Unit 225 understanding the principles of safe and equitable coaching practice

1. Unit 225
Understanding the principles of safe and equitable coaching practice
Tutor Guidance
1. Explain the unit outcomes and check understanding.
2. Present students with unit assessments and processes for submission.
3. Utilise the PowerPoint to support lesson delivery, and student understanding.
4. Allow for students to record lesson information to support them in their assessment.
5. Consolidate after each lesson.
6. Link theory lesson outcomes with practical delivery.
7. Consolidate and link the practical and theory aspects with the unit outcomes and assessment.
8. Utilise any and all resources to support and deliver the unit outcomes for example – quizzes,
risk assessments, health and safety checklist, injuries in football, video clips.
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2. Unit 225
Understanding the principles of safe and equitable coaching practice
Student Guidance
1. Review the unit standards, on Blackboard.
2. Access unit assessment from Blackboard.
3. Save assessment in your documents.
4. Take part within group discussions.
5. Record notes/ findings from both practical and theory lessons.
6. Ask questions, to establish understanding.
7. Take active role within practical lessons.
8. Clear submission date and procedure.
9. Clearly read the assessment requirements for example, prepare a presentation, write a report,
produce a leaflet.
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3. Unit 225
Understanding the principles of safe and
equitable coaching practice
Unit aim
This unit assesses the coach’s understanding of how to ensure that their coaching is safe and
equitable.
Learning outcomes
There are two outcomes to this unit. The learner will be able to:
225.1 Understand how to ensure participant(s)’ safety during sport-specific coaching sessions
225.2 Understand how to ensure equitable coaching of sport-specific activities
Guided learning hours
It is recommended that 13 hours should be allocated for this unit. This may be on a full-time or
parttime
basis.
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5. Outcome 1 Understand how to ensure participant(s)’ safety
during sport-specific coaching sessions
Assessment Criteria
The learner can:
1. describe the health and safety requirements that are relevant to planned sport-specific
activities and competition
2. describe how to structure coaching sessions to minimise the risk of injury to
participant(s)
3. explain how to plan for contingencies to coaching sessions as a result of external
influences
4. explain how to implement contingencies to coaching sessions as a result of external
Influences
5. describe the principles for checking the safe functionality of equipment used during
sportspecific activities and competition
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6. Outcome 1 Understand how to ensure participant(s)’ safety
during sport-specific coaching sessions
6. outline the main rules/regulations of the sport/activity appropriate to the level of the
participant(s)
7. explain how to interpret and communicate the rules/regulations of the sport/activity to
participant(s)
8. describe the coach’s duty of care responsibilities for participant(s), including children
9. outline the coach’s responsibilities for ensuring that the coaching environment is
maintained appropriately
10. describe the following requirements for ensuring the protection of children from abuse:
• legal requirements
• sport-specific requirements
11. describe the insurance requirements on a coach operating in a coaching environment.
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7. Outcome 1 Understand how to ensure participant(s)’ safety
during sport-specific coaching sessions
Range
Requirements
Coach credentials, risk assessment
Contingencies
Session plan, group size, equipment, venue/facility, timings
External influences
Weather, surface, equipment, difficulty level, attendance
Principles
Observation, safety, removal, reporting
Main rules/regulations
Technical content, safety requirements, resource needs
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8. Outcome 1 Understand how to ensure participant(s)’ safety
during sport-specific coaching sessions
Range
Duty of care
Loci parentus, supervision, safety, well being, physical, emotional
Coaching environment
Facility, surface, equipment, participants, atmosphere
Legal requirements
Age of coach, CRB checks, recruitment policy, NGB specifics
Insurance requirements
Public liability, employers liability
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9. A good manager can, at best, make a team 10%
better. But a bad manager can make a team up to
50% worse
Giovanni Trapattoni
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10. Outcome 2 - Understand how to ensure equitable coaching of
sport-specific activities
Assessment Criteria
The learner can:
1. describe the following requirements impacting on equitable coaching:
• legal requirements
• sport-specific requirements
2. explain the purpose of sport-specific Codes of Practice for coaching
3. explain how sport-specific Codes of Practice for coaching impact on coaching
behaviour
4. describe methods to minimise barriers to participant development
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11. Outcome 2 - Understand how to ensure equitable coaching of
sport-specific activities
Assessment Criteria
The learner can:
5. explain what information is required in order to provide appropriate and safe
opportunities for disabled participant(s) and specific populations
6. describe the nature of impairments and how their implications may affect aspects of
the coaching process
7. describe how to identify coaching styles/delivery methods appropriate to variations
in participant, task and environment
8. describe how and when to involve support staff to ensure participant(s)’ needs are
provided for within the coaching activity
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12. Outcome 2 - Understand how to ensure equitable coaching of
sport-specific activities
Assessment Criteria
The learner can:
9. describe how to adapt and progress activities and sessions
10. describe how to prepare athletes for competition
11. identify types of performance enhancing drugs and illegal substances
12. explain how a coach can discourage the use of performance enhancing drugs and
any illegal substances.
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13. Outcome 2 - Understand how to ensure equitable coaching of
sport-specific activities
Range
Purpose
Safety, inclusion, enjoyment, development
Impact
Attendance figures, relative safety, spectator numbers, disciplinary incidents, retention
statistics
Methods
Learning styles, session planning, equipment used, equality
Information
Medical conditions, particular requirements, equipment provision, coach experience and
qualifications, coaching support staff
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14. Outcome 2 - Understand how to ensure equitable coaching of
sport-specific activities
Range
Impairments
Cognitive, learning, psychological, emotional
Support staff
Assistant coaches, parents, volunteers
Performance enhancing drugs
Mass builders (e.g. steroids, hormones), stimulants, painkillers, sedatives, diuretics,
maskers
Illegal substances
Anabolic steroids, cannabis, opiates, heroine, morphine, methamphetamine
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16. Technical
Touch & release skills / Variety & Quality / Disguise
Skills that don’t break down under pressure
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Psychological
Decision making
Problem solving
Confidence/ self esteem
Motivation
Resilience,
Reflective & Resourcefulness
Independence
Social
Teamwork
‘Belonging’
Relationships
Communications
Physical
General & Specific skills
ABC’s
+ (relevant to age)
The Aims of Practice
What are the
Priorities ?
How are we
going to ‘get
there’ ?
Tactical
Planned & Instinctive actions
Strategies -Individual
Pair / Group

17. The Practice ‘Spectrum’
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18. A Practice ‘Spectrum’
Low
(Further from the game)
Narrow focus
Specific returns
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High
(closer to the game)
Wider focus
Wider returns

19. Adding movement
other turns
Interference
Practicing &
experimenting with
turning
Varied movement
other turns
Interference
Opposition
Practicing &
experimenting with
turning
Practicing & experimenting
with turning
Less
Specific
repetition
Even
Less
Specific
repetition
Even More
choices to
make
Specific In a match like game
repetition
More choice
Decisions - Choices – Interference - Opposition - Pressure
Practicing
a turn
Training the
body
Little choices
to make
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Wide
repetition
Lots of choices

20. Practicing
a pass
Specific
repetition
Training 1
the
Adding movement
other passes
Interference
Practicing &
experimenting with
passing
Varied movement
other passes
Interference
Opposition
Practicing &
experimenting with
passing
Practicing & experimenting
with passing
In a match like game
2
3
Decisions - Choices – Interference - Opposition - Pressure
body
Little choices to
make
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4
Less
Specific
repetition
More choice
Even
Less
Specific
repetition
Even More
choices to
make
Wide
repetition
Lots of choices

21. Practicing A Technique
In constant conditions
Practicing the Same
Techniques and skills in
variable conditions
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Practicing Different
techniques or skills in
random conditions
10m Passing side of the foot
in pairs to each other
Passing over different
distances, angles, etc
Passing OR dribbling,
shooting, etc over different
distances, angles etc
Gives constant returns Gives Variable returns Gives random returns
Predictable, unopposed
Fairly unpredictable, can be
More unpredictable,
opposed or very limited
unopposed or part opposed
Unopposed or opposed
pressure
Maybe useful when learning
new techniques or revisiting
Specific Repetition
Can give a feeling of success.
(Confidence etc)
‘Contacts’ with the ball
controlled and guaranteed
Narrow focus
Perception around the speed
angle etc of the ball
Ideal for refining skills
Already learnt
Practice of relevant
perception skills
Wider physical returns
Wider perceptual skills
Elements of Tactical
development
Good for long term
learning
Very wide practice of
Perception skills
Wider tactical development
Success not guaranteed
Initially

22. High
Low
Game
Understanding
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Motor control
A Possible ‘trade off’
Repetition

23. The ‘ Pie’
1. How are you going to ‘cut it up’ ?
2. Which slice is going to be the biggest ?
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24. Right Practice - Right Players - Right Time
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