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UK COACHING STRATEGY GROUP
MEETING
Glasgow, 11th March 2009
Inclusion within the
Coaching Framework
UK DISABILITY SPORT – COACHING,
LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING GROUP (UKDS-CLL)
Richard Brickley, MBE,
SDS Coaching Officer
Gavin MacLeod,
SDS Chief Executive Officer
The UK Coaching Framework
Vision
 to create a cohesive, ethical, inclusive and
valued coaching system where skilled
coaches support children, players and
athletes at all stages of their development
in sport
Members
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UK Home Countries Disability Sport Organisations
(Federation of Disability Sport Wales, Disability Sport
Northern Ireland, Scottish Disability Sport, English
Federation of Disability Sport
Sport coach UK / Coaching Northern Ireland
Paralympics GB
Sports Leaders UK
Sports Equity Group
UK Sport and Home Nation Sports Councils
Youth Sport Trust
UKDS Coaching Leadership and
Learning Group
Vision
 Develop and support inclusive, equitable and
appropriate coach education, leadership,
training and community development
programmes across the UK
Objectives
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Ensure that the key principles of the UK
Coaching Framework vision and the 5
strategic action areas, are fully inclusive
Ensure that all leadership courses and
access to leadership opportunities are fully
inclusive
Develop and deliver community sport training
and education programmes for the public
and voluntary sectors in disability sport
Inclusive Coaching Guidelines
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Effective communication techniques (communication
skills)
Ability to adapt and modify (differentiation,
adaptation and progression)
Focus on ability NOT disability (functional v medical
models)
Understand and use the coaching environment
(appropriately modify and manipulate)
Health and safety
UKDS-CLL
Disability sport has own unique pathways in
sport requiring coaching interventions at all
levels in the continuum
Position supported by the Disability Sport
CEO Group – input to this presentation.
UKDS-CLL
Disability sport coaching in some cases,
requires additional knowledge and
understanding of technical coach education
requirements
UKDS-CLL
National Governing Bodies need to be
challenged to ensure that their coach
education modules are fully inclusive in
terms of their resource development and
delivery to candidates
UKDS-CLL
Disability sport agenda is already very broad
 wide range of impairment groups
 necessity for pan disability approach
 too much emphasis on Paralympic sport is
not the best option
UKDS-CLL
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The UKDS-CLL group has a collective vision
and has made considerable progress in just
over two years
Specific representation on the Coaching
Strategy Group would be hugely beneficial to
all parties
Key Milestones
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Identify players and coach pathways for
disability sport
2007
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Development of a UK DIT workshop and
resource
2008/2009
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Further milestones
2012 and 2016
DIT Course
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When:
Who:
will be available from May 2009
aimed at ……
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How:
Coaches and Volunteers
Teachers and LSAs
NGB non-coaching staff
Leisure service providers
Sports Development Officers
3 hrs (classroom-based) /
6 hrs (3 hrs classroom-based),
3 hrs practical
UKDS-CLL
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Thank you