Tags: coaching
Coaching campaign asks the nation to ‘Support Your Coach’
Posted: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 15:41
UK Coaching Week 2020 will take place from the 14-20 September.
The awareness campaign – which empowers athletes, coaches and the public to celebrate great coaching – will centre on the need to 'Support Your Coach', kicking off with the #GreatCoachingPledge... Read More »
Access UK Coaching’s new Duty to Care Toolkit and earn the free nationally recognised Duty to Care Digital Badge.
Posted: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 13:00
As a coach, you have a duty to care for every individual you support and interact with, on and off the field of play. This should be the golden thread that runs through every aspect of your coaching, as you strive to meet people's physical, social, emotional... Read More »
Workforce Blog - Understanding Motivations for Taking Part in Sport and Physical Activity
Posted: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 09:56
Before discussing people's motivations for taking part in sport and physical activity, we must first understand what motivations is. In its simplest form, motivation is the reason for someone's behaviour. This blog seeks to understand the difference between... Read More »
UK Coaching Releases their Summary Report from their Parent Survey
Posted: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 11:30
In 2018 UK Coaching commissioned an independent survey of parents of children who take part in coached sport and physical activity. "The primary aim of the survey was to understand parent's views of their child's coach and coaching, with a particular... Read More »
Nominate for UK Coaching Awards to showcase the diversity of coaching
Posted: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:04
Nominations for the 22nd UK Coaching Awards are now open.
Hosted by UK Coaching, the annual event will be held at The Tower Hotel London on the 5 December 2019 and will showcase the diverse work of coaches from all walks of life helping people improve... Read More »
New OpenLearn – Coaching Others to Coach course
Posted: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 09:56
The Open University and Sport England have partnered to deliver a free online course to educate and develop sports coaches, officials, instructors and activity leaders.
This course is particularly intended to support people who are just beginning to support... Read More »
Sport and physical activity sector agrees out-of-curriculum coach deployment guidance for primary schools
Posted: Fri, 21 Jun 2019 11:00
The first detailed guidance on how the sport and physical activity sector's professional standards framework will affect the deployment of coaches in primary schools out of curriculum time in England has been published.
The Minimum Deployment Requirements... Read More »
Club Matters supporting organisations with Adult Safeguarding
Posted: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 09:00
Safeguarding adults is everybody's responsibility. If you are delivering physical activity and sport to adults, it is good practice to create, adopt and implement an adult safeguarding policy. You should also ensure all of your committee members, leaders,... Read More »
Try VI Sports Day
Posted: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:21
British Blind Sport announce 'Try VI Sports' Day in Hereford
British Blind Sport are delighted to bring an event offering a taster of visually impaired (VI) sport, open to both visually impaired and fully sighted individuals. British Blind Sport (BBS)... Read More »
New Resources from DBS for Sports Organisations
Posted: Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:30
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) have developed 2 new leaflets to help sports organisations understand the eligibility of a range of roles across the sector.
Each leaflet, 'DBS checks in sport - working with children' and 'DBS checks in sport -... Read More »