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Another Successful European Train the Trainer Meeting
The Thera-Band® Academy held its 6th “Train the Trainer” meeting in Montebaur, Germany on September 16-17, 2011. The meeting was led by manager of the Academy in Europe, Astrid Buscher at the Schloss Montebauer, a 1000 year-old castle. 36 therapists and sports trainers from 21 countries participated in the 2-day training. The training was held in conjunction with a European Distributor meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to provide hands-on workshops on Thera-Band products in rehabilitation and sports. New participants were certified as Thera-Band Academy instructors, while veteran participants participated in advanced workshops led by master trainers Sue Falsone, Nadja Schott, Suzanne Lingitz, and Jurgen Foerster. In addition to becoming certified to teach the Academy’s international evidence-based workshop, “Bands, Balls and Balance,” new trainers also learned how to use the new Thera-Band Stretch Strap to improve flexibility and range of motion from sports rehabilitation expert, Sue Falsone of Athletes Performance.
At the end of the meeting, awards were given to the top-performing instructors over the past year based on the number of workshops they provide, as well as educational and research contributions.
1st Place Dragan Dimitrijevic of Serbia
2nd Place Michaela Polaskova of Czech Republic
3rd Place Derya Ozer Kaya of Turkey
Newcomer of the Year: Gloria Sobrero & Juan Colado of Spain
A list of Thera-Band Academy instructors is available on the Academy website. The Academy is represented by instructors in 43 countries. Faculty experience is designated by the progressive color levels in the Thera-Band system: new instructors are green-level, while expert instructors are gold-level. These instructors work with Thera-Band dealers in their countries to provide professional workshops. The Academy website also offers a list of available workshops around the world.
Check out more photos from the meeting on our FACEBOOK page, and dont forget to “LIKE” us!
WELCOME New Thera-Band Academy Instructors
Julia Bespalova (Russia)
Borislav Chongov (Buglaria)
Wendy Emberson (UK)
Mateja Habjanic (Slovenia)
Mari Angeles Iglesias (Spain)
Costas Ioulianos (Cyprus)
Marjo Jännes-Malm (Finland)
Niina Keskitalo (Poland)
Roland Kleinwächter (Germany)
Goran Markowic (Croatia)
Susann Patzak (Germany)
Georgia Pipi (Cyprus)
Gina Porcile (Sweden)
Neza Sparovek (Slovenia)
Tanjana Trost Bobic (Croatia)
Jolanta Wojdyla (Poland)
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