Community Coaching Courses to Develop Essential Skills
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Sport Australia has launched a free, online course to help the 500,000 community coaches across the country deliver world-class, fun and inclusive sporting experiences for everyone.
Australian Sports Commission (ASC) CEO Kieren Perkins OAM said the launch of this free course was a key part of Sport Australia’s new approach to community coaching announced last week.
“Being a coach is more than just skills and drills. The environment a coach creates is critical to delivering a positive sporting experience, encouraging more people to play and stay in organised sport,” Perkins said.
“To help coaches achieve this, we’ve designed the new Essential Skills course to shake up traditional community coach education.
“We can’t afford to rely on a one-size-fits-all approach to community coaching anymore and our free course helps coaches understand the individual needs and motivations of every participant and most importantly, why they love to be involved in sport.”
The Community Coaching – Essential Skills Course helps coaches create fun, safe and inclusive environments for participants.
This free online course includes 8 modules and takes around 3 hours to complete.
It has been designed so coaches can learn at their own pace and complete modules anytime, anywhere, on any device. This course has replaced the General Principles Course.
Coaching is a critical part of developing community participation growth for any sport.
Equestrian Australia is supporting the new course, with Participation Manager Jill Taylor saying it will transform their coaching culture.
“We’re committed to helping our coaches become more participant centred by helping them focus on the social, cognitive and emotional development of each rider, while at the same time developing their technical skills,” Taylor said.
“Our objective is to create a sport in which riders not just engage in our activities but fall in love with it.”
Essential Skills Course
- Sport Australia has launched a new Community Coaching – Essential Skills Course to replace the existing General Principles Course.
- Let’s make sport fun, safe and inclusive. Sign up for the Community Coaching – Essential Skills Course to learn how.
- The free course is available on any device, so you can update your skills and continue to deliver fun, safe and inclusive sport that meets the needs of your participants.
- Coaches can make sport fun, safe and inclusive. Learn how.
- Great coaches are always learning. Sign up for the Community Coaching Course today!
- Sign up for the Community Coaching – Essential Skills Course today at sportaus.gov.au/coaching/course
Modern Coaching Approach
- Developed in collaboration with the sport sector, the new approach is about supporting the development, education and training of coaches and empowering them to provide safe, fun and inclusive environments that focus on the needs of participants.
- The new approach will reshape the sporting experience and encourage more people to play, coach and enjoy sport.
- Learn more about the modern approach to coaching on the Sport Australia website at sportaus.gov.au/coaching.
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