Objectives

The chart below indicates for each section the knowledge and skills that participants require to complete the programme.

After attending the General Sports Trainer Programme, participants are expected to be able to:

Modules

The different modules detail the objectives. A programme has been elaborated for each module.

Policy & Organisation

• Set up the organisational structure and compile the organisational chart of their sports organisation
• Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of their sports organisation and position it in their surroundings in terms of opportunities and threats (SWOT analysis)
• Conceptualise what their sports organisation will be like in three years
• Formulate concrete objectives for themselves and their sports organisation (according to the SMART principle)
• Draft a policy plan for a sub-section
• Present the policy plan within their sports organisation and implement it

Sports, Games & Exercise

• Organise sports and game activities for their sports organisation
• Draft a script for a sports and games day
• Form an activities committee within their sports organisation
• Supervise the committee members
• Prepare, conduct and evaluate a meeting
• Compile a budget for and promote the sports and games day
• Compile activities and year plans for their sports organisation

Personnel & Communications

• supervise staff within the association
• mobilise staff within the association to prepare, carry out and evaluate the sports activities and games to be organised
• distinguish leadership styles and identify their own
• prepare and chair a meeting
• analyse and improve their own communication skills
• perceive, listen and ask questions in communicating with others
• interpret and understand the body language of others (non-verbal communication) and anticipate these cues adequately
• be pleasant and constructive in providing feedback

Promotion & Marketing

• promote the range of sports within their sports organisation
• recruit sponsors for (the activities of) their sports organisation
• stabilise (i.e. retain) and expand (i.e. recruit) members
• describe the image of their sports organisation and exert a positive influence
• establish and maintain relationships in their surroundings with relevant people and institutions affiliated with or related to the association

Accounting & Administration

• set up a financial records system for the sports organisation
• compile a budget for their sports organisation
• compile a budget for a sports and games day
• set up membership records and dues procedures for their sports organisation

Facilities & Equipment

• draft a management and maintenance plan for the facilities of the sports organisation
• compile and maintain a register of the sports and games equipment present

Quality & Evaluation

• identify the qualities of their sports organisation
• evaluate whether the policy plan targets have indeed been met
• list reasons as to why the targets have or have not been met
• make their personal development explicit and formulate targets
• design and carry out a customer satisfaction survey