Good Coach, Bad Coach DVD

The role of a coach and why some coaches are better than others

This entertaining coaching DVD suitable for students aged 14-plus, comes complete with a teacher's guide and photocopiable diagram sheets.

It deals with:

• What is coaching? - coaches operate at different levels; the role of a coach is to improve an athlete's skills and teach a team to work together, motivating and encouraging them to learn
• Styles of coaching - controlling (the coach makes all decisions), co-operative (the coach discusses decisions and encourages questions), and casual (the athletes make decisions); effectiveness of each strategy
• Bad coaching - a bad coach lacks planning/organization and knowledge of the sport, favours some players, and provides no useful feedback; bad coaching can negatively affect an athlete's attitude, health and performance
• Good coaching - a good coach is knowledgeable and experienced, motivates all athletes and treats them all fairly, is well-organised, communicates effectively and provides informative feedback, assigns challenging but rewarding tasks, and is willing to improve
• Effective training sessions - four main elements: warm-up (including light activity, light stretching and sport-specific stretching); skills and fitness activities (determined by particular sport); cool-down; and a review.