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Becoming a Coach
UKCoaching.org: A Digital Learning Platform
for Coaches
UK Coaching’s aspiration is to understand what coaches
want and need to help them be the best they can be.
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With that in mind, we launched our
enhanced website which we consider
to be a digital watering hole for all
coaches wanting to access innovative
learning, resources, events and
opportunities. By working with our
partners and other organisations
who employ and deploy coaches, we
curate the best coaching knowledge,
learning and solutions so that every
coach can provide their participants
with the best possible experience of
sport and physical activity. immediately. I have connected with
coaches from different sports and
with a wide range of experience on a
number of topics. You can always find
a solution to a coaching problem.”
Part of our website enhancement
was integrating community coaches’
platform ConnectedCoaches. Our
website is now a one-stop shop
for all things coaching. Read how
ConnectedCoaches veteran Jake
Brown made use of the community
forum when he first got into coaching. UK Coaching worked alongside the
Chartered Institute for the Sport and
Physical Activity Sector (CIMSPA)
to develop and launch the first
professional standards for coaching in
the UK.
“When I joined the community, I
got welcomed by several coaches
who said ‘I’m here to help’ almost
ConnectedCoaches Member and
UKCoaching.org user, Jake Brown
New Professional
Standards for
Coaching
The professional standards provide
an agreed reference point for the
knowledge, skills and behaviours
of coaches and reflect the needs of
society today. In our role as CIMSPA’s