Developing coaching skills: Week 3 recap

What does legislation mean?

• Laws/rules created by a collection of people

• Suggestions from top coaches on how a sport should be taught

• Rules created by players

• Laws/Rules created to make sport tough

Why should all sport have legislation?

• Ensure everyone is doing it correctly

• Ensure all sport is as entertaining as possible

• Keep participants safe

• Give everyone a fair chance to succeed

Who creates legislation within sport?

• Government (parliament etc)

• Players

• Coaches (head coach)

• National Governing Bodies (WRU, RFU, FIFA etc)

Who is in charge of enforcing legislation within a team?

• Coaches

• Players

• Medical staff

• Fans

Choose the coaching style describes as:

"Totally coach led. all decision made by the coach with no input from players."

• Autocratic

• Democratic

• Laissez Faire

• Auto faire

Professionalism means...?

• Acting in a way that mirrors a professional

• Being honest, acting with integrity and following a code of conduct

• Following a code of conduct to the letter in order to get the most out of your players

• Being open with your team even when things aren't going well.

What is the key role of an assistant coach?

• Supervision of training from a distance

• Reporting information

• Coaching athletes

• Creating aims and objectives for the team

What is the key role of the head coach

• Overseeing team development/ progression

• Hands on coaching

• Skill development

• Reporting data/ information

Choose the coaching style described below:

" Players have some input but the final decision is ultimately up to the coach."

• Autocratic

• Democratic

• Laissez Faire

• None of them

How players learn is important for coaches to understand...?

• True

• False

• Neither