Sport Coaching Essentials

Everything you need to know to get the most out of your athletes

What you'll learn
Learn the importance of having a philosophy of coaching (and how to make one that suits your unique situation)
Understand when and how to reflect on your coaching in order to maximise your effectiveness with athletes
Appreciate what drives athletes as people, and how to use this knowledge for enhanced learning and performance
Review and develop a range of coaching approaches that can be applied in any coaching setting - from youth sport to high performance
Requirements
No coaching experience is required!
Description
Are you coaching children and looking to create fun and engaging sessions? Perhaps you are working with high-performance athletes and are looking to push the boundaries of excellence? Whatever your situation, as the coach you have an important role to facilitate learning in a range of different domains—that is, you are not just dealing with the physical skills of an athlete, but you also have a responsibility to consider your athletes' social, emotional, and cognitive needs, too. But where do you start with all this?!What is this course about?In this course, you will explore what it takes to get the best out of the people you work with by considering the idea that a coach is an educator. From there, you will be presented with a number of different coaching methods to make the most of your time with your athletes…regardless of the sport you are coaching!Who am I?My name is Dr. Blake Bennett, and I am both a coach and a researcher. I received my Doctoral degree from the University of Canterbury in 2015 and have been working in the sport industry as a researcher and a lecturer ever since. I have published multiple peer-reviewed articles on coaching, including specific topics like: online or ‘virtual’ coaching; child safeguarding; sport psychology; and coach development. In addition to my research, I also have over 20 years’ experience coaching kendo at both a regional and national level – whilst also having competed at a total of 6 world championship events.To learn more about how you can get the most out of your athletes, please sign up for this course and learn about the 'Essentials of Sport Coaching'!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Who am I, and why are we here?

Section 2: The 3 key factors for successful coaching

Lecture 2 Your coaching philosophy

Lecture 3 Reflective coaching for better performance

Lecture 4 Understanding athlete needs

Section 3: Effective coaching methods

Lecture 5 Direct Coaching

Lecture 6 Task Coaching

Lecture 7 Reciprocal Coaching

Lecture 8 Guided Discovery Coaching

Lecture 9 Problem Solving Coaching

Section 4: Course Summary

Lecture 10 Course Summary

This course provides a friendly and straightforward path through the cutting edge research on the coaching process. If you are brand new to coaching, this course should be your first stop. If you have been coaching for a while, this course will help you to address any blind spots that are hampering your performance (and therefore, the performance of your athletes!)