Identifying and solving problems in sport coaching
This module is about enhancing your skills in identifying and solving problems in your coaching context. We will explore project management, research and evaluation methods to do so.
Key facts
Overview
The sport coaching environment can be complex and dynamic, with coaches under pressure to bring innovation into their practice. This can lead to a reliance on what may have previously worked rather than considering what the most important problem to be solved is.
In this module, you’ll:
Explore methods to observe your coaching context and the demands of your sport.
- Learn to identify problems, gaps and questions that merit further investigation.
- Identify and critically explore methods of data collection, interpretation and analysis.
- Learn to practically synthesise data (report, verify, validate, and evaluate your findings).
Objectives
- Identify and justify a problem to be solved in your coaching context;
- Devise and defend, with reference to appropriate theories/concepts and literature, your approach to solving a particular coaching problem;
- Appraise methods of evidence analysis to enhance coaching practice;
- Engage with critical thinking and problem solving discussions.
Structure and content
This module focuses on rigorous and objective methods to identify and solve problems faced by coaches. It will include:
- The philosophical basis of making sense of evidence
- Professional judgement and decision-making
- Problem solving using qualatitive, quantatitive and mixed-methods
- Search strategies to explore current knowledge and gather evidence.
- Solving problems using behaviour-change and implementation science.
Delivery and assessment
The module is a blended-learning one, including lectures, seminars, discussions and drop-ins.
The assessment will include a literature review in an area that is important to you, and a ‘Dragon’s Den” presentation on you pitching a project on how to solve a particular problem or specific challenge.
Module coordinator
Employability
The module focuses on enhancing decision-making and problem-solving abilities as a sport coach, which are fundamental to professional practice in coaching and are transferable to a wide variety of industries.
What next?
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