This document discusses sport coaching pedagogy for disabled athletes. It defines disability and provides examples. It notes that around 40% of Australians have a disability or health problem. The background section emphasizes the importance of including disabled people in sports and not discriminating against them. Coaching disabled athletes can provide benefits like well-being, quality of life, and social aspects. Barriers to participation include equipment, accessibility, program modifications, and attitudes. Effective coaching of disabled athletes requires focusing on ability over disability, adapting activities, and good communication.

1. Sport Coaching Pedagogy
By Nurbolat Kuandyk U3066466

2. Contents
 Definition of disability
 Prevalence
 Background to Subject
 Importance to Study
 Coaching Disabled Athletes

3. Definition
 What is disability?
Disability is defined as a physical, mental, or
psychological condition that limits a person’s
activities.
People can either be born
with a disability or they
can acquire it

4. Examples of Disabilities
 Vision impairment
 Sensory impairment
 Physical impairment
 Hearing impairment
 Olfactory/gustatory impairment

5. Prevalence
 According to the GSS (General Social Surveys), in
2006, nearly 40% (6.1 million) of Australians aged 18
years and over had a disability or long-term health
problem.
 Physical limitations were the most common form of
disability (66% or 4 million), followed by sight,
hearing or speech (35% or 2.1 million). Just over half of
people with a disability (3.1 million) did not specify the
type of disability.

6. Prevalence
Participation in sport, by disability status and sex- 2002
and 2006 in Australia.
Source: ABS data available on request, General Social Survey, 2002 and
2006.

7. Background to subject
 People with disability should be included in sports
 People with disability should not be discriminated
 People with disabilities are athletes too that have
needs, drives and goals.
 Coaching them as well as any other athlete is a crucial
part for their development.

8. Background to Subject
 There many organisations and associations in the
world that provide facilities and support to disabled
athletes.
 There are also many sporting events for disabled
athletes to participate in such as Paralympics Games
being the biggest.
 There are different sports for disabled athlete that they
can play or compete in.

9. Background to Subject
Examples of sports:
 Wheelchair Basketball
 Wheelchair Rugby

10. Importance to study
An example of discrimination towards disabled people:
“Women with disabilities face double discrimination--
discrimination based on gender and discrimination
based disability. Women of colour who are disabled face
yet a third type of discrimination...The limited available
statistics suggest that economically, socially, and
psychologically, women with disabilities fare
considerably worse than either women who are
nondisabled or men who are disabled”. (Women and
Disability Awareness Project, 1989).

11. Importance to Study
Seigenthaler (1997) identified the benefits of leisure as:
 Enhanced well being
 Decreased stress levels
 Improved quality of life
 Improving social aspects
 Schleien, Ray & Green (1997) team sports benefit
both disabled and abled athletes.

12. Importance to Study
 So, including and coaching disabled athletes is a great
way to involve them in social and physical activities.

13. Barriers for participation in Sports
Pacirorek and Jones (1989) identified 4 barriers:
 Equipment
 Physical accessibility
 Program modifications
 Attitudes towards people with disabilities

14. Disability Sports Coach
 provide high quality sporting opportunities for people with
disabilities throughout the UK.
 provide coaching, training, events, and community clubs
to mainstream schools, special schools, clubs, charities &
other professional organisations.
 supported and delivered to over 60,000 people with a
variety of disabilities.
 worked with over 130 different organisations including,
Sport England, NGB’s, Local Authorities and individual
schools.
http://disabilitysportscoach.co.uk/

15. Coaching Disabled athletes
 Having a good coach is crucial in development and
improvement of any athlete.
 Working with disabled athletes, improves coaching
skills and benefit the coach.
 As a coach it is important to treat your athletes equal
whether disabled or not.

16. Coaching a disabled athlete
 It is important to have a positive first impression
 Introduce the athlete with a disability and create
conditions for successful integration
 For participants with intellectual disabilities, coach
should use developmentally appropriate activities

17. Coaching a disabled athlete
 For the coach it is important to know the disability or
disabilities of the athlete they coach
 Coach should focus on athletes ability
 It is important for the coach to adapt the activities for
disabled athlete
 Coach should establish good communication with
disabled athlete, get to know the athlete better.

18. Coaching a disabled athlete
 It is important for the coach not to discriminate their
athletes
For example:
 Thinking that an intellectually disabled athlete does
not understand
 Sit down when talking to a
disabled athlete on a wheelchair

19. Coaching a disabled athlete
 Coach should have in mind about transportation,
accessibility and facilities they provide for the disabled
athletes

20. Conclusion
 It is important to understand that people with
disabilities should have equal opportunities and
treatment as people without disabilities. In particular
focusing in coaching and mentoring.
 Coaches should help disabled athletes to enjoy the
activities they engage in as this will help the athlete to
carry the love of sport for the rest of their life.