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National Coaching Accreditation Scheme (NCAS)
Beginning Coaching General Principles
Worksheets
Module 1 – Role of the Coach
1. The coach plays a wide variety of roles. Which do you see as your most important
roles? Explain why.
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2. What are the characteristics of each of the following types of coaches?
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Easy going
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Democratic
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what importance you place on winning, how athletes should be treated, how officials
should be treated, how the opposition should be treated, and where you stand on fair
play issues (eg drugs in sport, sledging, spirit of the game).
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If you needed further information on a particular aspect of your coaching, how would you go about sourcing it? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 5. If you were having problems with a parent who was over-emphasising winning and putting a lot of pressure on their child to perform, what strategies would you use to deal with them? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 6. How would you deal with a situation where one of the players you were coaching was verbally abusive towards an umpire/referee? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 7. What strategies could you put in place as a coach to ensure that the welfare of the athletes you coach is protected? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 8. The under 16 netball team that you coach has made it into the grand final of the local competition. Halfway through the game, your goal shooter rolls her ankle. She is taken from the court and examined by a sports trainer who advises that she should not return to the game. The substitute goal shooter is not handling the pressure of the game well and is not scoring consistently. At three quarter time, scores are level. The injured goal shooter approaches you, and explains that she has taped her ankle and that she is fine to play. What would you do? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 9. Jim’s friend, Bill, has asthma and uses ventolin before exercising. He told Jim that the ventolin opens his airways so that he can breathe more easily. Jim is thinking of using Bill’s ventolin before he runs, because he gets out of breath due to his lack of fitness. As the coach, what would you do? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 10. You are coaching an under 14 basketball team at a regional competition. Your assistant coach has turned up to the game hung over from a big night out, and smells strongly of alcohol. What would you do? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Module 2 - Session Planner
Complete the session plan below for one training session for the athlete(s) that you are coaching.

Date: ________________________________________ Venue:___________________________________________________________
Level of athletes:_________________________________________________________________________________________________
Equipment:______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Goals for
session:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Skills to be developed in the session: _________________________________________________________________________________
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Safety considerations:_____________________________________________________________________________________________
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Activity
Skill Development, Fitness and Game Activities
Module 3 – Risk Management
1. What are your legal responsibilities as a coach? 2. What is your ‘duty of care’ in coaching? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3. An athlete has collided heavily with another player, and has been knocked unconscious. You are the first one on the scene. Outline the steps you would undertake to deal with this emergency situation: ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 4. Complete the following risk management planner: Risk Identification
Strategies to minimise risk
Timeline
Responsibility
Environment

Personnel
5. What steps would you take if an athlete in your squad informed you that they had a medical condition such as asthma? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 6. List the steps of ‘STOP’ (for dealing with a soft tissue injury).
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7. List the steps of RICER (for dealing with a soft tissue injury).
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8. List the steps of No HARM (for dealing with a soft tissue injury).
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Module 4 – The Coach in Action

1. In your own words, provide a dot point summary of each of the stages of learning:
Early stage of learning
Intermediate stage of learning
Final stage of learning
2. How would you gain the attention of the athletes to begin a training session? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3. How would you go about selecting which skills and tactics to teach to a beginner in your sport? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 4. When teaching a new skill to a beginner, outline the steps you would use: ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 5. You have a group of 11 athletes. You have planned an activity that requires three groups of four athletes. What can you do to ensure that the activity can still run effectively? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 6. You are explaining a new activity to the group. Charlie Chatterbox has been talking throughout your explanation, and is now distracting some of the others with silly comments. What steps would you take to get Charlie’s attention and stop his disruptive behaviour? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 7. Why should coaches be aware of their body language when dealing with athletes? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 8. In what practical ways can you ‘actively’ listen? Give examples of active listening. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 9. How could you modify a training activity for a person has a vision impairment? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________
10. Game Sense. Develop a game that will emphasise tactical thinking for your
sport. Use the following steps to assist you.

Step 1: Select the tactical aspect(s) you wish to emphasise.
For example, decision making, deception, risk, time, shot selection & placement,
spatial awareness, anticipation, attacking and defending patterns, field setting.
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Step 2: Devise a simple game that will develop the above aspects
You may like to modify an existing game that is used within your sport.
Draw a diagram of the game in the space below.
Step 3: Develop some rules for the game.
For example: How do you score goals or gain points?, How does the game start and
re-start after scoring? How does the ball move? How do the players move?
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Step 4: Devise one progression to make the game more complex.
This may involve changing the above rules, or adding additional
problems/challenges.
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1. List some of the reasons why children play sport.
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Source: http://www.ausport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/131195/BeginningCoachingWorksheets.pdf