Final Flashcards
1
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- Identify and define the 3 Competency-Based Sport Coaching Variables
A
- Coach knowledge
- Athlete outcomes
- Coach context
2
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- Identify and define the Coaching G.R.O.W Model.
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- Goals
- Reality
- Options
- Wrap-up or Will
3
Q
- How can a coach make the sport environment and sport experience more fun?
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- Be happy and enthusiastic. Laugh easily. Show that coaching and sport is fun for you, too.
- Show that you understand and care about the athletes personally
- Emphasize skill development. Athletes want to get better.
- Create a balance between skill development and challenge.
- Have organized practices - not “over-organized.”
- Make the competitions fun - regardless of the outcome.
- Allow kids to have fun playing youth sport.
4
Q
- How can a coach enhance motivation to help athletes reach their best?
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5
Q
- Identify and define the V.A.K. learning styles model.
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The VAK learning styles model provides a reference and guide to assess people’s preferred learning styles:
- Visual: the use of seen or observed things, including pictures, diagrams, demonstrations, displays, handouts, films, flip-chart, etc.
- Auditory: the transfer of information through listening: to the spoken word, of self or others, of sounds and noises.
- Kinesthetic: the physical experience - touching, feeling, holding, doing, practical hands-on experiences.
6
Q
- When should a coach be a Role Model and why?
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Types of Role Models (best depends on coach and athlete):
- Driver (autocratic)– strong-willed/dominating/independent
- Analytical – thinkers/detail-oriented/likes rules
- Expressive – dreamers/what’s possible/enthusiastic
- Amiable (liberal) – happy/helpful/accommodating
7
Q
- What are the 8 non-verbal gestures a coach must consider when communicating with his athletes?
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Consider Non-verbal Gestures:
- Facial expression, arm waving
- Space and proximity: ‘in your face’,
- Posture: slouching, super-erect
- Touch: touchy subject
- Articulation: speed of and space between words
- Silence: can be loud and deafening
- Movement: quickness and direction of your movements
- Image and appearance
8
Q
- Discuss the elements of anger and how a coach should deal with their own and other’s anger.
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Elements of anger:
- Emotionally - anger is an ego trigger
- Physically – own your anger
- Psychically – anger is an attack
How to handle it:
- Step back
- Count to ten and say “I am triggered.”
- Recognize it is your ego that is driving the trigger
- Let it go.
- Respond in peace. OR Say, “you are absolutely right!”
9
Q
- What are the 6 R’s and when would a coach use them?
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The R’s 6 (use after a good or bad event)
- Recognize
- Release
- Relax
- Replay
- Refocus
- Ready
10
Q
- Identify and define the 8 considerations when coaching female and male athletes.
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- Coachability
- Confidence
- Criticism
- Chemistry
- Communication
- Conflict
- Caring
- Competitiveness
11
Q
- What are the TLCs of an effective practice planning session?
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Proper planning put the practice into action as a three-way process:
a. Teaching (instructing)
b. Learning (the athlete is motivated and ready to learn information and absorb the material).
c. Competition (the opportunity to show “the skills taught and learned” during training)
i. Competition provides a stage for performance under more stressful conditions
12
Q
- Identify and define the 5 key risk areas of a Risk Management Plan.
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- Emergency Plan: provide the team with an emergency action plan (EAP) in case of a serious or life-threatening condition that arises during practice or competitions.
- Facilities & Equipment: Provide a safe environment, safe equipment for everyone, & appropriate equipment is used for group’s capacity
- Documentation: record keeping of both medical and legal documents
- Training: All coaches have proper qualifications (NCCP, CPR, first aid)
- Supervision and instruction: General vs. specific supervision, depends on sport, age, & skill
13
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- Identify and define the 3 areas of risk management responsibilities that a coach must consider.
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- To provide a safe environment: inherent risks, provide duty of care, provide standard of care
- To make decisions fairly (rules of the game): code of ethics, rules and regulation of game, do no harm principle
- To properly care for and protect assets and resources: protecting property, safe environment/equipment
14
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- What are three practical steps in a sport risk management plan?
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- Identify – the major areas of loss exposure (source/type of risk)
- Measure – the frequency and severity
- Control – practical, affordable and reasonable ways
15
Q
- Who is the single largest investor in Canada’s sport system and what are the 2 priorities?
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The Government of Canada is the single largest investor in Canada’s sport system:
- To support high-performance athletes (Developmental, Elite, & Olympians)
- To promote sport participation for all
- Canada is proud to be a leading sport nation—both at home and abroad—where all Canadians can enjoy, value, and celebrate the benefits of active participation and excellence in sport.
