Top Sports Performance Coaches Join Derbyshire Institute of Sport
3 October 2012
There is some real sporting talent in the county and by harnessing that talent, and giving the athletes the right support when they need it most, we can achieve our goal of seeing more Derbyshire athletes achieving greater success on the national and international stage.
”Andy Wood, Peformance Manager at Derby Institute of Sport.
Former professional table tennis player Gareth Herbert, Duncan Woods, a former Great Britain hockey player, and James Maudsley, a coach who spent two years working with the Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball team, have been appointed by the Derbyshire Institute of Sport (DIS) to lead its sports performance coaching programmes for the next two years.
The Derbyshire Institute of Sport was launched in April, thanks to funding from Derbyshire County Council, Derby City Council and the University of Derby, with the aim of supporting selected athletes to achieve greater success on the national and international stage.
Each of the coaches will work to develop and improve the performance of Derbyshire's most talented players within the DIS and establish a process for identifying, developing and monitoring talented players.
The leader of the DIS team is Performance Manager Andy Wood. He is a former GB Badminton Performance Director and Badminton Head Coach at the Sydney, Athens and Beijing Olympics. He coached Simon Archer and Joanne Goode to Britain's first Olympic badminton medal, a Bronze in Sydney in 2000, and Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms to their Silver in Athens in 2004.
Andy said: "There is some real sporting talent in the county and by harnessing that talent, and giving the athletes the right support when they need it most, we can achieve our goal of seeing more Derbyshire athletes achieving greater success on the national and international stage."
For further information about Derby Institute of Sport, visit www.derbyshiresport.co.uk
