Julie Gooderick (University of Chichester): Building an excellent School S&C Program.

The Athletic Evolution Podcast

Julie has been a UKSCA accredited coach since 2009 and has led successful programmes within schools and universities for over 10 years. Julie frequently consults on the initiation of many schools S+C programmes, and advises on content, infrastructure and viability. Julie is a member of the UKSCA board of directors and is a lecturer at Uni of Chichester.

In this episode, Julie discusses:

• The humble beginnings of the Queenswood with no equipment and basic facilities.

• How Julie recognised opportunities to add value to the school community.

• Why it's important to continually demonstrate value to justify investment and expenditure.

• How the program grew to justify an investment in a 1 million pound facility.

• Why Universities don't prepare coaches for working with youth athletes.

• Her new role as a Director on the UKSCA Board as well as influencing the University sector.

You can follow Julie’s work via her Instagram: @juliegooderick and her Twitter: @juliegooderick .

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