Tactics Strategies

Strategies/Tactics
-Setting goals, building skills, and motivating athletes are all important in the role of a coach but what is also important is the role they play during the actual competition with their athletes
-Plans formed in advance and executed are strategies where Tactics are competitive plans that are made in the moment e.g. shadowing behind the leader in a race and therefore reducing wind resistance only to take the lead in the last hundred meters
Coaches can offer a number of resources including:
-adapting experience from similar situations from the past to the current competition that is happening
-scouting the opponents in advance to discover weaknesses and develop strategies to exploit them
-understanding the team’s strength
Theory: Courses involve covering basic principles of coaching, planning, sport safety, skill analysis, and leadership 2. Technical: Courses related to coaching a specific sport, including drills, rules, equipment, training methods, and preparation for that sport 3. Practical: provides instruction on the “hands on” approach and provides coaches with input on how effective they are at working with athletes
Levels 4 and 5 are far more advanced: Designed for coaches at international/national level to coach high performance athletes. To get level 4 certification, coaches must complete 12 out of 20 tasks. To get level 5 certification, remaining tasks must be completed.

Strategies/Tactics
-Setting goals, building skills, and motivating athletes are all important in the role of a coach but what is also important is the role they play during the actual competition with their
Parents of young athletes should ask themselves these questions before allowing their child to participate on a team with a certain coach** * What guidelines exist regarding discipline and coaches? * What safety/emergency injury treatment training must coaches posses? * What us the overall philosophy of the team/ league ( i.e. to have fun, develop skills, prepare athletes for provincial level competition, and so forth)? * What input can parents have regarding the management of practices and competition? * What guidelines exist for coaches to deal with an athlete’s personal and/ or family problems? * If team activities include travel and overnight stay, what is the supervisory policy?

Ethical and Legal Issues for Coaches
(Standards of Ethics and Behaviour for Coaches): * Coaches are required to follow standards of behaviour. * In less advanced levels of sport, coaches are required to be screen before receiving the responsibility of a team * Coaches must undergo police checks when they are granted responsibility of team.
Parents of young athletes should ask themselves these questions before allowing their child to participate on a team with a certain