Leading sports activities

1. Leading sports activities Year 9

2. Introduction • What makes the winners of the top leagues so successful? • Why did the winner of the London Marathon select the tactics to run the race in that specific way? Who is responsible? • The performer • The coaches / managers Who is the one we forget about? THE COACH / LEADER Watch the following video: Characteristicsofarespectedcoach?

3. What makes a successful leader? What do these coaches / leaders have in common? They all have certain defining attributes What is an attribute? ‘A quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something’

4. What are these attributes? • Skills = the ability to do something well; have expertise, demonstrate it well and successfully. • Qualities = a distinctive attribute or characteristic possessed by someone. • Responsibilities = a duty to deal with / be responsible for something or of having control over someone. What do these mean – can you define them?

5. Skills, Qualities, Responsibilities - which are which? In your table groups on the A3 paper group the following into the 3 groups above: • Professional conduct, • Organisationof equipment, • Use of language, • Equality • Insurance, • Child protection, • Evaluation • Appearance, • Enthusiasm, • Confidence • Target setting, • Leadership styles, • Motivation, • Humor, • Personality • Health and safety, • Communication • Legal obligations, • Ethics & Values, • Rules & regulations. • Knowledge • Activity structure,

6. What goes where? Skills Communication, organisationof equipment, knowledge Advanced skills = activity structure, target setting, use of language, evaluation Qualities Appearance, enthusiasm, confidence Additional qualities = like leadership styles, motivation, humor and personality. Responsibilities professional conduct, health and safety, and equality. Wider responsibilities = insurance, child protection, legal obligations, ethics and values, rules and regulations.

7. Skills, Qualities, responsibilities • What are the different skills, qualities and responsibilities of a coach / Leader? • In your groups tell me which groups the key words belong to Now on the hand out – • match the key terms to the description • Identify which key terms are skills, qualities and responsibilities – colour in the boxes / symbol them accordingly. • See next 2 slides to check your work.

10. Lesson task Choose 2 coaches from the world of sport (these can be PE teacher) and do the following in your exercise books / work sheet: • List / describe ALL the skills, qualities and responsibilities of EACH coach you have chosen • Explain how each of your 2 coaches demonstrates the skills, qualities and responsibilities in being an effective coach. • Evaluate / compare & contrast the 2 coaches chosen saying why they are good/bad/similar/ different coaches against each other and who is the best between the 2.

11. Outstanding Coaches in sport • Jose Morinho • Alex Ferguson • Clive woodward • Johnathon Lancaster • Arsene Wenger • Fabio Capello • JurgenGrobler • Warren Gatland • Dave Brailsford • Andy Flower • Colin Montgomery • Butch Harmon • Phil Jackson • Vince Lombardi

12. Task 1 - Scenario You are working in a small, but developing, coaching company called ‘Coaches R us’. You have contacted the MK News to discuss how to develop interest in volunteering in sports leadership. The editor Miss Green has asked you to write 2 articles that explores the requirements of becoming a successful sports leader, using examples of successful sports leaders to demonstrate attributes and responsibilities required.

13. Task 1 – News paper article Produce 2 news paper article which looks do the following: Article 1 1 P1 = Describe what the skills, qualities and responsibilities of an effective coach are • M1 = Explain what the skills, qualities and responsibilities of an effective coach are using sports examples. Article 2 • P2 = Describe / list the skills, qualities and responsibilities of 2 sports coaches from the world of sport. • M2 = Explain how each of your 2 coaches demonstrates the skills, qualities and responsibilities in being an effective coach. • D1 = Evaluate / compare & contrast the 2 coaches chosen saying why they are good/bad/similar/ different coaches against each other and who is the best between the 2.

14. TASK 1 deadline – Tuesday 29th April 2014 – session 2 – EN8 You have to complete the 2 articles: • Description of ALL skills, qualities and responsibilities of a good coach with sports E.G’s. • 2 coaches article – explain how each coach DEMONSTRATES each skill, quality, responsibility and then COMPARE the 2 coaches, WHY good, bad, better than other coach.