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Coach Assessment
Martens (1997) identified five key areas that coaches should focus
on: coaching objectives, coaching styles, evaluating and developing
communication skills, principles of reinforcement and understanding motivation.
Coaches are responsible for conducting themselves and their services according
to professional and ethical standards, promoting the interests and protecting
the rights of their performers, the sport and the coaching profession.
Areas of assessment
The following are possible aspects of the coaching session that
could be assessed:
- Health and Safety
- Communication skills
- Coaching Skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Long and short term Planning
- Training session content and structure
- Knowledge and experience
- Control of athletes
- Monitoring of athletes
- Level of flexibility
The following questions can be used by you to analyse your
coaching skills or to analyse the skills of a coach who you mentor.
Pre-session activities
The following are points to monitor:
- Were facilities checked for safety
- Was a phone point identified - in case of emergency
- Was the First Aid person known - in case of emergency
- Was appropriate equipment selected
- Were equipment and facilities checked for health and
safety
- Was the status of health of each athlete checked - injuries,
colds, tired etc.
- Was there a clear plan of work and objectives for the
session
- Was each athlete checked to determine what exercise they had
completed that day - e.g. school football match - for potential impact on the
planned training session
Session activities
The following are points to monitor:
- Was each athlete's level of experience checked
- Were athletes informed of the session content and aims and
their understanding checked
- Were athletes made aware of the rules and code of conduct for
the activity and their understanding checked
- Were instructions clear, concise and appropriate
- Was the body language and tone of voice appropriate when giving
instructions and advice
- Was positive feedback and appropriate corrective action provide
to each athlete
- Were explanations and demonstrations appropriate and clear
- Was the athlete's understanding of what was required
checked
- Were athlete's allowed to ask questions
- Were appropriate coaching methods used in developing each
athlete
- Were athletes observed throughout the session and appropriate
feedback on strengths and weaknesses provided
- Was an appropriate warm up and cool down undertaken by all
athletes
- Were athletes asked for their feedback on the session
- Were athletes monitored for tiredness or the onset of
injury
- Were all athletes in their training groups given equal
attention
- Were athletes given an appropriate amount of recovery between
activities
- Were athletes encouraged to keep warm between activities
- Were the athletes encouraged to drink (water, sports drinks) to
replace lost fluids
- Did the coach show appropriate and correct use of coaching
skills e.g. Instruction, Explanation, Demonstration, Observation, Analysis and Feedback
Post Session activities
The following are points to monitor:
- Did the coach have control of the athletes
- Did the athletes enjoy the session
- Did the coach exhibit a clear understanding of the techniques
and skills required by the athletes for the session
- Did athletes trust and respect the coach
- Did the coach provide appropriate feedback to the athletes
- Did the coach use good communication skills
- Did the athletes achieve their objectives from the session
- Were the coach's objectives for the session achieved
- Was the coach's relationship and behaviour with the athletes in
line with good practice
- Did the coach analyse what worked well, what did not and how it
might be corrected
Associated Pages
The following Sports Coach pages should be read in conjunction with this page:
Associated Books
The following books provide more information related to this topic:
- The Successful Coach, P. Crisfield et al., ISBN 0 947850 16 3
- USA Track and Field Coaching Manual, J.L. Rogers, ISBN0 88011 604 8
- Strength Training for Coaches, B. Pauletto, ISBN 0 88011 371 5
- Mental Skills - An Introduction for Sports Coaches, C. Sellars, ISBN 0 947850 34 1
- Advanced Studies in Physical Education and Sport, P Beashel et al., ISBN 0 17 4482345
- Physical Education and the Study of Sport, B. Davis et al., ISBN 0 7234 31752
- Essentials of Exercise Physiology, W.D. McArdle et al., ISBN 0 683 30507 7
- Physical Education and Sport Studies, D. Roscoe et al., ISBN 1 901424 20 0
- The World of Sport Examined, P. Beashel et al., ISBN 0 17 438719 9
- Advanced PE for Edexcel, F. Galligan et al., ISBN 0 435 50643 9
- Examining Physical Education, K. Bizley, ISBN 0 435 50660 9
- Sport and PE, K Wesson et al., ISBN 0 340 683821
- PE for you, J. Honeybourne, ISBN 0 7487 3277 2
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