Gillette brand ambassador Joe Hart launched the Gillette Great Start programme, in partnership with sports coach UK, which celebrates the role of coaching and supports coaches by offering grants awarded through the scheme. To mark the reopening of grant applications in a big year for football, Joe was joined by one of his first coaches, Dave Timmins, to discuss the importance of coaching.
Joe Hart is a brand ambassador for Gillette’s Great Start Programme, helping to emphasise that sporting success very much depends on the support of great coaches and the development of more coaches. Speaking at the launch event, Joe Hart said; “I’m delighted to be involved in a campaign that celebrates the fantastic work that coaches do. The Gillette Great Start programme is great for football and for every sport. Without great coaches, there would be no great sportsmen and women. My coaches have taught me so much: from technical skills, fitness and conditioning, through to preparation, mental strength, determination and the will to succeed.” Describing the contribution that Timmins made as one of his first coaches, Hart said: “Dave Timmins was instrumental in my early development, showed me how I could perform at my best, and played a big part in getting me where I am today.”
Joe’s former coach [pictured above] and current Tranmere Rovers Goalkeeping Coach Dave Timmins, added; “I’m lucky that I got to coach Joe when he was a young player just starting out in his career and it’s one of the great pleasures of being a coach seeing the players you work with go on to great things”
Great Starts grants are available to both aspiring and amateur coaches who wish to further their qualifications. Applications for grants are now open via the brand’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/GilletteUK.
