Sport Coaching Methodology: Decision Training

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Our region is replete with sporting and athletic talent, and we have made great strides despite having placed insufficient emphasis on the science of sport. To address this gap, CPDLL has designed a comprehensive suite of cutting-edge courses in sports administration, coaching, nutrition and body conditioning geared to elevating the skillsets and competencies of coaches, sporting administrators, PE teachers and even sportspeople themselves.

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Overview

Being at the top of the sporting world demands not only physical prowess and talent, but mental conditioning and psychological resolve. Decision training is used to equip athletes with the attention, anticipation, problem solving and coping skills to consistently perform at a high level. Decision training is an essential part of the job done by the manager or coach. This course is designed to enable practicing and prospective coaches to help you handle the pressure of competition by incorporating in-practice training methods that simulate more accurately what happens in competition. It will help you learn how to assess and critically reflect on your current coaching practices and develop holistic training sessions aimed at achieving specific outcomes related to high performance athletics.

Mode of Delivery: Face-to Face

What will I Learn?

On successful completion of this course, delegates will be able to:

To help the participant develop a repertoire of skills related to improvement of psychological conditioning in athletes.
To provide practical learning environments that help the participant develop a sense of confident, competent professionalism.
To develop critical evaluation of their own practice with the intention of engaging in innovative activities linked to enhancing performance of self and athletes with whom participants work.

Who Should do this Course

Coaches, PE teachers, Personal Trainers

Important Information

Delegates must attain a grade of at least 70% in order to receive the Professional Development Certificate of Competence.

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At a Glance

Admissions Term: 2019/2020 Semester II
Date: August 17th - 21st, 2020
Time: Monday to Friday, 9am-12pm
Duration: 5 days (15 hours)
Certificate Awarded: Professional Development Certificate of Competence
Course Code: PDLL 095
CEUs: 1.5
Capacity: 25
Cost: BDS $2,080 (US $1,040)

Decision training (DT) as a coaching methodology – research foundations of decision training; cognitive skills trained
Random and variable practice – their importance in decision training; apply random and variable practice methods to a specific sport; other types of practice sessions
Methods of instruction – tactical instruction, hard-first instruction, video-modeling, competitive simulations
Feedback strategies – Educate athletes on the research, Bandwidth feedback, Video feedback, and use of questioning.

Basic principles of coaching

Participants will meet for twelve (12) hours of instruction over two days or 4 three – hour sessions.
More than 50% of the course time will be spent honing practical skills.
Participants would also be required to submit a course work portfolio. Time will be allotted during class to complete elements of the portfolio.

Mr. Paul Sealy

As a certified Master Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner, life-skills coach, trainer of trainers (TVET) and coach educator, Paul Sealy has fully integrated life coaching, sport psychology and NLP techniques into his work with clients with great success.

Mr Sealy’s qualifications include a Master of Arts degree in Human Kinetics with specialisations in Applied Sport Psychology and Sport Pedagogy at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He also holds a Bachelor of Kinesiology degree with specialisations in Exercise Physiology, Coaching and Psychology from Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada. His expertise in sports science combined with formal training as a high–performance coach in Calgary, Canada, has enabled him to work with and mentor developmental and elite athletes and coaches in over fifteen disciplines.

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