Futbol

Community Sport
Guiding Principles

Workshop Overview

The community coach is often a parent who has little background in the sport.

The following is a list of proposed topic s and timelinesthat may be included in a
National Sport Organization (N S O) Community Sport Workshop.

The community coach will usually only coach for a short time while her/his
child is involved, and theactual time they coach at practices is ab out 1 hour,
1–2 times per week.

Introduction – 3 0 minutes

Initiation

Ongoing participation

Fun, Fitness,
Fundamentals

Fun, Fitness,
FundamentalsFrequency of Participation

1–2 times per week

1–2 times per week

Level of Competition

Community

Community

Proficienc y Level

Getting st arted in the
spor t, aquiring basicskills

Continued par ticipation
for fun, acquiring and
consolidating basic skills

Age of Participants

Children and youth
F U Ndament als

F U Ndament als

Participants and their Spor tNeeds – 30 minutes

Step 3

Ethical Coaching – 90 minutes
The Equipment and the Rules of S PORT – 45 minutes
Practice Coaching Session #1 – 1 h 45 minutes

Step 6

Practice Planning and Sport Safety – 60 minutes

Step 7

Tasks of the Community Coach – 30 minutes

Step 8

Competition Organization – 30 minutes

Step 9

Practice Coaching Session #2 – 1 h 45 minutes

Youth toadulthood

Stage in Athlete
Development

Step 2

Step 5
Description of Community Sport Contexts

Setting the Scene – 60 minutes

Step 4

The community coach must leave the workshop withthe tools to coach their
first season.

Step 1

Goals of Partic ipation

Workshop Wrap-Up and Evaluation – (variable)
The total workshop time is approximately 10 hours excluding breaks. Pleasecheck
with your N SO for ac tual workshop content and length.

Training and Certification
A coach is described as “In Training” when a coach has completed some of the
required training for a...