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LA84 Foundation's Art of Coaching |
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Course Overview:
LA84 Foundation’s Art of Coaching is a FREE 90 minute online course designed to help coaches…
¨Understand how to effectively communicate with athletes, fellow-coaches, administrators and officials
¨Understand and be able to apply basic safety information
¨Learn more about the LA84 Foundation and how the organization supports Southern California coaches
The course is based on ASEP’s Coaching Essentials online course but will integrate content prepared by the LA84 Foundation. This course is made specifically for SCMAF coaches and is designed to teach SCMAF coaches fundamental coaching concepts and basic coaching responsibilities. It is a sport-neutral course which you can use to apply to all your municipality sports.
Accompanying Text:
The PDF-based text for the course is Coaching Essentials.
Course Test:
The passing percentage is 80%. The questions primary comes from the Coaching Essentials course with some additional new questions.
Course Objectives
The course is divided into 5 different parts. Each part is listed below along with their learning objectives for the coaches.
A. Your Responsibilities
- Effectively introduce sport to young athletes.
- Describe the two most valuable commodities of a coach.
- Identify the basic responsibilities of a youth coach.
- Assess your coaching effectiveness.
- List the 10 characteristics of effective coaches.
- Create and balance your coaching objectives.
- Build character in your athletes.
B. Your Coaching Philosophy
- Understand the “big picture” of youth athletics.
- Explain the value of a well-defined coaching philosophy.
- Begin to develop your personal coaching philosophy.
C. Communication
- Be aware of what it takes to be a good communicator
- Identify strategies you can use to effectively communicate when facing challenging situations with athletes, parents, and officials during the season.
D. Safety and Fitness
- Train your athletes and get them fit.
- Provide for your athletes’ safety during practices and competitions.
- Respond in emergency situations.
- Respond to common and minor injuries.
E. Teaching and Shaping Skills
- Understand that assessing athletes’ level of effort is not as easy as it seems.
- Identify the IDEA method of teaching skills.
- Discover the purpose of using drills to teach your athletes the technical skills and tactics they need to succeed in the sport.
- Correct athlete errors.
- Learn how to shape skills after initial instruction.
- Distinguish between internal and external motivation.
If you are interested in providing this service to your youth coaches, please contact the SCMAF office (626) 448-0853 Ext. 15 to receive further information.
How does the program work?
With your interest in the program, you would contact the SCMAF office to collect KEY CODES* for all the coaches you wish to participate. You will receive a spreadsheet from SCMAF containing all the key codes and instructions on how the online program works. After receiving this information, you will them distribute each coach one (1) key code and a key code instruction letter that provides information on how to unlock the online course. Once the key codes and letters have been distributed, you can monitor your coaches’ course progress through ASEP’s website. It’s that simple!
*A key code is a code that “unlocks” access to an online course. Each key code is unique; no two coaches can “share” a key code”. Once a key code is used, it cannot be used again. If entered a second time, the code will be recognized as invalid by the system and course access will be denied.
The LA84 Foundation (www.LA84Foundation.org) is a private nonprofit institution that has committed more than $185 million to accomplish its mission since 1985. To date, two million boys and girls, and more than 1,000 youth sports organizations throughout Southern California have benefited from the endowment.
The American Sport Education Program (www.ASEP.com) is the leading provider of youth, high school, and elite-level sport education programs in the United States. With the most easy-to-use and the highest quality programs, ASEP has educated more than one million coaches, officials, administrators, parents, and athletes. ASEP’s motto is “Athletes first, winning second,” and for more than 25 years local state and national sport organizations have partnered with ASEP to make sport a safe, successful and enjoyable experience for all involved.
For more information on how your recreation department can be involved with this FREE program, please contact Davie Gillus at the SCMAF office at (626) 448-0853 Ext. 15.
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