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Coach Development & Training
Coaching in today’s world
Coaches are one of the greatest influencers on player development.
The saying goes, we often coach the way we were coached. While this is not all bad, it is generally understood we will not win today’s battles with yesterday’s game plan. It is important to reflect and ask ourselves: what kind of coach do you want to be?
We help improve coaching effectiveness through training and frameworks that help coaches reach their full potential.
5C Framework
Traditionally, the primary focus of development has been centered around physical and technical/tactical competence.
- Physical indicators include determinants like speed, strength, power, and endurance.
- Technical/tactical indicators include things like sport-specific skills such as volleying, forehand, putting, and throwing.
However, there are four additional development criteria that play an equally important role in maximizing the coach and player’s potential; confidence, character, connection, and culture.
These components are broken down into the 5C framework, which provides guidelines on appropriate age and stage development.
We support coaches:
- Detailed documentation of what the 5C’s are and how to activate them in your sport organization
- The progression framework for your LTAD/ADM program that incorporates the 5C’s
- How to coach and bring the 5C’s into practice
- Online course for new coaches to take to understand what it means to be a quality coach
Coach Development Course
The course covers a broad spectrum of leadership topics, including developing a strong culture, activating player development, effective communication, conflict resolution, and decision-making.
Those who participate in the workshop receive:
- Lifetime access to the digital coach development portal which houses all of the information
- Access to an un-moderated coach development chat room with coaches from across the country
- Access to 4 sport topic webinars throughout the year
- Access to over 25 coach development downloads that can be edited & customized to your needs
Read the summary from the May 27, 2023 workshop in Vancouver here.
Contact us to bring this workshop to your community and find out when the next workshop will be.
‘I recently attended the FSQ Coach Development Workshop put on by Matt and the SSA. I have been coaching younger soccer teams for the past few years and was hoping to learn more about practice planning that would translate into improved game performance, and also to gain confidence in my coaching abilities.
Within the first hour of the session I knew I was going to come away with much more than that. I left the session with not only a much better theoretical understanding of player development, but also many practical tools that I can implement with my future teams.
This is a course that every coach should take, regardless of experience.’ – Ryan B.
Track Player Development
Born from a longstanding gap in athlete development, we’re shifting the focus from sport outcomes to the player’s development process Powered by data, we put holistic development data directly into players, parents, coaches, and sport organizations’ hands. With this, they can measure progress, identify opportunities & inform decision making.
- Coaches: With digital access to all of your players & teams, we make it easy to track their development and review against their baseline testing.
- Players: The Personal Sport Record is your LinkedIn for sport & recreation. A central location for your athletic accomplishments to reflect on, use to improve, or share with others.
- Parents: You’ll have development progress at your fingertips. No more operating in the dark. You’ll understand how your child is progressing and how you can support their development.
Because what gets measured, becomes what matters.
