Module Code - Title:

SS6143 - ATHLETE AND COACH DEVELOPMENT

Year Last Offered:

2024/5

Hours Per Week:

Lecture

2

Lab

0

Tutorial

2

Other

10

Private

6

Credits

12

Grading Type:

N

Prerequisite Modules:

Rationale and Purpose of the Module:

Maximising the technical, tactical, physical, mental and emotional development of sports competitors has become an area of significant interest and coaches must understanding the athlete to be able to enhance the development at any stage. Similarly, the development of coaches should also be understood to facilitate and maximise development of self and other coaches. This module will be split into two distinct parts focusing on athlete and then coach development after which the connection and importance between the two are established. Within each aspect students will develop and critically analyse a number of case studies from their own and other sports. Finally the students will reflect upon their own athletes and personal stages of development to identify strategies with a view to develop a plan to enhance both.

Syllabus:

This module will be split into two distinct parts focusing on athlete and then coach development after which the connection and importance between the two are established. Within each aspect students will develop and critically analyse a number of case studies from their own and other sports. Finally the students will reflect upon their own athletes and personal stages of development to identify strategies with a view to developing a plan to enhance both. Indicative Curriculum: Athlete Development: • Early models of athlete development • Long Term Athlete Development • Bio-social-psycho complexities of athlete development • Talent development pathways • Talent identification and transfer Coach Development: • Formal, Informal and Non-formal Coach Development • Mentoring and Communities of practice • Elite Coach Development • Informal approaches to self-development

Learning Outcomes:

Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)

• Critically analyse early models of athlete development and the strengths and weakness of each • Evaluate critically recent trends in Long Term Athlete Development including the bio-psycho-social complexities of athlete development • Compare and contrast National Governing Body talent development pathways within their own and other sports • Identify the principles of talent identification and transfer and highlight the key considerations within their own sport • Critical analyse the main forms of formal coach education • Recognise the value of informal and non-formal coach development within their own coach development • Identify the primary skills in talent identification and development with their own sport • Develop basic skills in the facilitation of mentoring and development of a community of practice

Affective (Attitudes and Values)

• Value the importance of the talent development process whilst understanding the complexities which exist within the process • Appreciate the complexity within the coach development process

Psychomotor (Physical Skills)

N/A

How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:

This module will be delivered through a combination of lectures, workshops and on-line learning.

Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):

Prime Texts:

Martens R. (2012) Successful Coaching 4th Edition , Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics

Nelson, Groom and Potrac. (2016) Learning in Sports Coaching: Theory and Application , London: Routledge

Magill RA. (2011) Motor Learning: Concepts and Applications , McGraw-Hill

Schmidt RA, and Lee TD (2014) Motor Learning and Performance: From Principles to Application 5th Edition , Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics

Other Relevant Texts:

Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:

Semester(s) Module is Offered:

Summer

Module Leader:

ian.sherwin@ul.ie