Coaching Education Flashcards
What Is a Coach
Noun → trainer or instructor
Verb → to give instructions and teach
NCCP Definition
About helping people improve and achieve goals in sport
Coaching Science
Research on learning and instructional processed by sport coaches
Quant vs Qual
Started more qualitative and now has transition to mixed methods
Quantitative → numbers (measurements)
Qualitative → words (interview)
Coach Education around the world
Canada → 1 association (CAC made in 1970) (NCCP)
Australia → 1 associations (ACS and NCAS)
UK → 1 association
US → 3 association
1 Coach Association Pros and Cons
Pro → Everyone is held to the same standard
Con → price could be too high
Multi Coach Association Pros and Cons
Pro → Keeps improving to be better (competition between associations)
Con → confusion
3 Coaching Streams
- Community Sport
- Initiation
- Ongoing participation - Competition
- Instruction
- Development
- High performance - Instruction
- Beginners
- Intermediate performers
- Advance performers
Difference between the three scale coach education formates
- Small Scale
Brief in duration (75 min)
Smith and Smoll → CBAS, CET, MAS - Uni-Based
Longer with fewer participants - Large Scale
Design to target large number of coaches
Self reflection
Masters Program in Coaching
UVIC
Chapter 11 Coaching Psychology Article
who is it by
what year
key findings
Bloom
2015
- NCCP is an important platform for coaches, more than 1 million have passed through this test
- Research from a group of Canadians reported that to become an expert coach there is an importance of mentorship and working with top professional
- Most important findings is that coaching is an art that requires years of hard work and practise, it also requires an ability to integrate and translate knowledge effectively to the specific sport environment
- Focus on athletic and personal growth and development of their athletes, this came from a respectful coach-athlete relationship
5 NCCP Core Competencies
Value
Problem solving
Interacting
Leading
Critical thinking
