Club Coach of the Year Brian Clausen
Sorrento’s Brian Clausen has been awarded the 2018 Coach of the Year Award for his commitment and dedication to coaching over the past year.
Mr Clausen has thirty years of coaching experience and is now part of the assessment team responsible for accrediting new coaches.
This year that included assessing bowlers from Singapore Disability Bowls in a WA first.
He has worked with a variety of groups over the past twelve months and throughout his coaching career with great success.
One of the highlights over that time is the introduction of Sorrento to men’s Premier League for the coming season.
It’s the result of a strategic plan which Mr Clausen was fundamental in putting together as well as the continued implementation of it over the last three years.
Not satisfied with that he is already heavily involved in a new plan to stay there long term and build the club’s depth.
Mr Clausen’s work is not limited to just the high-performance sector of bowls.
As well as coaching members of all levels he runs clinics for new bowlers which around 20 players each year with many going on to be members.
This no doubt has played a part in Sorrento growing to be the size that it is today.
He also has introduced a younger demographic to the game by regularly coaching schoolchildren who come down to the club.
Mr Clausen is known for finding new and innovative ways to deliver his coaching clinics and lessons.
He also has a very holistic view of the game, focussing on the mental side of bowls as much as the technical side.
