Principle Of Outdoor Coaching

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Introduction This assignment will be looking over what aspects are needed to make a successful coach, focusing specifically on group profiling, participant differentiation, and effective use of feedback. The assignment will analyse why these are important and relevant relating to a practical setting. Being an effective coach is a lot more than having knowledge of a particular sport and during this essay it will look at these factors and show why they are needed in order to be the very best coach possible. A key part of being such an effective coach is the preparation before the coaching session. If a coach is readily prepared for a session then its almost guaranteed the athletes or customers will have a more beneficial and constructive lesson as apposed to if the coach just turned up and had not done any prior research and tried to make it up on a spot. This is therefore important that the coach has planned specifically for the group and understands all the athletes needs. and where possible adapted to any specific requirements. As well as preparation before sessions analysing is also important so that coaches can adapt their coaching styles to suit different types of learners. All of these factors help to create the perfect coach; I will now look in to these factors in more detail. “ While all great coaches are unique and very special individuals there are some common factors- common championship factors that they all share” (Wayne goldsmith 2010, P 1) One of these factors is Group profiling. This is a very important aspect of sport coaching and it is one of the most important factors that should be considered during planning for each of the sessions. By profiling the group the coach can find out the ability level, the age, and specific areas that need to be worked on with particular players, and by doing this the coach can come up with a plan to

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