OCR Cambridge Technicals in

Sport(Level 3)

Unit 2Sports Coaching

What does it take to be a good coach?

What is it about them as coaches that makes them and their teams

so successful?

How has Sir Alex Ferguson steered Manchester United to

12 Premier League wins, 5 FA Cup trophies, 4 League

Cup trophies and 3 European Cup trophies?

How has Dave Brailsford CBE led British cycling

teams to 14 Olympic Medals (including 8 golds) and a Tour de France victory?

What do you need to start?The roles and responsibilities of a coach

are not simply to organise a training session; they include:

Leader

Instructor

Friend

Motivator

AnalystDisciplinarian

Ensuring safety and security

Maintaining their own knowledge

What skills will you need?

Coaches need a variety of skills and techniques to learn about performers and to help them

develop. These include:

Analysing Demonstration

Goal setting

Planning

Adaptation

How do they identify what would work best for their performers?

CommunicationProblem solving

How do you plan a session?

What do you want the

performers to learn or

improve?

How good are your performers?

How long will you spend on

activities?

Remember to include a warm-up

and cool down.

Can you make the session harder or easier if you need

to?

What else will you need to plan for?

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 the

performers enjoy it?

Did the demonstrations

go well?Did you provide feedback for the

performers?

How will you plan the next session

based on how this went?

Do you need to develop any areas

yourself?

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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