The UK Coaching Framework: The Coaching Workforce 2009-2016

The Coaching Workforce 2009-2016 provides a methodology and starting point for anyone involved in workforce planning and development in coaching.

Central to the achievement of the UK Coaching Framework vision is the supply of suitably skilled coaches to guide the improvement of sports participants in a way that both matches and stimulates demand. This document investigates a number of key research questions relevant to the supply of, and demand for, coaches up to 2016.

Topics covered include:

• What is the current demand for coaching among children and adults across the UK?
• What is the current availability of coaches to meet this demand?
• How does the supply of coaches relate to the planned targets for participation, performance and high performance sport?
• What are the implications for the coaching workforce in order to achieve planned targets and to achieve realistic growth up to 2016?
• What is the current state of data management relating to the coaching workforce and what are the issues that need to be addressed in developing robust systems to underpin the planning and development of the coaching workforce?