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12.2010
INWA Newsletter
International Nordic Walking
Federation (INWA)
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”Every step counts”
Welcome to the world of Nordic Walking
In this issue:
• INWA Announcement
• Communication Committee
• Education Committee
• From Russia With Love
• Japanese Way of Nordic Walking
• 2010 National Coach Courses
• The INWA Annual Convention 2010 was a success
• 10.10.10 Nordic Walking Day
• It is London, Baby!
• Calendar
Partners of INWA:
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1. Croatia is the newest member of INWA; the whole Nordic Walking Family are delighted to welcome the Croatian Nordic Walking Association.
2. The INWA International Annual Convention 2011 will be held in London - United Kingdom on September 29th to October 2nd, British Nordic Walking will host the event. Please put the date of this special annual event in your diary. More details including venue, lecture programme, social programme and travel arrangements will be announced in the 2011. If you would like to submit an outline for a presentation, lecture or workshop then please contact INWA.
As part of the INWA Strategic Plan for the whole Nordic Walking Family, INWA endeavours to maintain regular, up to date and interesting communication through a range of media. This includes our Website, Newsletter and Facebook page. If you have an interesting story, news and photos about Nordic Walking, please contact [email protected]
Website: www.inwa-nordicwalking.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nordicwalki
Newsletter: Every two months INWA releases its e-Newsletter to provide members, friends and supporters with relevant and interesting information. The INWA e-Newsletter focuses both on internal INWA matters, as well as general issues from the Nordic Walking Family around the world.
If you have a news story that you would like to be included in the next edition of the eNewsletter, please send to [email protected], including your contact details and date of the event. The deadline for our February issue is 15th of January 2011.
The INWA Education Committee met together in July 2010 in Gdansk - region Wejheyrowo. We all want to thank the Polish Nordic Walking Federation (PFNW) for being a wonderful and generous host. The PFNW and the president Olgierd Bojke arranged pleasant and comfortable accommodation for us, arranged for us to meet people both socially and professionally, arranged for us to meet with the local media and also organized the most important thing: a positive, peaceful and creative place to work.
The main goal of the INWA Education Committee is to deliver a range of high-quality educational programmes that meet the needs of its members. To do this, the Educational Committee invites all the member countries, INWA National Coaches and INWA Instructors to participate in creating guidelines for developing INWA as the leading organization in education and to progress Nordic Walking worldwide.
This means that all your ideas and suggestions are welcome. It’s an invitation to cooperate, be active, included and be heard. We are open to discussion and hope we’ll get your response. Our strategic plan is focused on a) INWA 10 STEPS b) INWA EDUCATION PROGRAMMES c) INWA MANUAL d) INWA FEES e) INWA PROFILES
INWA ANNOUNCEMENT
INWA COMMUNICATION COMMITTE NEWS
INWA EDUCATION COMMITTE REPORT
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There is some news about INWA profiles and the registration process:
1. INWA INTERNATIONAL COACH
An INWA International Coach is a health and fitness professional who can provide education for INWA National Coaches and is responsible for the delivery of high quality education.
The International Coach is highly experienced in teaching INWA national coaches and has the knowledge and experience of how INWA should promote Nordic Walking nationally and internationally. The International Coach has all of the practical Nordic Walking skills to a high level and is able to develop Nordic Walking. Besides delivering the education, an International Coach supports the National Coaches in the development of Nordic Walking education in their country. The International Coach gives advice and suggestions on new, innovative educational programs and strategies to the INWA Education Committee and the INWA Board. The International Coach is able to represent INWA where necessary.
We currently have four INWA International Coaches. We would like to increase the number and the INWA Educational Committee has prepared a detailed application process. Accordingly, we ask member countries to send an application form for their candidate for the role of INWA International Coach.
How to Become an INWA International Coach Option 1: An INWA NATIONAL COACH is asked by the INWA Board to be an applicant for the position of
International Coach. Option 2: NNWA presents an applicant/ candidate for the position of International Coach.
Applications for new INWA INTERNATIONAL COACH are open until June, 1st 2011. Please ask INWA Office for the application form. The announcement of any new International Coaches will be at the INWA AGM.
Qualifications for INWA International Coach: • PROFFESION: background in sport science / physical education / physical therapy • INWA NATIONAL COACH with experience in leading INWA INSTRUCTOR COURSES for at least 3 years • Special achievements in the field of Nordic Walking • Participation in at least two INWA Conventions • Active participation at INWA Convention • English speaking FCE - the level INWA requires
Refreshing International Coach Licence • An INWA International Coach must participate annually at the International Convention of INWA and
receives compensation from INWA for doing so • The International Coach has to deliver an evaluation to the INWA within one month after the delivery of
each education programme. • The International Coach has to practice as an educator of INWA National Coaches at least once within a 2
year period • The International Coach has to sign a contract with the INWA every 3 years in which he/she commits
him/herself to the educational program of INWA Coaches’ course. • The International Coach is only allowed to deliver Coach Courses at the request of INWA. • The International Coach commits him/herself to deliver the INWA educational materials: INWA
Instructor’s manual, educational tools for a Nordic Walking Coach course, INWA Power Points in a Nordic Walking Coach course.
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2. INWA NATIONAL COACH
INWA NATIONAL COACH is a health and fitness professional who can provide education for INWA INSTRUCTORS and ACTIVITY LEADERS in INWA member countries and is responsible for the delivery of high quality education.
The INWA NATIONAL COACH is certified to organize Nordic Walking Instructor Courses in his/her member country. INWA NATIONAL COACH is not allowed to give Nordic Walking Instructor’s courses outside his/hers country without permission of INWA and the agreement of the NNWA. Certification, licence card and education toolkit will be provided after a completed seminar and a successful practical test. INWA NATIONAL COACH has to sign a contract with NNWA and INWA in which he/she commits him/herself to the education program of INWA Instructor’s course.
The number of INWA NATIONAL COACHES educated in each country depends on the decision of NNWA in co-operation with INWA. NNWA puts forward the candidate(s) for INWA National Coach Course.
Qualifications • PROFFESION: background in sport science / physical education / physical therapy. • INWA INSTRUCTOR with experience in leading INWA NORDIC WALKING COURSES for at least 1 year.
How to Become INWA National Coach STEP 1: GUIDELINES FOR NNWA • Candidate has to send an application letter with CV and a video showing his/her teaching skills and Nordic
Walking technique to NNWA. • Interview by the NNWA. STEP 2: NNWA PUTS THE CANDIDATE(S) FORWARD TO INWA.
Calendar - INWA National Coach Courses
Planned INWA National Coach Courses (INWA Coach Course): Planned National Coach Courses Date Applications deadline
SPRING INWA CC March/April, until February 1st 2011 AUTUMN INWA CC September/October until August 1st 2011
• Delivered by the INWA INTERNATIONAL COACH. • Please ask INWA Office for the application form.
INWA Coach Courses in Member Country • INWA COACH COURSE IN MEMBER COUNTRY (10-12 candidates from member Country). • APPLICATIONS FOR INWA NATIONAL CC in member country must be sent to INWA Office at least 2
months before date of course delivery. Please ask INWA Office for the application form. • Delivered by the INWA INTERNATIONAL COACH in cooperation with the experienced INWA NATIONAL
COACH from the host member country.
Refreshing INWA Licence The INWA National Coach must participate in the International INWA Convention at least once in two years.
The INWA National Coach is responsible and competent to organize and lead INWA Instructor Courses in their member country. In a new member country, INWA Instructor Courses are led by the INWA International Coach.
The title “Master Instructor” is not granted as a result of an educational programme. Rather, it is given to an INWA Instructors who has had a significant achievement in his/her work. Some member countries also provide INWA Activity leader positions. They are not obliged to do so. The Activity Leader Courses are organized and lead by the NNWA.
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In this section we bring you news and stories from INWA’s member countries around the world. If you would like to make an announcement, or share a Nordic Walking story with others, then please email us your articles. We will be happy to include them in future newsletters.
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
A huge sports center “Yubileyny” in Saint Petersburg, hosted the very first Instructor Course in Russia, one of the latest members of INWA. 10 people attended this historic event to the benefit of themselves and Nordic Walking in Russia. After an informative and intensive two-day course held June 25 and 26, 2010, the participants became certified instructors. The Russia Nordic Walking Association (RNWA) arranged for a conference hall to facilitate theoretical classes on Nordic Walking. The “Yubileyny” sports center also provided comfortable surroundings for a practical part of the course and its participants were able to improve their skills in the open air. The first day of the course covered basic information on Nordic Walking, then went on to let the participants in on NW research, requisite equipment and the famous 10 steps in theory and practice with demonstrational training summing the day up. Andrey who supervised the whole event was delighted to be assisted by Galina.
The second day also featured an inspiring mix of theory and practice, providing the participants with further data and a chance to show their skills in a city of Saint Petersburg park. Future instructors learned of the factors of training and walking intensity, three levels of walking with poles and how to organize NW groups and work with different audiences. The day culminated in exams successfully taken by each and every participant. However engaging and tiring, the course convinced the newly acknowledged instructors that NW is a unique way of physical training, even more so given its health benefits and positive emotions it brings along.
Contact RNWA: [email protected]
JAPANESE WAY OF NORDIC WALKING
A lot of interesting news is coming from the Land of the Rising Sun. There were three significant
events as our Asian friends held the 65th Conference of the Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine (JSPFSM, in short) September
16-18, 2010, which was immediately followed by Nordic Fitness Forum 2010 in Nagano, September 18 and 19, 2010; and the Miyazaki Phoenix Nordic Sports Park opening ceremony on 1st and 2nd of October 2010. The first event boasted a workshop to be conducted by INWA national coaches, Professor Takeda and Fujita; the
gathering of all kinds of different people: athletes, instructors, nordic walkers, Olympians and Paraolympians, who share the same passion for sport. Naohiro Takahashi reports that participants of the Forum made the Zenko-ji Buddhist temple their starting point and had a fantastic time together. Our Japanese connection further advised of the interesting local trends developing in the field of Nordic Walking. Nordic Walking has gained ground amongst trail runners as an effective way to improve endurance. While trail running becomes really popular in Japan, so does
MEMBER NEWS
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Nordic Walking – the best training method for a trail runner! Have you ever heard of balneotherapy? If you have, we bet that you wouldn’t dare associate it with Nordic Walking – Japanese hot spring resorts are daring enough to combine the two. As you can see, imagination is the only limit for choosing this place to practice Nordic Walking. And when the weather is bad – our Japanese friends have developed what is termed Nordic Dancing. When faced with the wall of heavy rain you can hide within concrete walls of a gym or any other indoor space you see fit for the purpose. Add a stick to your pole and indulge in the art of ic dynamic stretching to the sound of music; say “Singing in the rain” for instance.
The Land of the Rising Sun seems a rising giant in the area of Nordic Walking. Keep up the good work! To read more about Miyazaki Phoenix Nordic Sports Park opening ceremony click here. Contact JNFA:
http://jnfa.jp/ [email protected]
2010 NATIONAL COACH COURSES
In 2010 INWA conducted two National Coach Courses: in Poland and Estonia. In July 2010, in the beautiful northernmost region of Poland, on the outskirts of the city of Gdansk; Tiina Arrankoski, INWA International Coach and a prominent representative of our organization conducted an INWA Coach Course for 13 new Polish INWA National Coaches. In September, before the 2010 INWA Convention, Tiina Arrankoski delivered another Coach Course at Estonia's ski centre in Otepää; our 6 new National Coaches are from Brazil, Estonia, Korea and United Kingdom
National Coach Courses in Otepää - Estonia
INWA welcome all new National Coaches!
THE INWA ANNUAL CONVENTION 2010 WAS A SUCCESS!
The INWA International Annual Convention 2010 was a huge success! The event was hosted in Otepää, Estonia and Riga, Latvia between 23rd and 26th of September. Celebrating Nordic Walking, Past, Present & Future brought Instructors and Coaches from 17 countries together to enjoy three days packed with lectures and practical sessions in Estonia's ski centre in Otepää. This is where their elite teams train all year round, Nordic Walking when there's no snow.
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On Thursday 29th September we had the Official Opening Ceremony with Aki Karihtala, President of INWA, Rein Randver, who was the president of Estonian Nordic Walking Association and a former Minister of Ecology in Estonia; and Toomas Savi, President of Estonia Ski Federation and former European Parliament member.
We had an inspirational talk from Mati Alave, the head coach of Estonian Cross Country Skiing, on how important it is to have a passion for your activity in order to succeed, whether you are a skier or a Nordic Walking instructor. He also taught new drills in the practical workshop in collaboration with Andrus Veerpalu, the most successful Olympic athlete from Estonia with three medals (Gold - 15 km - 2002 Salt Lake City, Gold - 15 km - 2006 Turin and Silver 50 km - 2002 Salt Lake City), and Jaak Mae (Bronze medal 15km event at 2002 Salt Lake City).
Andrus Veerpalu and Jaak Mae
We had very interesting lectures with Tiina Arrankoski, INWA International Coach, about the History, Biomechanics of Nordic Walking and the New 10 Steps. Kim Lohmann from Exel introduced the new concept for Exel brand. The plan is to expand the use of Exel brand for other product categories in the field of Nordic sports, trekking and xc-skiing. He spoke of the importance of INWA in developing a Seal of Approval Program to control the quality of Nordic Walking poles.
Besides the Mati Alave practical session we had several workshops with Tiina Arrankoski (New 10 Steps), Tiina Arrankoski and Tatiana Novaes (warm up and cool down) and Malin Svensson (drills); the workshops were a great opportunity to give Instructors new ideas and inspiration for their classes.
Tiina Arrankoski
Tiina Arrankoski and Tatiana Novaes
Malin Svensson
During our spare time the host organised a couple of fantastic events: Nordic Walking, Biathlon
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Tournament and Zumba Class; where we could enjoy an amazing view from Otepää, compete, dance and laugh a lot!
Otepää - Tehvandi ski jumping hill
Biathlon Tournament
To end the convention, the Latvian Nordic Walking Federation hosted a superb gala dinner in Riga to celebrate the 10 year anniversary. On Sunday we had Gary Johnson and Malin Svensson from Nordic Walking North America talking about the way they made Nordic Walking grow in the USA. Following this presentation we had Katrina Gorbatenkova, from Gymstick, who gave us a practical session allowing us to try Gymstick products developed specially for Nordic Walking; and Tom Rutlin who gave a exciting lecture and taught us how to Exerstride.
Celebration of INWA 10 year anniversary
Tom Rutlin
INWA would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their great contribution and making 2010 Convention such a fantastic meeting; we hope you all enjoyed the lectures and workshops conducted by INWA members and external speakers.
Riga
More photos at .
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10.10.10 NORDIC WALKING DAY
In 2010 as part of the 10 year celebrations of INWA, the various National Nordic Walking Associations organised mass Nordic Walks all across the world with thousands of people participating at these events.
In Finland 3811 Nordic Walkers took part which broke the Guinness Record for the largest number of people Nordic Walking at one event. Down under, the New Zealand contingent enjoyed Nordic Walking with 200 people in Auckland and back in Europe about 1800 Polish enthusiasts Nordic Walked in Warsaw; in UK there were at least 400 people taking part in events across the country.
More photos at . If you had a event in your country, please let us know: send an email to [email protected], including your contact details and photos of the event.
IT’S LONDON, BABY!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HBGJVXSzas
Friends celebrating London!
The INWA International Annual Convention 2011 will be held for the first time in London on September 29th to October 2nd!
INWA and British Nordic Walking, which will host this event, are delighted to invite you and your families to London, an amazing and cosmopolitan city and one of the most vibrant cities in the United Kingdom.
London is surrounded by landmarks and parks, visitors can enjoy abundant sightseeing, many attractions, cultural activities, shopping and
international cuisine in the heart of a scenic and vivacious city.
Marti Soosaar (Estonia) passed the INWA Flag on to the Director of British Nordic Walking, Catherine Hughes.
London has famous landmarks including: Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London , Houses of Parliament, the London Eye, Westminster Abbey, St Paul's Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, the Royal Parks and the historic
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settlement of Greenwich (in which the Royal Observatory marks the Greenwich Meridian (0° longitude) and GMT.
London Eye and Big Ben
Others exciting facts about London: • London will host the 2012 Olympic Games. • London has a diverse range of people, cultures
and religions, and more than 300 languages are spoken within its boundaries.
• London is home to numerous parks, museums, galleries, libraries, sporting events and other cultural institutions including the British Museum, National Gallery, British Library, Wimbledon and over 40 theatres. London's Chinatown is the largest in Europe.
• The London Underground network is the oldest underground railway network in the world and the most extensive after the Shanghai Metro.
Tower Bridge
British Nordic Walking at 2010 INWA Convention
Please put the date for this special annual event in your diary. More details including venue, lecture programme, social programme and travel arrangements will be added in 2011.
If you have in mind any particular subjects or workshops you would like to attend next year, please email [email protected], now or early in the new year. If you are interested in sponsoring the event or would like information about trade stands then please contact our conference organiser Daniela Coelho - [email protected] .
Contact BNW www.britishnordicwalking.org.uk [email protected]
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Event Date Place Deadline
Newsletter February - submit an article until 15th of January
National Coach Courses SPRING March/April until February 1st
Newsletter April - submit an article until 15th of March
Applications for new INWA
INTERNATIONAL COACH until June, 1st
Newsletter June - submit an article until 15th of May
Newsletter August - submit an article until 15th of July
National Coach Courses AUTUMN September/October until August 1st
Announcement of any new International
Coaches INWA AGM London
INWA International Annual Convention September 29th to
October 2nd London
Newsletter October - submit an article until 15th of September
Nordic Walking Day - October
Newsletter December - submit an article until 15th of November
http://inwa-nordicwalking.com
If you have any content and, or articles for INWA’s next newsletter, please mail this to: [email protected]
CALENDAR 2011
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Also Nordic Walking photo’s - especially typical for your country – are most welcome. With best Nordic Walking regards,
INWA Board & INWA Office
