APPLIED COACHING RESEARCH JOURNAL 2020 , Vol . 6
“ Ensuring participants and volunteers have the best experience in my coaching to develop their skill set . We have had new players join the team and ensuring that players are introduced and feel included in all ways .”
“ Helped develop relationships with parents who usually sit on the side and do not engage in the session .”
Supporting sector objectives
Organisations across the sport and physical activity sector have a range of different outcomes they hope to achieve . These would typically fall into one or more of the following categories :
• Engaging the least active people in sport and physical activity
• Sustaining membership
• Creating a love of activity in children and young people
• Helping performers to strive for their best .
Coaching the Person in Front of You was designed as a piece of CPD with the belief it would help coaches to support these higher-level objectives . Consistent with this , many learners agreed that the workshop had supported them , or was likely to support them , to help achieve these outcomes ( Table 3 ).
Table 3 : Number of learners ( out of 28 ) indicating that the workshop has already helped , or will help , the four outcomes
Statement |
Has already helped me to |
Will help me to |
Not applicable |
Get people active for the first time 11 11 6
Recruit new members and / or better support our current members
Create a love of activity in children and young people
10 13 6
14 11 4
Help performers strive for their best 14 13 2
A quote from one national governing body of sport coach educator , who has responsibility for preparing coach education courses on behalf of the sport , sums up the perceived value of Coaching the Person in Front of You : “ The content and the way it was delivered was absolutely spot on .”
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