Free Program to assist Club Directors of Coaching and Club Technical Directors
At Sports Path we recently completed a major research project on how coaches use the web, involving over 1,000 coaches throughout the world
We were interested if they used an Online Learning Network to assist in the development of coaches at their club.
We asked Coaches if and how they had used such a network and the responses were as follows:
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Tools used
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%
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Emails with links to practices or videos
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75%
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Articles for the Club/Association Website
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50%
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Establishing an Online Learning Network : A dedicated space designed specifically for coaches at your club
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30%
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Regular E Mail Newsletter for coaches
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25%
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Coach provides twitter feed
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20%
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Coach provides their own blog
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10%
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Only 10% of the coaches surveyed said that they did not use any aspect of the web to help them on developing coaches at their club
By establishing an Online Learning Network a coach can achieve a dedicated space on the web for their coaches to integrate emails, newsletters, practices, blogs, twitter feeds and links to videos all in one place. So we asked those who had developed an Online Learning Network what were the benefits. They listed the benefits of an Online Learning Network for their clubs as follows:
- To have a central/integrated space which allows for simple sharing of materials, such as session planners, videos, curriculums, articles, ideas and best practices
- To help/support the coaches to develop their knowledge and skills as part of a consistent club philosophy
- To enable/ encourage interaction between coaches
- To improve the quality and uniformity of coaching, e.g., standardized curriculum, common philosophy, consistent information with material which can be updated simplye and regulary
- To reduce stress and minimize time for coaches to prepare their training as they access material at a convenient time from all devices
From December 2014 Sports Path will be providing an Online Program to show Coaches and especially Directors of Coaching how to establish an Online Learning Network to support the development of coaches at their club.
Sports Path will provide a range of services to help coaches develop these skills including Books, Factsheets, Webinars, Forums and an Online Learning Course
Sports Path can provide this Program FOR FREE for subscribers to our Newsletter if they complete this simple 5 Question Survey here . (NB The details of individual clubs will never be revealed)
