OCR Cambridge Technicals in
Sport
(Level 3)
Unit 2
Sports Coaching
What does it take to be a good
coach?
is itFerguson
about them
How hasWhat
Sir Alex
How as
hascoaches
Dave Brailsford
that makesUnited
them and
steered Manchester
to
CBEtheir
led teams
British cycling
sowins,
successful?
12 Premier League
teams
5
to 14 Olympic Medals
FA Cup trophies, 4 League(including 8 golds) and a
Cup trophies and 3 European
Tour de France victory?
Cup trophies?
What do you need to start?
The roles and responsibilities of a coach
are not simply to organise a training
session; they include:
Leader
Friend
Instructor
Motivator
Analyst
Disciplinarian
Maintaining their
own knowledge
Ensuring safety
and security
What skills will you need?
Coaches needHow
a variety
do they
of skills
identify
and techniques
to learn about
whatperformers
would work
and
best
to help them
develop.
for theirThese
performers?
include:
Planning
Analysing
Goal setting
Problem
solving
Demonstration
Adaptation
Communication
How do you plan a session?
How
How
good
long
will
are
What
do
you
What
Remember
else
will
to
you
Can
you
make
the
your
you
performers?
spend
want
theon
include
need
to
aplan
warm-up
for?
session
harder
or
activities?
performers
to
and
cool
down.
easier
if you
need
learn
to?or
improve?
Do it!
What skills do you
need to utilise during
the session?
Make it enjoyable as
well as productive
What happens if things
don’t go to plan?
What’s your level of
involvement?
Are you going to get
stuck in?
Learn from it?
How did it go? Was it
too easy or too hard?
Did you provide
feedback for the
performers?
Did the
performers enjoy
it?
How will you plan
the next session
based on how this
went?
Do you need to
develop any areas
yourself?
Did the
demonstrations
go well?
What will you learn?
The roles,
responsibilities and
skills of sports coaches.
The techniques used by
coaches to improve the
performance of athletes.
Plan sports
coaching
sessions.
Deliver and
review sports
coaching sessions.
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