The Coach10 Model Aligning Coaching Qualifications to the European Qualifications Framework

Mr Pat Daly – Director of Games Development & ResearchGaelic Athletic Association, Ireland.

30th January 2013

The GAA – An Introduction

GAA Clubs - Ireland

32 Counties

4 Provinces

20,120 Teams

• GAA Activity in 93% of Primary Schools

• GAA Activity in 64% of Post Primary Schools

GAA International

Asian Gulf Board: 28 Clubs

Australasian Board: 50 Clubs

North American Board: 108 Clubs

New York Board: 57 Clubs

Canada: 15 Clubs Britain: 86 Clubs

Europe: 47 Clubs

Buenos Aires: 1 Club

GAA Player PathwayPlay to Stay with the GAA

ChildGo Games

YouthDevelopment Games

AdultChampionship Games

play to learn learn to compete compete to win

GAA Coaching Pathway

The GAA has a clear Coaching Pathway:

Emerging

Established

Enlightened

GAA Volunteer Coaches

• The total economic value of Sports volunteering in Europe can be estimated at € 28.4 billion

(Funding of Grassroots Sport in the EU – Executive Summary, 2012: 7).

• In Ireland the GAA is the dominant organisation for Sports Volunteering accounting for 42% of Sports Volunteers in Ireland

• The total economic value of GAA volunteering can be estimated at approximately €112,140,000 per annum

• Volunteer Coaches: Nationally, an approximate 12,800 weekly underage training sessions are held, equating to 16,976 hours of GAA training per week - an input comparable to that of employing 453 additional full-time coaches

• There is a need to promote and facilitate Applied Lifelong Learning (ALL)

Applied Lifelong Learning (ALL)

Face To

Face

VIRTUAL

Formal

Course/Workshop

MentoringCommunity of Practice

Informal Non-Formal

Process by which the assimilation of knowledge, skill and competence in a

specific area contributes to the development of overall acumen on the basis that the core conceptual

constructs have universal application

“Despite nearly 35 years of research and discussion, there still remains a lack of precision in terminology and approach, and a singular failure to reflect effectiveness and expertise literature to any conceptual understanding of the coaching process”

Source: “An Integrative Definition of Coaching Effectiveness and Expertise” – International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching (Vol. 4; Iss. 3, 2009)

The Coaching Enigma

Q. If there is a lack of certainty surrounding terminology and process, how can there be certainty regarding knowledge, skill and competency in relation to the validation of coaching qualifications?

A. The Coach10 Model “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough” - Einstein

The Coach10 Model

What? How? Why?

ProcessTerminology

TPP MVA

The Coach10 Model

What? How? Why?

ProcessTerminology

TPP MVA COACH10

WHAT?

BUILD TOTAL PLAYING PERFORMANCE

(TPP)

TPP Where Players strive to achieve their full individual and collective potential

HOW?

ON THE BASIS OF MOTIVATION & VOCATIONAL

ATTRIBUTES(MVA)

MOTIVATION

Passionate

Principled

Persistent

Persuasive Personable

VOCATIONAL

Golden Rule

Organising

Purposeful

Activities Games-Based

Varied training pursuits - involving the use of the ball in match-type scenarios - which are undertaken by players in order to develop the playing skills of Hurling

and Gaelic Football.

INTER-MEDIATE

DRILLS

ADVANCEDDRILLS

FUN/FITNESS ROUTINES

BASICDRILLS

PRACTICEPLAYS

SET PLAYS

BACKS & FORWARDS

GAME

SMALL SIDEDGAME

GAMES BASED ACTIVITIES

CONDITIONEDGAME

FULL SIDEDGAME

ATTRIBUTES

VocationalMotivation Attributes(Outcome)

ATTRIBUTESBuild Trust

Self Esteem

Family Feel

High Morale

Team Spirit

MVA The Motivation & Vocational Attributes (MVA) that inspire players to achieve Total

Playing Performance (TPP)

WHY?

Competence

Confidence

Commitment

Connection

Conviction

Management

Leadership

Capability

Experience

Reflection

Because the Coach is building…

Because the Coach has the…

Because the Coach is operating on the basis of…Motivation & Vocational Attributes

Motivation

Passionate

Principled

Persistent

Personable

Persuasive

Golden Rule

Organising

Purposeful

Games-based

Activities

Empowering

Energising

Engagement

Enthusiasm

Excellence

& Vocational Attributes

Build Trust

Self Esteem

Family Feel

High Morale

Team Spirit

Applied Lifelong Learning (ALL) – Coach10

Face To

Face

VIRTUAL

Formal

Course/Workshop

MentoringCommunity of Practice

Informal Non-FormalProcess by which the assimilation of

coaching knowledge, skill and competence contributes to the

development of overall acumen on the basis that the core conceptual

constructs – as espoused in the Coach10 Model – have universal

application

In 2013…

“Commence with the end in mind.”“The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” Stephen Covey

The constructs of Motivation & Vocational Attributes will backbone a standards framework for validating and accrediting Coaching Qualifications and will also provide the title for the foremost Coaching Qualification at grassroots level i.e. the MVA Qualification.

In 2022…

That all coaches will aspire to attain the MVA Qualification i.e. the coaching qualification, which validates that a coach can combine Motivation and Vocational inputs to create a series of Attributes, which inspire players to achieve their full individual and collective potential and, by so doing, to experience a sense of Total Playing Performance (TPP).

Aligning Coach10 with the EQF

In the process of developing Courses/Workshops, Communities of Practice, Mentoring Programmes as part of the Coach10 Model – in conjunction with pilot partners;

Currently exploring the best accreditation models for the MVA Qualification but are planning to develop a tiered qualification structure on the EQF.

The tiered qualification structure will provide coaches with the opportunity to apply their formal learning, and their informal and non-formal prior experiential learning in order to achieve as many modules as possible (through an RPL/APEL process) with continuous topping-up opportunities.

Aligning Coach10 with the EQF

It is not possible to develop a qualification based upon knowledge, know-how, skill and competency without a set of conceptual constructs that promote Applied Lifelong Learning (ALL).

Coach10 provides the conceptual constructs around which a qualification aligned to the Irish NQF and EQF can be developed.

Challenge & Opportunity

We ALL engage in ALL for the benefit of ALL

Final Reflection