This project aims to create a space where coaches can organize, share, and manage their training materials, while also exploring new ways to make remote learning and remote coaching in team sports possible – a challenge that is particularly demanding in all team sports – especially those that lack resources.
We are also testing ways to integrate new technologies and learning models to help team sports catch up in this area too.
The project is structured in three key phases:
- Curriculum Creation: Three experienced coaches (and their teams) from Greece, Italy, and Spain collaborated to design and upload a comprehensive training curriculum using the new digital platform.
- 6-Week Pilot Program: This first version of the digitized curriculum is being tested with both onsite teams and remote athletes to gather feedback and improve the platform’s features and usability.
- Final Event: In November, a closing event in Heraklion, Greece, will showcase the project outcomes, share insights, and bring coaches and athletes together to celebrate the collaboration and future potential of the platform.
In a future phase of the project, all training content and curriculum items (skills, drills, and challenges, reports, workouts) will become trackable, so athletes and coaches can monitor their individual or team progress through the platform.
Here’s what the curriculum includes:
Three teams of coaches from Italy, Spain, and Greece have created in digital format:
- 30 skill cards (attached you’ll find the categories and titles to see how the content is organized)
- 60 drill cards (two drills for each skill card)
- A 6-week daily training program (~1 hour per day, 5 days per week)
- Weekly challenges for all participants
- A set of 8 assessment tests to complete on the first and last day of the program, to track progress in key skills along with a handout: “Proposed guidelines and recommended methods for performing the pilot program assessments.”
- A handout for coaches: “Learning Theories and Coaching Practices: A Guide for Coaches “
- A handout for coaches: “Proposed Use of Skill and Drill Cards”
This material will be available soon:
- In PDF format for free download from our website
- In interactive format through the program’s digital platform (Skill, Drill Cards, Curriculum Map, Workouts)
All materials are and will remain free of charge indefinitely.
Background and Philosophy
The Project Coaching Reimagined introduces an innovative approach to team sports coaching through the development and implementation of a web-based learning platform. The initiative seeks to transform sports education into a more accessible, inclusive, and interactive experience for athletes and coaches as it empowers them to take an active role in their development while fostering collaboration and engagement within the coaching process.
Centered on the sport of water polo, the project is designed to scale across all team sports. A central outcome is the creation of a user-friendly digital platform that enables coaches to digitize, organize, and share their curriculum in a structured and customizable format. This mapping model not only simplifies curriculum design but also supports the seamless integration of individual coaching methodologies.
Timeline
The project begins with the digitization of coaching curricula from selected professionals in three European countries, in collaboration with their athletes. These resources will then be used to develop a six-week interactive course incorporating drills, challenges, assessments, and questionnaires. The course will be delivered both locally and remotely, free of charge, to ensure broad participation and inclusivity. Weekly challenges will encourage international collaboration among participants and foster a strong sense of community.
Following implementation, participating clubs will submit detailed reports on outcomes and recommendations. All learning materials will remain publicly available for at least five years, promoting long-term access and equity in sports education. To conclude the project, all partners will convene in Greece for a final seminar to share insights, evaluate the process, and strategize future collaborations.
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Objectives and activities
Our Objectives
At Coaching Reimagined, our goal is to support coaches and athletes through digital innovation and collaboration. We’re working to make training easier to organize, more accessible, and better connected across Europe. By combining long-term goals with hands-on actions—like building a user-friendly platform, developing training content, and working closely with real teams—we aim to create a tool that’s useful now and sustainable into the future.
🟧Objectives
-Help coaches create and organize their training plans online
-Make learning easier with remote and flexible access
-Connect clubs and coaches across Europe
-Track athletes’ progress and performance
-Bring together sports professionals, managers and athletes
-Build a platform that can grow and last beyond the project
🟦What we are doing
-Making sure the project is high-quality and long-lasting
-Talking with coaches to understand their needs
-Building a simple and powerful digital platform
-Creating and sharing training content (videos, plans, skills, drills)
-Testing the platform with real teams and coaches
-Meeting regularly to plan, improve, and share ideas
-Sharing updates through social media and events
Team and Consortium
Meet Our Team
We’re proud to bring together a strong and diverse team of partners across Europe. Our consortium combines expertise in coaching, education, sports innovation, and digital development. Each organization plays a key role in shaping Coaching Reimagined and supporting athletes and coaches through the pilot and beyond.
Team and consortium
Our Consortium
Anemos Nautical and Cultural Club (Chania, Greece)
The sports and cultural club “Anemos” was established in
2005 in Chania, Greece. The philosophy of our club is to
promote physical and psychological health, sports, exercise, and culture. Our club has about 300 members, children and adults. We develop the sports of triathlon, open water swimming, volley, beach volley, beach tennis, badminton, and weight lifting for children and adults. In the cultural field, we have significant experience in exhibitions, art lessons for children, and art competitions.
Technical University of Crete (Chania, Greece)
It is one of the foremost Engineering Universities with a 5-year study program in Greece. The Special Account for Research Funding (ELKE) of the Technical University of Crete was founded in February 1988 and has already managed over 3000 research projects, educational development and other projects. The annual budget managed is approximately 10M €. Among its other goals (i.e. education, research), the TUC pursues the dissemination of technological developments to local, regional and international authorities, to stakeholders and provides support to public and private entities with its equipment and know-how to various actions that require specialized technical expertise. The Spatial Informatics Research Group (SenseLab) at the Technical University of Crete (TUC), Chania, Crete, Greece performs multi-disciplinary research in the area of geographic information systems (GIS), topology, satellite and aerial remote sensing analysis, design/construction of custom built aerial/sea and land-based remotely operated vehicles. For all these applications, dedicated databases and custom-built software packages are developed to support data analysis. This collaboration was further expanded as SenseLab designed, developed, and maintained the GIS-CRETE web-portal. Under the framework of GIS-CRETE, existing and new spatial information was gathered in a central database and applications tailored to the needs of various RoC directorates for internal communication and collaboration will be developed. At the same time, the interface between RoC and citizens was modernized contributing to the overall goal of e-governance
Club Natación Echeyde Acidalio Lorenzo (Tenerife, Spain)
Club Natación Echeyde Acidalio Lorenzo, founded in 1993 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, is a leading water polo club dedicated to promoting sports, fostering a healthy lifestyle, and engaging in social initiatives. With over 200 athletes, ranging from young regional competitors to elite professionals, it is the only club in the Canary Islands with both men’s and women’s teams competing in Spain’s highest national league. The club has a strong commitment to social responsibility, collaborating on projects supporting cancer awareness, LGBTQ+ inclusion in sports, and sustainability initiatives. It also plays a key role in international water polo development, organizing major events such as the Tenerife International Beach Water Polo Tournament and the Paradise Cup. Through a combination of high-performance sports, community engagement, and innovation, Echeyde continues to be a pioneer in Spanish water polo.
SSD Universo Sport Center ARL (Silvi Marina, Italy)
Universo Sport Center is a dynamic sports and wellness hub located in Silvi Marina, Italy, dedicated to holistic well-being through movement, sport, and health-focused services. With a multi-disciplinary approach, the center integrates water, land, and wellness-based activities, offering competitive swimming, water polo, fitness training, rehabilitation, and physiotherapy services. It collaborates with sports federations, universities, and local institutions, fostering innovation, continuous education, and inclusive sports development. The club has experience in Erasmus+ projects and international partnerships, actively engaging in sports education, athlete development, and hosting major sporting events. Through its state-of-the-art facilities and professional coaching staff, Universo Sport Center serves as a reference point for grassroots and high-performance sports, promoting health, physical activity, and lifelong athletic engagement.
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