Sports Coaching

Unit 5. Sports Coaching

Learning Outcomes:

1.Outline what makes a coach ‘successful’

2.Identify roles, responsibilities and skills needed by a coach

3.Describe the roles of a coach and apply to sporting circumstances.

Starter - Success or Failure

Task 1:

Read through each case study and decide if the coach has been a success or failure and justify your answer.

My Opinion

Billy:

Big Success. Young coach who has achieved a level 1 coaching award. Started a club in a deprived area. High interest achieved for both genders, players have enjoyed what they do and want to play more.

Mary:

Success. Dedicating time to youth development, Asked to run the B team so highly thought of, 2 players progressed quicker than expected. 10 games without a win is a negative factor.

Dodge:

Failure. Although he is highly qualified and has achieved a high post he has not retained players. He may get results but players seem to be unhappy. However, his no nonsense approach has produced good players. He may be too focused on results.

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Roles, Responsibilities and Skills

Role:

Expected behaviour associated with a particular position or status in a group. What are they?

Responsibility:

A coach is responsible for the participants in the group. Can you think of any responsibilities?

Skills:

What skills does a coach need? We have already mentioned some.

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Roles, Responsibilities and Skills

What is the difference:

Roles:

Innovator, friend, Manager, Role Model, Educator

Responsibilities:

Legal Obligations, Insurance, Professional conduct, Health and Safety, Equal opportunities, knowledge of the coaching environment.

Skills:

Communication, organisation, analysing, problem solving, evaluating, time management

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Roles

Innovator

Someone who uses new and original methods to keep the performers improving and gaining good results.

Examples:

Sam Allardyce: For Bolton introduced nutritionists, psychologists, fitness coaches, defensive and attacking coaches. This massively improved Bolton’s performance and results.

Shane Sutton: Coach of the Beijing GB cycling team combined scientific data based technology with training methods developing team mentality.

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Roles

Friend

Friendship develops between coach and participant.

They will get to know each others personality and can use this to their advantage.

However, there must be a boundary as the Athletes development must be the priority and at times a coach must criticise a performance although the athlete may react negatively to this.

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Roles

Manager

A manager has to take everything into consideration. They must coach the team or individual but also organise the rest of the club eg. Fixtures, transport, equipment etc.

All managers will have a different leadership style: Command, Reciprocal, Guided Discovery.

A manager needs to motivate, learn from mistakes and gain respect. The players must want to play.

Good mangers create team cohesion.

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Trainer

They must have an excellent knowledge of the sport. They must be aware of physical, technical and tactical demands of the sport.

They must have a bank of ideas to allow the performer to achieve their optimum.

The most common is a fitness trainer who will need to create programmes to improve levels of performance.

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Role Model

Coaches must set a good example to any participants. Being prepared and wearing appropriate clothing and footwear is a good start.

A coach should be responsible for their players and make sure they also have the correct attitude.

Generally if a coach is enthusiastic then the players will also be enthusiastic and enjoy the session more.

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Educator.

A coach will educate the athlete so that they can develop. This will be in skills, techniques, rules etc.

Younger players need to be educated more in the basics of a game and more advanced players will enhance their efficiency and effectiveness.

A coach will need to understand that performers develop differently and will need a mixture of coaching styles.

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Sports Coaching

No coach is perfect and they are always evaluating their own performance in order to improve and support the athletes they work with.