Description:
| Aims: To allow students to develop key knowledge and understanding to become competent coaches/activity leaders. Key skills that contribute to effective coaching/leading will be considered and an emphasis will be placed upon ensuring that students continually critically analyse and reflect on their coaching/coached performance.
Learning Outcomes: At the end of this unit students will:
* Possess a clear understanding of the key principles contributing to successful coaching/leading performance
* Develop key pedagogical skills required to be competent coaches/leaders
* Recognise how to plan effectively and implement strategies to produce effective coaching/activity sessions
* Reflect and provide critical analysis on their own coaching/leadership performance
* Develop the ability to become an effective communicator.
Skills:
* Communication
* Application of Number
* Information Technology
* Basic management Skills.
Content:
* Creating a session plan incorporating safety, organisational factors, importance of warm up and cool down, supervision, organisation and control
* Analyse and improve specific performance in a chosen sport / activity
* Recognise key areas within skill development and acquisition and the differences between ability, technique and skill implications for coaching / leadership
* Identify and implement effective coaching / leadership strategies including motivating participants, principles of goal setting, feedback and evaluation.
* Differentiate and evaluate sessions for beginners, children, individuals and groups.
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