Coaching disabled performers

If you want to find out more about working with disabled sports people or want to develop your own coaching knowledge and skills to disabled players, try the following:

Attendance at sports coach UK workshops

sport coach UK have developed two workshops:

How to coach disabled people in sport - a two hour workshop, that will introduce and offer guidance to any coach involved with disabled people in sport. It will allow you to determine how to include disabled people in sport, select appropriate coaching activities and create effective coaching environments.

Coaching disabled performers - a three hour workshop, which will help coaches to explain when integration and segregation might be most appropriate, review and extend your knowledge of how to adapt your coaching to the specific needs of disabled performers, design and monitor a programme for a disabled player and direct players to appropriate structures for competition and further coaching

Tell me more about sports Coach UK Courses

You can obtain copies of the following resources from Coachwise:

Coaching disabled performers - a home study resource. It is assumed that you already have some coaching experience and much of this existing experience and knowledge will prove readily applicable to coaching disabled people. This comprehensive guide will help you to decide if, and how, you might need to adjust your coaching practice to meet their specific needs. View This Book. It is advised that you attend a workshop in addition to reading the resource.