What I want to achieve from this module

What I want to achieve from this module

As part of my course at UCLan, I am required to keep a blog on how I progress throughout the year during coaching sessions and what I learn from my lectures, workshops and the reading I do during my second year.

Coming into this module I do already possess some coaching experience as the juniors coach at my local cricket club, Chelford CC, as well as running hour long sessions of Football, Kwik Kricket and athletics at my local leisure centre as part of a summer scheme at work. During my time coaching the under 14's I have learnt a lot about myself as a coach and what some of my strengths and weaknesses are.

I believe my strengths as a coach to be my communication and my knowledge of the sports I choose to coach. I believe these to be strengths of mine because they are linked together, my knowledge of the sports come from being interested in these sports and playing them as well as coaching them. With the knowledge comes the confidence in what I am saying to the children I have coached. If I believe what I am saying, then hopefully they will too.

As for my weaknesses, I tend to repeat a lot of drills I have used because I am comfortable using them and the children I coach are comfortable doing them. I think for me to improve as a coach I need to expand and vary the drills I use so I can maximise the time I have and help everyone get the best opportunity to develop their skills as they can.

My aim from this module is to improve as a coach in all aspects whether I consider them a strength or a weakness as I believe I can always improve on something and learn from others as well as my own experiences. This blog will be my base on what I hope will be a successful year in enhancing my coaching skills and knowledge and as the weeks go by I hope to see an improvement in my abilities as a Sports Coach.