Coaching
Documents
If you are actively
coaching then there are documents and paperwork that you
should keep up to date with. The documents below are
examples that you can use as a guide for your own
coaching.
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Disclaimer
The following documents are a guide only
and should be checked and amended to suit your coaching
requirements. Berkshire Sport takes no responsibility for the
interpretation of these documents. Use and interpretation is the
responsibility of the lead coach - who should be a minimum of
NGB Level 2 qualified.
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Click on the red titles of the sections below to see an
example of each document.
Risk
Assessment - All qualified coaches should be
able to undertake a risk assessment. You should assess the risks
associated with your sport and also check the venue that you are
using for delivery.
Incident / Accident
Form - Records
should be kept of all accidents and incidents. This form provides
guidelines of what to do if there is an accident and a template
form for recording or reporting any incidents or
accidents.
Session Plan
- To ensure that your session is well
organised and structured it is important to use session plans. This
link takes you to just one example of a session plan but highlights
some of the areas that you should consider for your
session.
Season Plan
- If you are coaching a series of sessions
or planning for a season then it is important to ensure that there
is development and progression throughout the sessions. It is
important to write a plan to ensure that you can stick to
targets.
Coaches Code of
Conduct - Many clubs
will have a code of conduct for their coaches, make sure that you
have seen it or have a code of conduct for your coaching informing
others about how they can expect you to conduct yourself during the
coaching session or the season.
Players Code of
Conduct - You may wish
to set a code of conduct for the players and athletes that you are
working with to ensure that the participants are aware of how they
are expected to conduct themselves. It allows boundaries for
discipline for the sessions and gives ownership to the participants
for their behaviour.
Coaching Insurance - Every coach
should ensure that they have suitable insurance cover. Some clubs
provide insurance cover for their club coaches, individual coaches
should provide their own cover. You should ask your club or
National Governing Body for more details about insurance
policies available to you.
Criminal Records Bureau (CRB)-
Disclosure - A CRB disclosure is a background check
on your criminal record. Holding an enhanced disclosure highlights
to your coaching audience that you are appropriate to coach
young people. Please contact your National Governing Body for
details on undertaking a CRB disclosure.
Coaching
Contract - You may
like to use a contract when coaching to ensure that you and the
group that you are coaching are clear on what you are expected
to deliver.
For more information
please contact Berkshire Sport:
Tel: 0118
3766135
Email: berkshiresport@reading.gov.uk
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