UK COACHING STRATEGY GROUP MEETING

Glasgow, 11th March 2009

Inclusion within the Coaching Framework

UK DISABILITY SPORT – COACHING, LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING GROUP (UKDS-CLL)

Richard Brickley, MBE,

SDS Coaching Officer

Gavin MacLeod,

SDS Chief Executive Officer

The UK Coaching Framework

Vision to create a cohesive, ethical, inclusive and

valued coaching system where skilled coaches support children, players and athletes at all stages of their development in sport

Members

UK Home Countries Disability Sport Organisations (Federation of Disability Sport Wales, Disability Sport Northern Ireland, Scottish Disability Sport, English Federation of Disability Sport

Sport coach UK / Coaching Northern Ireland Paralympics GB Sports Leaders UK Sports Equity Group UK Sport and Home Nation Sports Councils Youth Sport Trust

UKDS Coaching Leadership and Learning Group

Vision Develop and support inclusive, equitable and

appropriate coach education, leadership, training and community development programmes across the UK

Objectives

Ensure that the key principles of the UK Coaching Framework vision and the 5 strategic action areas, are fully inclusive

Ensure that all leadership courses and access to leadership opportunities are fully inclusive

Develop and deliver community sport training and education programmes for the public and voluntary sectors in disability sport

Inclusive Coaching Guidelines

Effective communication techniques (communication skills)

Ability to adapt and modify (differentiation, adaptation and progression)

Focus on ability NOT disability (functional v medical models)

Understand and use the coaching environment (appropriately modify and manipulate)

Health and safety

UKDS-CLL

Disability sport has own unique pathways in sport requiring coaching interventions at all levels in the continuum

Position supported by the Disability Sport CEO Group – input to this presentation.

UKDS-CLL

Disability sport coaching in some cases, requires additional knowledge and understanding of technical coach education requirements

UKDS-CLL

National Governing Bodies need to be challenged to ensure that their coach education modules are fully inclusive in terms of their resource development and delivery to candidates

UKDS-CLL

Disability sport agenda is already very broad wide range of impairment groups necessity for pan disability approach too much emphasis on Paralympic sport is

not the best option

UKDS-CLL

The UKDS-CLL group has a collective vision and has made considerable progress in just over two years

Specific representation on the Coaching Strategy Group would be hugely beneficial to all parties

Key Milestones

Identify players and coach pathways for disability sport 2007

Development of a UK DIT workshop and resource 2008/2009

Further milestones 2012 and 2016

DIT Course

When: will be available from May 2009 Who: aimed at ……

– Coaches and Volunteers– Teachers and LSAs– NGB non-coaching staff– Leisure service providers– Sports Development Officers

How: 3 hrs (classroom-based) /6 hrs (3 hrs classroom-based),3 hrs practical

UKDS-CLL

Thank you