Objectives

The chart below indicates the knowledge and skills for each section that participants require to complete the programme. After attending the General Sports Trainer Programme, participants are expected to have the following skills:

Modules

The different modules detail the objectives. Each module elaborates a corresponding programme.

Tournaments, competitions and events

• Organise a basic tournament, competition or event
• Draft a script for an event and be able to follow it
• Form a tournament committee
• Work with tournament plans
• Explain how forms of competitions vary
• Compile the budget for and promote a tournament, competition or event

Teach a sports lesson

• Plan a sports activity
• Analyse and evaluate a sports activity
• Formulate the objectives of a sports activity
• Be familiar with different methods and didactical approaches
• Improvise and differentiate during a sports activity
• Modify a sports activity
• Provide instructions (explain the rules of a game, correct)
• Demonstrate examples
• Organise and manage groups
• Use training schedules and curricula
• Manage sports equipment

Repertoire

• Teach sports and games, including basic sports skills for football, handball, rounders, basketball, volleyball, cricket
• Games to help people become acquainted
• Large and small game formats
• Organise teambuilding activities
• Organise neighbourhood sports activities for particip

Communication

• Mobilise people able to assist with preparing, carrying out and evaluating sports activities
• Be familiar with different leadership styles and be able to explain your own leadership methods.
• Prepare and chair meetings
• Observe, listen and ask questions in communicating with others
• Interpret and understand non-verbal communication from others and be able to anticipate such cues
• Provide constructive feedback
• Resolve conflicts
• Role of women in sports

Sports, health and safety

• Create a safe setting for games and sports
• Supervise warm-ups
• Provide basic first aid
• Implement and promote fair play principles
• Be familiar with milestones in childhood development (developmental psychology)
• Offer advice about general health matters.

Reflection & Evaluation

• Evaluate the objectives of activities
• Analyse the reasons why objectives are not met
• Reflect on and evaluate personal responsibilities
• Formulate personal development targets as a Sports Trainer.