Apollinaire has a range of e-modules that address many aspects of the coach's teaching skills. Although these are generic, many include a number of videos from different sports and all regularly encouraged coaches to apply ideas to their own sport and their own specific coaching context.
LEARN-2-COACH
Apollinaire’s web-based coaching programme will
help coaches to develop their how-to-coach skills (their teaching or
pedagogical skills rather than their sport specific technical skills).
It is particularly relevant to those just
starting out in coaching (level 1) and those with some experience wishing to
hone their skills further (Level 2).
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How to explain
examines the principles underpinning the ability to
keep instructions simple and clear.
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How to organise and be organised
looks at the essential skills needed to make sessions
run efficiently and effectively.
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How to keep it safe
considers the key factors to consider when planning
and delivering sessions to ensure participants are safe and reduce the
likelihood of injury.
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How to keep it fun
is a crucial skill for coaches for unless sport is
fun and purposeful, people will
not continue, learn new skills or achieve their potential.
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How to provide a demonstration
helps coaches consider the principles that underpin
the use of visual models to provide a picture of what the skill or practice
should look like.
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How to plan and prepare a coaching
session
guides coaches on what and how to
think about before the session to ensure it runs effectively and
participants learn and have fun.
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How to evaluate your coaching
enables coaches to learn how to review the
effectiveness of their session and reflect on their own coaching skills.
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How to observe
addresses the crucial coaching skill of being able to
observe accurately and in great detail.
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How to analyse and make decisions looks are the cognitive skills of what coaches do
with their observations in order to make effective decisions about
appropriate actions to take.
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How to generate and provide feedback
helps coaches learn how, when and why to give
participants feedback so that it makes a real difference.
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How to help them learn
examines the principles that accelerate learning such
as how to create a positive and supportive climate, how to be
learner-centred and balance success with challenge .
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How to teach skills
reviews how to
structure sessions to cater for people at different stages of learning and
design practices to ensure long term learning rather than a quick fix change
in performance.
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How to question and listen
helps coaches to develop these fundamental skills
that ensure participant engagement that leads to learning.
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How to set and negotiate goals
addresses when, how and why to set process and
outcome goals that motivate, provide direction and build confidence in
participants.
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How to display and promote high values
helps coaches to examine this difficult area where
they are able to do much more to develop people and their values than simply
to teach them sport skills.
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How to select and use coaching strategies
considers a range of strategies from coach to
participant centred and explores when, how and why each might be used
effectively.
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How to manage unacceptable behaviours
offers suggestions and approaches that enable coaches
to handle potentially disruptive behaviours in a way that maintains a
positive learning climate for all participants.
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How to coach children
provides some guidance on how children differ from
adults and indeed from each other and the sort of adaptation coaches
therefore need to make to their practice.