sports coach UK
Develop Your Coaching Workshop
Equity in Your Coaching
Welcome
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Workshop Outcomes
By the end of this workshop, you should be able to:
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explain what sports equity means, the legal
framework and why it is important for your
coaching
identify factors that deny access to
disadvantaged groups
use appropriate language and terminology
identify and challenge inequitable behaviour and
identify how you can become more equitable
establish where to go for further information.
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Ground Rules
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Anonymity
Confidentiality
Respect others’ contributions
Listen carefully to others’ contributions
Respect the right to be heard
Challenge comments in a positive way
Move around the subject
Don’t put other coaches down
Not the ‘equity police’
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Is it:
EQUITY
EQUALITY
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
What do they mean?
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Sports Equity
Sports equity is about fairness in sport, equality of
access, recognising inequalities and taking steps to
address them. It is about changing the culture and
structure of sport to ensure that it becomes equally
accessible to everyone in society.
Definition from Making English Sport Inclusive:
Equity Guidelines for Governing Bodies,
Sport England (2000)
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What is Equity?
Equity is about:
• fairness
• equality of access
• recognising inequalities and taking steps to
address them.
Sports equity is about:
• changing the culture and structure of sport to
ensure that it is accessible to everyone,
whatever their ability, age, ethnicity, gender,
nationality, race, sexuality or social status.
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What is Equality?
Equality:
the state of being equal – treating individuals equally, which is not
necessarily the same as treating them the same. In some cases, the
need for equality may require unequal effort to ensure that the
principle of equality is achieved.
What is Equal
Opportunities?
Equal Opportunities:
ensuring that employment practices are fair and that the workplace
is an environment free from discrimination and harassment.
Employers are required to comply with UK and EU discrimination
legislation.
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Legislation
• Equal Pay Act 1970 Equal Value (Amendment) Regulations
1983
• Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
• Sex Discrimination Act 1975, 1986 and 1999
• Race Relations Act 1976, Amendment Act 2000
• Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978
• Children Act 1989 and 2004
• Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and 2004
• Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
• Northern Ireland Act 1998
• Scotland Act 1998
• Human Rights Act 1998
• Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003
• Employment Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulations 2003
• Disability Discrimination Act 2005
• Equality Act 2006
• Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006
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Framework for the
Commission for Equality
and Human Rights (to be
formed October 2007)
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Gender
Disability
Ethnicity
Age
Sexual orientation
Religion
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Population Statistics
• 51.4% women
• 5–20% disabled people (depending on
definition)
• 10% people from ethnic minorities
NB: These figures are from the 2001
National Census.
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Why is Sports Equity
Important?
It enables us to:
• recognise inequalities in sport
• make sport fair and accessible to all
• take action to address inequalities in sport.
Sporting organisations have a moral, and
sometimes legal, obligation to be equitable.
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The Equality Standard:
• was launched in 2004 across the UK
• provides a guide to ensure continuous improvement
in striving for equality in sports organisations
• has four levels of achievement.
It is expected to take years, rather than months, to
ensure real cultural change is achieved.
Most governing bodies of sport are actively working
towards achievement of the Standard.
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Barriers to Participation
• What are the barriers that
people coming to your coaching
sessions may encounter?
• Are any barriers common to
more than one group?
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Barriers
• Coach
– Assumptions
– Lack of
knowledge
– Poor
communication
• Facilities
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Transport
Convenience
Safety
Inadequacy
• Cost
– Fee
– Kit
– Equipment
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• Time
– Convenience
– Other commitments
• Personal issues
– Self-esteem
– Fear of discrimination and
ii unwelcoming environment
– Cultural/religious influences
– Lack of role models
Sports Participation
• Ethnic minority participation: 40%
National average: 46%
• Men from ethnic minority communities: 49%
National average: 54%
• Women from ethnic minority communities: 32%
National average: 39%
People in the ‘professional’ social class are more
likely to participate in sport than those in the
‘unskilled manual’ group.
Source: Office of National Statistics
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Positive Action or
Positive Discrimination?
Positive Action
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Positive Discrimination
Language and
Terminology
Language used should be:
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consistent.
Is it derogatory, or is the receiver or anyone else in
the group offended?
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Unacceptable v
Acceptable Terms
• Coloured
• The elderly
• Half-caste
• Mongols
• Ethnics
• Retards
• Pakis
• Niggers
• Spastics
• Ladies/birds/chicks/girls
• Handicapped
• Homosexuals
• Normal people
• Queers
• Victim of/
iiistricken with
• Love/dear/duck/pet
Acceptable–Unsure–Unacceptable
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Coaching Questions
• ‘Come on, you lot. Can’t you see
you’re playing like…?’
• ‘Could all the…stand over here
and the rest over there?’
• ‘Do you need to change in
another room as you’re a…?’
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Types of Inequitable
Behaviour
• Verbal
• Written
• Physical
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Inequitable Behaviour –
Verbal
• Racist language
• Sexist language
• Homophobic language
• Ridicule or bullying because of a
personal characteristic
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Inequitable Behaviour –
Written
Racist, sexist or homophobic language
written in some way:
• Graffiti
• Letter
• Mobile-phone text message
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Inequitable Behaviour –
Physical
Action taken against somebody because of
their race, gender, a personal characteristic
or sexuality:
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Pushing
Biting
Tripping
Touching inappropriately
Stealing
Excluding from an activity
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Dealing with
Inequitable Behaviour
• Establish a code of conduct
• Avoid confrontation
• Time your actions appropriately
• Be a good role model
• Use appropriate, sensitive and relevant
Iiilanguage
• Challenge inequitable behaviour
• Support equitable behaviour
• Be fair and consistent
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Sources of Liability
for Coaches
• Discrimination
– The action people take on the basis of their prejudices.
Discrimination occurs when a prejudiced person has the
power to put their prejudices into action, which results in
unfair and unjust treatment.
• Negligence
– There exists a duty of care towards the participant.
– This duty of care imposes a standard and negligence
means this standard has not been met.
– The participant has suffered loss, harm, damage or
injury.
– The breach of duty contributes to the loss, harm,
damage or injury.
• Defamation
– There are two types of defamation:
o slander – the spoken word
o libel – the written word.
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Duty of Care
• Safe
• Qualified
• Competent
• Insured
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Where to Go Next
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sports coach UK
Sporting Equals
English Federation of Disability Sport
Women’s Sport Foundation
National sports council
UK Sport
Governing body of sport
County sports partnership
Local authority
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Workshop Outcomes
By the end of this workshop, you should be able to:
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explain what sports equity means, the legal
framework and why it is important for your
coaching
identify factors that deny access to
disadvantaged groups
use appropriate language and terminology
identify and challenge inequitable behaviour and
identify how you can become more equitable
establish where to go for further information.
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Thank you.
Have a safe journey home.
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