shot and composition with the young people and they came up
with some really good photos. The next session we cut out
shapes and images from lino boards with special tools and made
prints onto the photos.
On the 1st
week the young people had the amazing opportunity to skate
with a load of professionals at the EA block jam at the
Skatepark. The young people had a fantastic time riding with
all the pros and watching them killing the block at the jam.
Other activities included a pool competition, a visit to the
cinema and an afternoon of watching DVD’s playing the PS2 and
chilling.
All in all the
young people had a great week, new friendships were forged and
lots of new tricks laid down. These camps take place at the
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October Coaching.
1st - 12th October
2007
Once again the Factory Skatepark
held two weeks intensive coaching over the Dundee school
October holidays between October 1st - 12th.
Week one saw 16 participants take part with 9 of these
participants staying on for the youth provision in the
afternoon, while week 2 saw 15 participants with 6 of these
individuals staying on in the afternoon.
During these two weeks, bladers
and boarders took part in 10 hours of intensive coaching
overseen by the Skatepark coaches. During these ten hours,
each individual was introduced to park etiquette, the basics
of their preferred discipline, ramp work and given hints and
tips on tricks and best practice while skating. Before anyone
even begins to skate, the coaches emphasise the importance of
using safety equipment. By the end of the week, almost all of
the participants could use the entire park and for those who
could not use all of the ramps definite progress in their
skating abilities was noted. The coaching not only increases
user’s physical fitness but for many is a worthwhile social
event, as many parents commented that the self-confidence that
their child had gained during the week was “unbelievable”.
Finally, to cap off the week all users were given a
certificate, sweat bands, free passes and stickers as a thank
you for helping to make the coaching weeks once again a great
success.
It can be noted again that the
feedback from users and parents was extremely positive, and
after the first week of coaching, several participants entered
the beginner’s competition picking up various prizes. All
those whom took part in the coaching learnt a plethora of new
skills and have been accessing the park on a regular basis.
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Beginner's Competition
-Sponsored by DuFFS.
6th October 2007
This was the Factory Skatepark’s
second beginner competition of the year and was run to
coincide with the October holidays’ coaching sessions. The
competition was run during the usual Saturday beginner
session, at 8:45 there was already a queue of eager entrants
waiting on the doors opening; overall there were 24 entrants
14 skateboarders and 10 bladers. The first half hour of the
comp was a free skate with the judges, coaches, and
participants having a small jam ad the entrants feeling each
other out. The competition began in earnest at twenty past
nine with the bladers taking centre stage then followed by the
boarders; the street course was where all the action was
taking place, although the guy’s were beginners there was no
shortage of sweat being shed, with slam’s all over the place.
The prizes on offer where Duffs hoodies, vans t-shirt’s,
c.d.’s and stickers and they were not being handed out
lightly.
In the blading category Stuart
Nicholson came away with a Van’s t-shirt for a mute grab over
the long box, Gregor Crabb got a set of wheels and DuFFS
stickers for dropping the box backwards. Blair Walker received
the DuFFS hoodies for 180 safety over the small box. Aarron
Donaldson took a set of wheels for jumping the quarter to the
spine, Cameron Walker got a Van’s t-shirt for 540 on to the
big box, Rahul Amin received a set of bearings for clearing
the small box.
In the boarding category Thomas
Sanchez received a hoodie for a pop shuvit over the hip,
Mickey Fenton ollied the gap on the Funbox receiving a
t-shirt, the next t-shirt went to Martin D’all for a 180 on
the small box, the final t-shirt went to Nairn Spink for a
kick flip again on the small box. The best slam went to John
Hair who got DuFFS stickers, tins of Relentless and a
Disturbia USB
memory stick.
Cans of relentless, DuFFS stickers, and
Disturbia USB memory sticks and Disturbia sound tracks were given away
throughout the competition so all that entered went away with
something. The smiling faces and continuous laughter were the
most memorable part of the event showing that these young
rippers will gladly be back for more.
We'd like to thank DuFFS, Caught
In The Crossfire, Free Spirit and Coca Cola for all the prizes
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Ancrum Road Pilot Scheme.
28th September
2007
On Tuesday the 28th of August we
were asked to go to Ancrum Primary school to demo and teach
children how to rollerblade and skateboard. This had come
about through a presentation given at the school by Mark Brash
Sports Development Manager. In the first instance 43 children
from Ancrum primary visited the Skatepark as an end of term
reward, the success of this meant that Ancrum Primary had in
turn asked for the delivery of off site provision for 12
children whom could not afford to go on an out of school
excursion with the upper school.
On the day Mark Brash, Ben Thompson (skateboard coach) and
Zoie Duffy (blading coach) attended Ancrum primary between
1.30 – 2.30. On arrival at the school Mark met with Colin
Watson (assistant head) and introduced the children and
teachers to the coaches. The group were then split into two
and took part in half hour sessions of blading and boarding.
Most of those whom attended had never skated before so the
session generally incorporated balancing, and general rolling.
For those who could skate slalom courses and relay races were
the order of the day.
Everyone who took part thoroughly enjoyed the session and were
keen to know if the Skatepark team would be returning at a
later date.
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Blue Light Band Night.
21st September
2007
The Blue Light
Night initiative was held for the purpose of giving bored
young people an alternative to hanging about the streets ,
reduce incidents of anti social behaviour and substance
misuse.
Funding
This event
was made possible due to a successful funding application to
Dundee Community Safety Partnership, community Safety Fund.
Partners
The event
was en excellent example of partnership working involving:
Planning
Representatives from the above organisations met on a number
of occasions during the planning process. The notes of
these meetings show that each member of the group took
ownership of specific tasks.
Risk
Assessment
A
Comprehensive risk assessment was undertaken.
Attended
On the night
73 young people participated.
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Gender |
Age Bracket |
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Male |
Female |
-11 |
11 - 13 |
14 - 16 |
17 - 19 |
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29 |
44 |
1 |
11 |
40 |
21 |
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39.7% |
60.3% |
1.04% |
15.1% |
54.8% |
28.8% |
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Resident Postcode Area |
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DD1 |
DD2 |
DD3 |
DD4 |
DD4 7 |
DD4 8 |
DD5 |
FK |
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2 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
40 |
12 |
1 |
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2.7% |
8.2% |
5.5% |
6.9% |
4.1% |
54.8% |
16.4% |
1.4% |
The Event
Breathalysing and drug search stations were set up manned by
plain clothed officers. None of the young people showed
evidence of alcohol or drug misuse.
Dundee City
Council youth information workers were on hand with a youth
information stand offering advice and printed information on
substance misuse, health and exam stress. Young people were
invited to complete a local consultation questionnaire. It
is estimated that between 40 and 50 young people engaged
positively.
The bands –
The Living – The Floor and the Valentine project began their
sessions at 8pm. All of the young people behaved well and
seemed to enjoy the event. Throughout the evening there
were at least three members of staff present at all times.
Feedback
Some of the
young people expressed a wish to skate this was not possible
from a health and safety point of view. Other complained
that the sound was not as good as they had anticipated (The
Skatepark was not designed as a music venue). However,
most of the feed back was very positive.
Feedback was
received via the Young Scot Website, e mails to the park and
handwritten comments all of which have been kept on file.
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Rollerblading Competition.
9th June 2007
The first rollerblading
competition of the year took place on Saturday the 9th
of June between 2pm and 6pm. In total there were 21
competitors in all age groups. The age groups were broken into
three categories 12 and under, 16 and under and 16 and above.
The warm ups started around 12
o’clock, by 2pm there were quite a few people in the park
busting out tricks. We started off by giving out prizes for
tricks landed, Aarron Donaldson won a prize for 180’ing over
the small flat-bank. Another you guy Craig 540’d off the fun
box to flat and Paul Campbell did a spin over the flat-bank
box to flat.
We started the comp off with the
12 and under category. Aarron Donaldson did a makio grind
along the railbox, Jack Rollo aired the box,soul to back unity
on the railbox and also tried to front-flip 180 it which was
insane! Shorty was ripping it up with a front flipped onto the
funbox, he also 540’d the flat bank box and 540’d the spine.
He also did a fakie front-flip 180 on the ¼ pipe. Shorty stole
1st place, Jack Rollo coming a close second and
Dominic Bruce was 3rd after pulling a sweatstance
on the ¼ pipe, a makio on the railbox and 540’d onto the
funbox.
Next up was the qualifying round
for the 16 and unders, Paul Heffell pulled a crazy bio 540
over the fun-box which was well smooth. Chris Gilray managed
to gain a place in the final by gaping to grind on the vert,
Paul Campbell did a smooth 360 and 540 over the fun box, he
also landed 270 topsoul on the back sub-box. James Kyte was
doing back royal to 180 flat bottom on the sub-box. Chris
Hislop was doing back unity on the back sub-box also.
The final for the over 16’s had 6
skaters competing for 1st, 2nd and 3rd
places, Fraser Duff was trying 270 topsoul on the quarter
pipe, Lewis Bowden did negative mizou along the rail box, 180
over the barrier and fakie to bio 720 on the ¼ pipe. Willie
Thomson was doing pretty technical switch ups on the railbox.
Scott Ridder was pulling front-flips over the flat-bank box
and gap from the spine onto the top of the fun box. Zander
pulled a 540 over the fun-box. Lewis Bowden came in 1st,
Willie Thomson got 2nd and Scott Ridder was 3rd.
Then came the final for the 16 and
under, this section of the competition was pretty intense.
Chris Gilray did a 360 over the funbox, Chris Hislop did
frontside along the sub-box to 450 off to flat which was
pretty crazy. Paul Heffell again bio 540’d the box, did a mad
back flip over the fun box and 540’d the funbox. Paul
Campbell stalled the powerade barrier, gapped to the barrier
then jumped into the mini area and also landed a 450 topsoul
on the sub-box. James Kyte destroyed the park, a stylish 540
over the box, after a few attempts did Topsoul along the back
sub-box then 540’d to flat. He still had some energy left to
front flip the flat-bank box and topsoul stall the powerade
barrier and jump back into the quarter, all this gained him 1st
place, with Paul Campbell coming in 2nd and Paul
Heffell in 3rd.
Finally we threw out some more
free stuff in the bowl, this included; lots of posters, b-mags,
stickers, t-shirts, wheels and a hoody. Lot’s of happy faces
to end the summer blading comp for 2007.
This competition would not have
been possibly without the donations from UkSkate and Ozzys. |
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Active schools and Junior
Sports Leader Award
April 2007 saw Dundee active
schools coordinators run a the JSLA at the factory Skatepark
this was an intensive three day course and was attended by
six of our stewards aged between fourteen and sixteen. The
Factory Skatepark met the administration costs of this
course totalling £214. The stewards attended the course
during their school holidays over a the three day period of
Wednesday 11/04/07 (9-5), Thursday the 12th (9-5) and Friday
the 13th (9-3:15), during this time a varied programme was
followed (see appendix 1) and a log/exercise book was worked
through this consisted of 7 units ;
1. Planning, Preparing and assisting a simple sporting activity.
2. Basic communication skills for leading a sporting activity
3. Principles and practice in delivering a basic health and fitness
session
4. Understanding fair play in sport
5. Understanding the role of the sports official
6. Understanding the scope of local sport and recreational activities
7. Demonstration of leadership skills in sport.
The Junior Sports Leaders Award (JSLA) is a nationally
recognised qualification and is designed to provide a
starting point for young people aged 14 - 16 who want to
develop their sports leadership skills.
The aim of the award is to develop generic skills that can
be applied to a variety of sporting activities, as well as
contributing to the candidate's personal and social
education. The award is a nationally recognized award that
helps young people over the age of 14 develop their
leadership skills.
Core values of the award are;
Developing leadership – teaching people the ability to
organize activities, to lead, motivate and communicate with
groups.
Developing skills for life – helping people reach their true
potential.
Providing a stepping stone to employment – offering a
qualification to get started.
Encouraging volunteering in communities – motivating others
to organize safe sporting activities in their communities.
Reducing youth crime – keeping young people engaged in
positive activities.
Supporting more active, healthier communities – by providing
Sports leaders to organize a range of physical activity
sessions
It is a practical qualification in which candidates
demonstrate knowledge and understanding mainly through
physical competence rather than written work.
More importantly, the JSLA provides fun courses for young
people to participate in and to give them an insight into
the enjoyment that one can gain through sports leadership.
This was the first time that the award had been undertaken
in relation to skateboarding/rollerblading as a result Mark
Brash (Factory Skatepark) & Graeme Mclean (Active school
Coordinator) met on several occasions to discuss the format
of the programme. This resulted in Graeme taking the
factory’s skate and blading programmes so as to make the
course relevant to the actual disciplines.
The Active school coordinators’ were Graeme Mclean, Saman
Akel and Shelly Booth and attending the course were six
stewards from the Skatepark these were;
Paul Campbell (16)
Blader
Paul Heffell (16) Blader
Chris Gilray (15) Blader
Gordon Reekie (16) Blader
Murray Fender (16) Boarder
Adam McNally (15) Boarder
In total the course took 30 hours to complete, 24 hours were
based around the log book with supervised instruction, while
the final six hours saw each steward planning and leading
actual coaching session that were watched and assessed by a
coordinator and a teacher. All stewards worked in pairs
implementing their programmes over a period of six weeks
with each session lasting an hour.
The sessions were run under the banner of a Skate club
jointly hosted by The factory Skatepark and active schools,
the logistics were as follows:
Active Schools: - Access to schools
Organise Participants consent
Factory Skatepark:- Equipment
Stewards
Registers
Collecting Money
Oversee and supervise sessions
The first four weeks of the programme were delivered in the
schools with each school being in a specific Active school
coordinators cluster group, the schools that participated
were Mid-Craigie, Downfield and Eastern primary school the
sessions took place between 4-5pm on a Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday respectively during the summer term. Each session
consisted of eight participants with the cost for each
session being £1, the final two sessions took place in the
Skatepark with the cost again being only £1 a session. Each
club was a great success with all participants enjoying
their chosen discipline with progression and new skills
being learnt by all, every steward displayed increased
coaching ability growing in stature and confidence every
session. This in turn resulted in the successful completion
of the award by all the stewards whom partook at the outset. |
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