DEPARTEMENT BIOKINETIKA, SPORT EN VRYETYDWETENSKAPPE

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DEPARTEMENT BIOKINETIKA, SPORT- EN
VRYETYDWETENSKAPPE DEPARTMENT BIOKINETICS, SPORT
AND LEISURE SCIENCES Eerstejaarsoriëntering First
Years orientation
COACH EDUCATION Anneliese Goslin and Darlene Kluka
Department Biokinetics, Sport and Leisure
Sciences Center for Leisure Studies
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Coaches/administrators levels of competence
determine the success of the sport experience
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RATIONALE, SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF COACH EDUCATION

• Coach Education aims to develop professional
  coaches who are capable of preparing athletes at
  all levels of participation in developmental to
  elite sport.
• Coach Education contributes to long term athlete
  development.

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WHY COACH EDUCATION?

• Coach is the interface between athlete and sport
• Coach influences the quality of the sport
  experience
• Coach influences the quality of sport performance

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APPROACH TO COACH EDUCATION

• Modern approach to coach education is
  competency-based
• Benchmarks and standards
• Coach education competencies
• Technical
• Tactical
• Physical
• Mental
• Ethical
• Communication and leadership
• Business of coaching competencies

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CRITICAL DOMAINS OF COACH EDUCATION

• Consistent with current/modern sport
  evidence-based research
• Domains (NASPE, USA)
• Philosophy and Ethics
• Safety and injury prevention
• Physical conditioning
• Growth and development
• Teaching and communication
• Sport skills and tactics
• Organization and administration
• Evaluation

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STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION

• Role of Universities
• Develop critical domain curriculum
• Identify talent of coaches
• Mentor existing and future coaches
• Retain existing coaches through continuing
  education programmes
• Develop sport science/management networks
• Develop Code of Ethics/Conduct for all role
  players in sport industry

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CONCLUSION

• Coach education provides quality education
• Impacts positively on coach performance
• Impacts positively on athlete performance
• Benchmarks provide guidelines for hiring and
  evaluating coaches