Coaching and Athletics Career

A Sub 4 minute miler, multiple national champion and international athlete representing New Zealand in World
Championships events ranging from the 5000m to Cross Country over a 32 year athletic career. Now running his own coaching squad of distance athletes”

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Coaching Philosophy

"My philosophy is Quality over Quantity. I love seeing athletes improve and succeed. I want young athletes to get to 18 and be able to run in senior ranks without burning out."

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Interesting Fact about Myself

I went to Ilam Art School at Canterbury University and would have been an artist if I hadn’t pursued my athletic career. I still enjoy Art in all it facets. I have even self-trained as a graphic designer.

Coaching and Athletics Career

I have been into athletics from a young age, growing up in both Hong Kong and the UK allowed me to be involved in different Regional and National championships. As an athlete, I am currently still training as a triple jumper/ sprinter, continue to aim higher.

For coaching, with my physiotherapy background allows me to utilise specialised skills and have a scientific approach towards training. I have been training a small team of athletes for the past couple years including short sprinters, triple jumpers, as well as football players and jockey.

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Coaching Philosophy

Getting the basics right and build from there. Making sure my athletes understand what and why they are doing is key to the process. Keeping it specific and individualised, most importantly is to have fun!

 

Interesting Fact about Myself

I can speak English, Cantonese and Mandarin. I have also done a full marathon once in Japan after high school, great experience but not planning to do another one anytime soon! 

Coaching and Athletics Career

10x national discus champion with a Personal Best 64.55m, 2nd all-time in NZ. Represented New
Zealand at World Championships London 2017 and World University Games South Korea 2015.
Now an Athletics NZ registered coach, specialising in working with High School athletes, clubs
and individuals.

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Coaching Philosophy

To provide the tools to help young people try new things, have fun and work towards reaching
their potential

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Interesting Fact about Myself

While throwing I would eat 22 Weet-Bix for breakfast. I also played basketball for NZ when I was at school.

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Coaching and Athletics Career

As an athlete, I was a 100m finalist at the National Secondary Schools in 2018 & 2019; and a finalist in the New Zealand U20 100m. I have extensive relay experience with a silver medal in the Secondary Schools Senior Girls 4x400m and a gold medal at the New Zealand Athletics Championships U20 4x100m, as well as securing the regional record for  Manawatu/Whanganui. 
 
My coaching experience began with the Canterbury Primary Schools Cross Country Team, having three years of experience coaching children to the Inter-Regional Cross Country Championships. During this time, I coached multiple athletes to a plethora of individual medals as well as multiple 4-person team medals.
 
Also I have athletics/summer coaching experience is in relay squad training with year nine and ten students our of Whanganui Collegiate School, and general track and field coaching with Christchurch Avon Athletics Club.

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Coaching Philosophy

My coaching philosophy has always been to foster a love of the sport. This sport has been a part of my life since I started school and I have never lost the passion, I want kids to be able to participate and love the sport. Moving our bodies is a privilege so whether you’re the fastest out there or training to support another sport or your general health, I want people to be excited to train.
 
Furthermore, having coached girls, I cannot emphasise enough the importance of training girls as girls rather than as smaller boys. Girls often get burnt out during their growth years because their bodies aren’t accommodated for and treated as obviously different to boys in these years. I put a high value on training girls differently to boys because they’re built differently and their bodies should be nurtured within these years to prevent burn out and injury.

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Interesting Fact about Myself

Alongside being a student in two degrees, I am concurrently training for my first marathon and learning four new languages this year!.

Coaching and Athletics Career

Graeme was the NZ 10,000m Champion in 1983 and 1984. During the late 1970s and early 1980s Graeme was placed in NZ Junior and Senior Champs from distances ranging from 1500m to the road race. He competed in the professional road racing circuit in the USA during the 1980s. Because he has run professionally, he has an inside knowledge of what is expected and what to expect if making athletics your career. Graeme is an accredited coach with Athletics NZ and the British Milers Club.

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Coaching Philosophy

"During my extensive athletics career I have extensive knowledge of athletes, racing and the business of athletics. I implement a "multi-pace" training methodology that not only develops endurance but also speed, proven by physiologists and evident in all recent Olympic and World medalists and record holders. Any serious athlete needs to understand the principles of training and how each workout is tailored to fit in their program to best maximise their potential."

Coaching and Athletics Career

I started training in athletics since I was I5 years old, and I competed at a National Level in sprints with my speciality being the 400m. I then started my coaching career where I was working in the Chile National Institute of Sport and in the College of Marist as a track and field coach. I was also Head coach of the San Vicente Athletic Club. I am now an Athletics NZ registered coach with IAAF Level 2 Coach training in sprints, jumps and hurdles

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Coaching Philosophy

I believe in the long term development of athletes and the training process, to work with the athlete as a team to help achieve their goals as I believe the process where results come hand in hand with the work. 

My training philosophy is quality over quantity, technique over brute force and have fun instead of overtraining. I love working with children and young people as they refill my energy and passion for athletics. Striving to win is important but not to win at any cost.

Coaching and Athletics Career

As a young athlete I competed in a wide range of events focusing on high jump and hurdles through Secondary School. After school I competed in decathlon at a national level  until my mid thirties. I began coaching in my early twenties whilst still competing and have continued to this day. I worked for Athletics New Zealand for 2 years as a high performance pole vault coach during 2017-19. I have coached athletes to Commonwealth Games, World Championships and the Olympics. My highest coaching qualification is an IAAF Academy Elite Coach Jumps (level 5 diploma). I am currently helping to develop and deliver Athletics New Zealand’s Coach Education programme. 

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Coaching Philosophy

My coaching philosophy is based around developing athletic ability to enable athletes to discover their potential in whichever event they are best suited to. I aim to provide athletes with the tools to develop and sustain careers as senior athletes whilst enjoying the journey. 

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Interesting Fact about myself

I enjoy the outdoors and the natural environment, doing things like tramping, tree planting and bird watching in my spare time.

Coaching and Athletics Career

I competed in Athletics since the age of 7 in the Waikato town of Cambridge. I then moved to Auckland at the age of 18 and started training seriously over a wide range of events. Then continued to compete in Masters athletics but lately have been focusing solely on coaching. My main events to coach are all the sprints, jumps and multi-events, in particular, the Heptathlon.

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Coaching Philosophy

My philosophy in coaching is to assist anyone I coach to stay committed to the sport so they can reach their full potential. This involves taking a long term approach to the athletes development. My focus is on developing the technical elements first then look at increasing the training volume.

Coaching and Athletics Career

I have been involved with athletics since the age of 5. Some of my personal highlights include: Representing New Zealand at the World University Games in Gwangju (400m & 4x400m) and achieving regional qualifier in the 400m twice (Division 1) while a student-athlete at The University of Tulsa.

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Coaching Philosophy

By creating a fundamental base of knowledge and passion for athletics, therein is the opportunity for improvement.

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Interesting Fact about Myself

I love the great outdoors, hiking, mountain biking, and camping most weekends.

Coaching and Athletics Career

As an athlete, I specialised in the 100m hurdles. I became the joint national record holder for 100m hurdles in 2016 and am a former 100m and 100m hurdles national champion. I have represented New Zealand at the World University Games and the World Youth Championships. 

As a coach, I am passionate about coaching hurdlers (short and long) and sprinters (100-400). I have been coaching for over 10 years and have helped my athletes become national champions and national medalists

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Coaching Philosophy

My philosophy is to coach the person first, before the athlete. Keep training specific and do things purposefully!

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Interesting Fact about Myself

I love creativity! When I was competing, I used to make my competition outfits in the most outrageous, funky fabric I could find - it was my way of expressing myself on the track and added to my confidence when competing!I