Development of Coaches Training - Global Trends[1]

Development of Coaches Training – Global Trends John Bales President-elect, ICCE President, CAC ICCE-ARCC 25-27 February 2005 Hong Kong, China Environmental Scan 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Expansion of Sport Events Doping and ethical issues Technology in Sport Customized Learning Business coaching Sharing examples: trends in your sport or program Core Stability of the Coach • Challenging unique personal growth • Creating the environment for individual and team performance • Synthesize: Integrating the physical, psychological, technical and tactical preparation • Guiding star: the coach’s philosophy The ICCE Philosophy • The athlete at the centre • Developing the whole person • Developing self-reliant athletes The International Council for Coach Education (developed by Thor Ole Rimejorde, Norway) What trends are impacting on my coaching and coach education program? What are the implications of these trends – are adjustments needed to my coaching or my coach education program? Leaders in change Coaches Influences Assessing Interpreting Adapting Transitioning: New skills Leading Supporting change Trend #1 : Expansion of Sport Events New Olympic sports/events Age group championships Events for women Disabilities triathlon; trampoline; synchronized diving. snowboarding, BMX; cross country ski sprint world junior and youth championships women’s soccer, ice hockey, water polo, wrestling, weightlifting, modern pentathlon, pole vault/triple jump paralympics, special olympics, deaf Commercialization: over $1 billion for Olympic TV rights • Rule changes to become attractive to TV: cc ski sprint, archery, modern pentathlon • “To attract a high rating the drama and emotional side of sport have to be emphasized rather than the actual performance. Coaches have to remember that whatever an elite athlete does it will instantly be reflected on television.” Gilad Weingarten, Wingate Impact • ↑ opportunities for coaches, ↑ demands on coaches Implication • Prepare more coaches for international arena: chief coaches • Programs for women coaches • Stress management • New periodization models? • Crowded competition calendar Impact • Junior championships: burnout and early exit – 70% of world junior athletics medal winners did not go on to win at the senior level – Demands on young athletes: school, social, national junior team, regional team, club. Implication • Need for research • Balance: F. Dick 3 Lanes You Family & Friends Career Matching Coach Training to Athlete Needs: Long Term Athlete Development Models as the basis for the coaching program Community sport is the foundation! (all ages) • • • Training to Win (Competition – High Performance) • Training athletes to win on the international scene in one sport Training to Compete (Competition – Development) • • Training athletes to compete nationally Training commitment to one sport Training to Train (Competition – Introduction) • • Training young athletes to compete regionally Training commitment to one or two sports FUNdamental (Community Sport) Running, jumping, throwing, balancing, and coordinating are key Basic sport skills are learned Participation in many sports is strongly encouraged, opportunities to be active five or six times per week (can be informal, not always organized sport) Participants compete locally • This information is based on the late specialization model outlined in I. Balyi. Sport System Building and LongTerm Athlete Development in Canada – The Situation and the Solutions. Coaches Report, Summer 2001. Trend #2: Doping and Ethical Issues • Increased drug testing; shared responsibility • Expectation that coaches, sport organizations and coaching programs will deal with cheating, abuse and violence in sport: that sport will be safe for young athletes. “Pound aims to link doctors, coaches to athletes caught using drugs” Dick Pound, Chair of WADA, quoted in the Ottawa Citizen, November 17, 2004 WADA: Anti-Doping Education for Coaches • • • • Ethics, background, health considerations Coaches responsibilities Signs of doping behaviour and strategies Athlete rights and responsibilities • Please send information to WADA on antidoping coach education: materials and names of experts Enforcing the Code of Ethics: The Australian Coaching Council/ASC 1. Database of National Coaching Accreditation Scheme (NCAS) registered coaches 2. Code must be signed for registration 3. Deregistration Policy: • Disciplinary actions for breaking code, from apology to deregistration Trend #3: Technology in Sport Computer Applications “Internet coaching”: email and text messaging Planning and record keeping Technique analysis: affordable digital video Game analysis Promotion and communication: team and individual websites 6. On-line learning and mentoring 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Equipment clap skates, skin suits; C-1 canoes; cycles Scientific Applications altitude tent, hr monitors, mobile testing, biofeedback, GPS, remote communication Technology in Cycling Technological advances in the development of racing bicycles risk damaging the sport with spiraling costs, unequal access to technology, radical innovations prepared in secret, concentration of power to the detriment of the universality of the sport New Skill Sets Analyzing Performance Proficiency in technology use Transitional phase Impact on Coach-Athlete Relationships Trend #4: Customized Learning • Meeting the specific needs of the learner: what I need, when I need it. “just-in-time” education; corporate universities • Lifelong learning: formal vs. informal • Competency-based education – Shifting from knowledge-based to practical job-related requirements IAAF Coach Education • Elite Coach: working with athletes of national/international standard • Chief Coach: leading and managing significant performance related programs (performance/coaching directors, head coaches) • Professional Development Coach: coach educator When I first started to play there was the coach and that was about it… I presently have a staff of more than 20…there are a couple of assistant coaches, a specialist coach for goalkeepers, a physiologist, a psychologist, a physiotherapy and medical network, video technicians and statisticians, a yoga coach, a water running coach, a weights coach…it is a substantial exercise co-ordinating all of those. Ric Charlesworth, 1997 From Sidelines to Centre Field, Murray Phillips Horizontal Development: Building expertise Novice Formal Informal Expert Balancing Experience and Education Management is • neither a science nor a profession; • more art, based on insight, vision and intuition; • characterized by its ambiguity; • a balance of science (analysis), craft (experience) and art (vision). Managers Not MBA’s, Henry Mintzberg Trend #5: The Art of Leadership – Business Coaching “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams The attributes of coaches are valuable to other professions. Probably the Only Sustainable Competitive Advantage You Have is the Ability to Learn Faster Than the Opposition Arie De Geuss