Sports Practitioner's Coaching Role

An important role of a sports coach is to be a motivator. A motivator is someone who encourages and creates an incentive for someone, such as a performer, to do well. A motivator may prompt a performer by emphasising their progress in a positive way such as praising them on a good performance therefore inspiring them to want to do well again. An example of a motivator would be Kelly Holmes. Not only has she achieved gold in both the 1400m and the 800m in the 2004 Athens Olympics but she has set up the ‘Dame Kelly Holmes Trust’ which engages with more than 3,000 vulnerable young people aged between 16 and 25 and provide them with a stepping stone into community sport.

This project was conducted with 6 mentees and 6 mentors over a 9-month long period. The start of the research project was not jumping straight in with sports coaching, but relationship building. The mentors had weekly meetings with their mentees to hear about their lives and just talk to them informally so the mentee would feel comfortable around their mentor before they moved to the next step in the project: using narratives. The mentors slowly starting incorporating sports stories into their meetings as a method of preparing the mentees for the physical activity portion of the project, which is the sports. By the end of this process the mentor and mentee had played a game-of-the-day, whether that be table tennis or badminton or any other sport, sat down to discuss the game, and relate the game to real-life situations to show how sports can be used for life skills development and goal setting. They also showed how sports can be used for good sportsmanship

This assignment will involve me discussing the roles, responsibilities and skills of two sports coaches, Alex Ferguson and Linford Christie.

2. Understand the factors that influence children and young people’s development and how these affect practice.

As a professional football coach and been working with children for the past thirty years, the motivation I have to study this module is I believe the children are our future and to help children to develop their potential by believing in them as capable individuals. While it can be amazing for the children when we get involved in their activities, they aren’t the only ones that benefit and with my experience as a coach and also speaking to their parents I can say that as a coach I have gained a great deal from their experience and I feel It’s an important thing to never stop learning, I also believe it’s this what keeps us young and helps us to relate to the children as they develop new skills and it shows the children that you’re willing to get out of your comfort zone, this I feel is a really good thing for me as a coach to role model and to know the importance of installing positive values in the children, so they themselves can learn a lot of life lessons along the way, I feel the number one reason kids play a sport, in my opinion, is that its fun and honestly, so is coaching by getting to know the kids, helping them learn, seeing them gain confidence, and taking risks is part of what makes it so great, for me as a coach you get to run around and play with the kids and that is fun at any age.

to examine the state of sport in the UK. The report recommendated a focus on young people

Being a sports coach is a stressful career, you have to have a bachelor’s degree. They also have to train in CPR and first aid and sometimes in sports safety and coaching fundamentals. Coaches use research to find new plays to use. Sport coaches use qualitative and quantitative research every week. Sport coaches have to be really good with kids or they could lose their jobs.

Coaches and athletic personnel are examples of ethical behavior in their personal and professional lives. They must have a clear perspective for their role and responsibility toward the organization, the team, and the athlete. Therefore, it is important to give consideration to the relationship between personal and professional responsibility; and also to whether there are limitations to loyalty to the organization or team.

Surveys were taken by sport England who allocate money to sport within the country and services, to find out who was participating to find out if participation had improved or not, the surveys importance is high as it is used by Sport England (2014) how to spread their funding and services. Participation is a main part of the Sport Development Continuum shown in appendix A. The 1st is foundation. Which is mostly includes Physical education (PE) in school which are most children’s first time. The participating in PE lessons I n school will cause joining of an outside clubs of the child’s choice is participation which is the 2nd step.

The purpose of this study was to discover and identify the roles of a Sports Practitioner by carrying out an investigation to understand the value of the impact and the effects it can have on Youth Development within the surrounding areas of Manchester. Literature has been analysed according to how effective the Sports Practitioner’s coaching learning theory, performance and delivery are. It is important

Sports coaches can either operate in a professional or voluntary role depending on what coach you want to become. The price range for this particular job can vary from millions to nothing. An example of a high profile manager is Pep Guardiola who just recently signed a three year deal with Manchester City for 15 million euros per year. Skills required to become a sports manager include communication skills, motivational talks and speeches. Planning ahead of time, quick decision making, desire to want to develop those who are participating. Coaches can be made to work in many different environments from playing fields and tracks to gyms, in all kinds our weather conditions. Becoming a sports coach may have an impact on your personal life due

Many people in this world want to make a difference in life, by what they do as a career when they have figured out what they wanna do in their lives. Every person from when they are young want to be something in their life and succeed in that field. I remember when i was little, watching my grandpa coach my uncle and his football or baseball team depending on the season and, always being fascinated by the knowledge he had about the game. I was amazed by how much he had offer to the players on what to do and how to do it successfully, for me when i was little i always saw the coach to the review before the test letting you know what's gonna happen during the test/game.

As a young group of girls invested in a healthy lifestyle and participating in sport, there is no doubt that each of us have come across many coaches, both good and bad, in our time of playing sport. After conducting my own training session with a group of Year 5 students from St Martins, it has made me aware of the responsibility that a coach has on the future participation of such young children. Such an experience has opened my eyes to all those who have coached me across my years of participating in sport and the influence their actions have had on me, specifically through their use of feedback.

Due to the mass participation of young people in sport, it can be argued that there is a need for sports coaching to become a profession (ICCE, 2012). Sport; exercise and physical activity have become a massive consumer-driven lifestyle choice. The effect of the ever changing market has resulted in the higher education institution e.g. universities, to offer courses as a way to provide a professional degree for physical education, sports science and relative sports courses. (Duffy, 2011)

When working for LET ME PLAY, I had to follow their policies and procedures but as I coached the groups of young people I also had my own rules within my coaching philosophy and also set my own goals ensuring they were specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timed. It was my responsibility as their Sports Practitioner to take control of each session and ensure each young person who participated was included in everything, respected and supported and was given the best possible experiences and opportunities available to help develop them further (Sports Coach UK, 2014).  When I structured and delivered my sessions I had to be aware of and take into consideration each young person’s needs e.g. age, ability and background etc…as these