Minimum Standards for Deployment

It is recognised and supported that coaches need to have certain knowledge, skills, and experience in order to coach safely and effectively. Coaches should also be adequately trained that reflects and helps children, players and athletes at all stages of their development.

The knowledge and skills a coach needs to have/develop depends on:

• Their role (e.g.) coach/assistant coach
• Who they are working with (children, adults, disabled)
  
• At what level they are working at (e.g. participation/playing sport, to helping someone perform at an elite level)
  
• What environment they are working in (e.g. community setting or in a school)

Work is being done nationally on developing coach development pathways that identify and reflect Minimum Standards for Deployment for Deployment. The latter is being achieved with a staged approach, starting with an overview of the current picture in sport around Minimum Operating Standards, stage two a consultation, which will take place in the form of a on-line questionnaire, and will result in the generation of a report and recommendations for furthers stage. More information on this work will follow as it develops and be updated on Coaching Humber.

On a local level, Coaching Providers and their coaches in Hull are adhering to a Quality Assurance Scheme. The scheme is currently being administered by The Humber Sports Partnership and involves providers forming portfolios evidencing qualifications and business standards. The Coaching Provider Network for Hull is a support network for coaching providers engaged in the quality assurance scheme. For more information please contact Garreth Roberts on groberts@goodwin-centre.org.

It is also a requirement for clubs who are working towards or maintaining a Clubmark or NGB accreditation for their club to have club members and coaches who have attended some of these courses. Further information on Clubmark can be found on www.clubmark.org.uk.

To see the courses in your area, please visit the following link: www.humbersport.com/coaching