CHAPTER 15 CAREERS IN COACHING AND SPORT INSTRUCTION
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CHAPTER 15 CAREERS IN COACHING AND SPORT INSTRUCTION Joseph A. Luxbacher and Duane V. Knudson (with acknowledgment to Shirl J. Hoffman)
Chapter Objectives • Acquaint you with the wide range of professional opportunities available in the sphere of coaching and sport instruction. • Familiarize you with the work of and qualifications for coaching and professional sport instruction. • Inform you about the educational requirements and life experiences necessary to become a qualified and successful coach or sport instructor. • Help you determine whether one of these professions matches your skills, aptitudes, and professional desires.
What Are Coaching and Sport Instruction? • The goal is to help participants in activity settings develop and maintain a modest to high level of motor skill performance and fitness. • This goal is reached through well-designed practice and conditioning sessions that involve explanation, instruction, and verbal and visual feedback (replays and demonstrations).
Comparing Sport Instruction and Coaching Responsibilities • Instructors: more time with instructional responsibilities (disseminating knowledge and molding student behaviors) • Coaches: more time on supplemental responsibilities (recruiting, review films, scheduling, budgets, fundraising) • Many similarities (instruction, interpersonal skills), but coaches tend to work with more skilled population (refinement, strategies) • Acts of sport coaching and sport instruction more similar than distinct; professions of sport coaching and sport instruction are more distinct than similar (see figure 15. 2)
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Settings for Coaching and Sport Instruction • Community settings • Civic minded in principle; first goal is improvement of the social, physical, and moral development of the local community through physical activity. • Reality: Many volunteer coaches focus on winning (even at all costs). • Institutional settings • High school and middle school settings • College and university settings • Other institutional settings (e. g. , schools for people with deafness or blindness, residential juvenile institutions, detention facilities) (continued)
Settings for Coaching and Sport Instruction (continued) • Commercial sport settings • For-hire by elite athletes • Settings: arenas, stadiums, and practice facilities of professional teams to tennis, swimming, or squash clubs
Roles for Coaching and Sport Instruction Professionals • Community physical activity program instructors • Community youth sport development leaders • Professional sport instructors • Certification and education of instructors • Certification for community physical activity instructors • Certification for professional sport instructors (continued)
Roles for Coaching and Sport Instruction Professionals (continued) • Youth sport coaches • Coaching in institutional settings • Coaching in professional sport • Certification and continuing education of coaches • Certification of youth sport coaches • Education and certification of middle and high school coaches • Education and certification of college and professional coaches (or lack thereof) • Human Kinetics Coach Education Center and Coaching Association of Canada offer certification programs for coaches in several subdisciplines, professional areas, and relevant topics
Issues in Coaching • Did you notice the sidebars in this chapter? • “When Commercialism and Professionalism Threaten Youth Sport” • “The Parent Problem” • “The Long Shot: Probability of Competing in Athletics Beyond High School” • How do these societal issues fit in with the professional philosophy you are developing as a kinesiologist? • How has your thinking evolved during this semester? • What can you do as a kinesiologist (even if you are not in sport instruction or coaching) to effect change?
Ethics and Coaching • Many scandals in the news • Ethical conduct flows from sound personal philosophy • National Alliance for Youth Sport Code of Ethics (a sampling) • I will treat each player as an individual, remembering the large range of emotional and physical development for the same age group. • I will do my best to provide a safe playing situation for my players. • I will remember that I am a youth sports coach and that the game is for children and not adults. Full text is in book and available at https: //www. nays. org/coaches/training/code-of-ethics/
Trends and Opportunities in Coaching and Sport Instruction • Job prospects are good. • Salaries are low, except at highest levels. • Emerging job market is statistical analyst (Moneyball).
Advice for Coaching and Sport Instruction Students • Are you really suited? • Lay out a plan. • • Identify opportunities to take coaching courses. Seek coaching experience. Be a voracious reader of materials related to the sport. Build a network of active coaches (begin NOW). • Work on perceived weaknesses. • Continue to advance your knowledge and training. • Consider settings you are interested in coaching. • Think about type of athletes you want to work with.
Questions to Ask Yourself • Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit? • Are you good at dealing with people? • Are you a leader? • Can you plan and organize? • Can you engage in strategy? • Do you have good judgment? • Are you happy with success and failure? • Are you comfortable with others’always evaluating you?
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