Sports Coaching (Level 3) Course

Unit 1: What is Sports Coaching?

• Definition of sports coaching
• Skills required to be a good sports coach
• Different roles of a sports coach
• Developing a coaching philosophy
• A TEAM philosophy

Unit 2: Essential Anatomy and Physiology for Coaching

• The skeleton
• Joints
• Different types of joints
• Strains
• Sprains
• The muscular system
• The respiratory system
  

Unit 3: Coaching Methods and Models

• The SMARTER goal-setting model
• The 7 Cs of coaching credibility
• The GROW model
• The application of the GROW model to sports

Unit 4: Coaching for Special Populations

• What is a special population?
• Primary level coaching methods
• Secondary level coaching methods
• Apply coaching techniques to special population groups

Unit 5: Understanding the Athlete

• Identity
• Developmentalism
• Disability and athletic identity
• Identity, self-perception and performance
• Evaluation

Unit 6: Ethics and Sports Coaching

• What is meant by 'ethics'?
• The 10 ethical areas in sports coaching
• Working within ethical frameworks
• Identifying specific coaching frameworks