for teaching sport science

1. 1.3 Coaching Philosophy
IAAF CECS Level I

2. Your Philosophy of Life
Each of you have choices in life……..
GUIDES
Everyday decisions and actions
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3. Your Coaching Philosophy
……guides your choices in Athletics……..
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4. Athlete centered
Science based
Coach driven
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Coaching Philosophy

5. Why did your athletes get involved in athletics?
Have fun
Get fit
Develop their
sport skills
Achieve success
Meet other
people, make
friends
Because their
friends do it
As a coach you need to know what motivates your athletes.
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6. Athlete-centred approach
• Placing the needs of the athlete before everything else
• the activity,
• competition,
• your personal goals/ambitions
• the parents’ goals/ambitions
• Ensuring all athletes are
• welcomed to participate,
• valued and encouraged to explore and improve their own
potential
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7. • Coaches treat each athlete as an individual with unique
 Needs
 Interests
 Goals
• Recognising the importance of providing a fun and safe environment
• Athletes are encouraged to be involved in their own development
• Athletes are empowered to take greater responsibility.
Athlete-centred approach
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8. What is Coaching?
What are the roles of a coach?
• Administrator
• Social Worker
• Leader
• Friend
• Scientist
• Student.
• Teacher
• Trainer
• Instructor / Mentor
• Role Model
• Motivator
• Disciplinarian
• Manager
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9. Drugs in Sport
Drugs are banned because they:
• are a form of cheating
• can cause
• irreversible long term medical problems
• Kill the athletes who use them
How do we remove drugs from Athletics?
• Prevention
 Education of
o Coaches
oAthletes
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• Coercion
 Testing
 Punishment
 Criminalisation

10. Coaching implies
• strong involvement
• humanistic values.
The IAAF has produced a
“Code of Ethics”
for coaches.
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11. Code of Ethics
• What are the main points of the Code of Ethics
for Coaches?
• Respect of
 Athletes
 Coaches
 Officials
 Rules.
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12. Code of Ethics
• Help athletes to develop independence
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13. • Have the required competence
• Education
 Initial
 Continuing (LLC)
Code of Ethics
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14. • Have a respectful behaviour,
 worthy of the coaching community.
Code of Ethics
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15. Athlete Development
– the Long Term Approach
• The essential role of the coach
• help the development of athletes to reach their full athletic potential
• A long term approach should be considered for all athletes
before short term dates are set for athletics competitions.
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16. Philosophy
• This idea has been expressed as:
“Athletes First, Winning Second”
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17. “Athletes First, Winning Second”
• Athletics is seen as one aspect of a person’s life – not his whole life
• There is respect and appreciation of the coach and his work
• Athletes decide with the coach the importance of competitions
and strive to meet their joint expectations
• There is respect for the laws and spirit of fair competition
 expressed as “Fair Play for all”
• Athletes reaching their potential is seen as success
• There is respect for
• Opponents
• Officials.
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18. Statement of Children’s Rights
• Right to do sport
 Right to have fun and play like a child
 Right to enjoy good conditions
 Right to human dignity
 Right to be trained by competent people
 Right to compete with children with the same chances of success
 Right to take part in appropriate competitions
 Right to do sport in complete safety
 Right to get some rest
 Right not to be a champion
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19. Philosophy
• To become a better coach it is necessary to:
 question yourself about your coaching
 continuously learn (Life Long Learning)
 be impartial
 respect your athletes
 communicate with your athletes.
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20. Philosophy and Coaching Styles
- becoming a better Leader
Coaching and Leadership style comes from:
• Your Coaching Philosophy
• Your Personality
• Your Skill as a Coach.
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21. Coaching Styles
Coach led
Coach centred
Coach makes all decisions
Coach led
Coach and athlete centred
Coach invites questions
and ideas but then makes
the decisions
Athlete - led
Athlete - centred
Coach uses questions to
raise awareness, athlete
makes decisions
heavy on command and
instruction
emphasis on
demonstration, this is how
to do it
uses self-discovery and
questioning to raise
awareness
Now relate this to your own coaching practice and the effect on the athletes.
TELLING SHOWING INVOLVING
Useful with large group
where safety is paramount
or time is short
Useful with practical skills,
with novices and younger
athletes
Use whenever possible,
maximises learning and
retention of what is
learned
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22. The Coach-Athlete Relationship
There are three basic models for the coach-athlete relationship:
• The Escort System
• The Partnership System
• The Transfer System
Which ever is used must be
the ‘right fit’ for the coach
and athlete.
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23. Philosophy in Action
So now ?????????????
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