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COACH TRACKING STUDY Contents Executive Summary ..................................................................1 Meet Joe......................................................................................2 The Importance of Coaches to Clubs and Participation ......3 The Changing Motivations of a Developing Coach ..............4 Supplementing Coaching Knowledge ....................................6 A Drift to Informal Learning..................................................10 A Manifesto to Improve Support to Coaches......................14 Tales of the Unexpected – the Exit from Coaching ...........16 Appendix 1: A Profile of Coaches in this Study..................17 Appendix 2: Methodology .....................................................21 90766:22 © The National Coaching Foundation, 2012. Designed and produced by Coachwise Limited. All images © Alan Edwards unless otherwise stated.
COACH TRACKING STUDY © Action Images Limited/Reuters 1 Executive Summary This report is based on a unique four-year study of coaches in the United Kingdom. Each year, over 400 coaches completed a survey, providing details on their coaching practice, professional development and motivations. We have used this data to better understand coaches and track their changes over time. The coaches in this study represent a distinct section of the national coaching population. They are better qualified and more experienced than average and could easily be referred to as the core of any coaching workforce. As such, their views on coaching are worth listening to and acting upon. Below are six points to take away from this report: 1 Coaches play a vital role in participation. The 417 coaches in this study alone provided coaching to over 13,000 participants. As club membership increased, it was often these coaches who stepped in to fill the coaching gaps. 2 Although coaches often have very practical reasons for starting coaching (eg there was no one else available to do it), as they develop, they experience a range of different and more personal benefits. There is the satisfaction that comes from seeing athletes develop and a feeling of giving something back to the sport/club/community. 3 Coaching allows people to stay involved in their sport. It provides a social interaction with players and, for some, provides a continuing involvement in the competitive element of sport. 4 As coaches gain more experience, they start to supplement their technical and tactical knowledge with more interpersonal and reflection skills. There is also a drift towards more informal learning sources, which reflects the different knowledge being sought. 5 There is a depressing trend in coaches feeling less supported by their governing body of sport and national partners. While the majority still feel supported, if this trend is allowed to continue, we will reach a stage where, by the end of what has been called a decade of sport, less than half of experienced, qualified coaches feel supported. 6 The decision to stop coaching is rarely planned in advance. Eight out of 10 coaches who stop coaching did not intend to do so the previous year. NEXT STEPS This report provides information on themes that emerged from the research. The next step will be to create a series of detailed reports concentrating on specific subjects for appropriate audiences. 1
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