Sports Coaching

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Sports Coaching

• Paul Young

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Sports Coaching

• Learning Outcomes
• Know the roles, responsibilities and skills of
• sports coaches
• Know the techniques used by coaches to
• improve the performance of athletes
• Be able to plan a coaching session
• Be able to deliver and review a coaching session
• 6 Pass Criteria
• 5 Merit Criteria
• 3 Distinction Criteria
• See Grading Grid / Assessment Criteria

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Roles and Responsibilities of coaches

• Describe (P1) and Explain (M1) 4 roles and 4
  responsibilities of coaches, using examples of
  coaches from different sports.
• Compare and Contrast the roles and
  responsibilities of successful coaches from
  different sports (D1)

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Roles of a coach

• Group Work
• What are the key roles that a professional coach
  has?
• Think about a professional coach that you are
  familiar with within your specialist sport.

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Roles of a Coach

• Trainer
• Educator
• Manager
• Friend
• Innovator
• Role Model

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Role 1 Trainer

• of physical fitness (training programmes sports
  specific drills diet / nutritional plans)
• development of skills
• improving refining specific technique
• developing tactics match play
• developing psychological skills (match
  preparation, dealing with the competitive
  situation, post match reflection)

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Role 2 Educator

• Overall Sporting Knowledge experience
• Analysis of opponents
• How to train to improve fitness, sports skills
  techniques.
• Application of winning tactics
• Application of psychological knowledge
• Social skills ethical moral
• issues, sporting etiquette

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Role 3 Manager

• Of Competition schedule / fixture lists /
  opponents
• Friendly Matches
• Training Venues
• Sponsors
• Transport
• Finance
• Accommodation
• Media

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Role 4 Friend

• Need a rapport between coach athlete
• Listener
• Supporter
• Shoulder to cry on
• Travel Buddy
• Accommodation Buddy
• Pre post match support

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Role 5 Innovator

• Fresh ideas
• Quick thinking
• Application of creative ideas to motivate
  encourage
• Innovator across physical fitness, skills,
  technical application, psychological issues,
  tactics, match play training.

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Role 6 Role Model

• To respect, Inspire Motivate
• Aspire to their standard of play and their
  competitive achievements
• Setting ethical and moral standards

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Any Questions?