Leisure and Entertainment - SPORTS COACH

Be a Sports Coach!

Primary Middle

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

1. Choose a sport that you find interesting and would like to get involved in.

2. Get to know the rules of this sport and the standard 'plays' (the predefined, set movements of play) associated with it.

3. Study a coach in this sport and see what different plays they use.

4. Now come up with your own game plan (including your own plays) for a team in this sport.

Are children's sports coaches unqualified and underpaid in Australia?

Primary Middle  Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding

Cooperative Learning Activity

1. As a class, read the following article from the UK in The Conversation 26 February 2018

2. You are going to find out if this is the case in Australia!

As a class, create a survey using Survey Monkey to find out about the sports coaches teaching you - their qualifications and if they are paid. Some of you might be Sports Coaches yourselves!

Take into account:

• The level within the sport achieved by the Sports Coach
• Whether they have a training or teaching background
• The amount of time they dedicate to coaching - the game and the training sessions
• Their relationship to any team members
• Whether they are paid or not [some Sports Coaches at school are required to train so many teams each semester as part of their teaching]

3. Analyse the graphs produced by Survey Monkey. Which answer surprised you the most? Why? or Why not?

4. As a class, discuss the question

"Do you think all Sports Coaches should be qualified and be paid to train children?"

You need to provide reasons for your answers.

Why are so few professional sports coaches from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities?

Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures

Cooperative Learning Activity

1. As a group of 4 - 5 students, read the following article from The Conversation 22 August 2016

Analyse the key points of this article.

2. Have you ever heard of Kevin Coombs before reading this article?

In your group, research the achievements of Kevin Coombs beyond what is written in the article: 

In the 1960 Paralympics, Kevin Coombs became Australia’s first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representative (Paralympics or Olympics) in wheelchair basketball. He represented Australia at five Paralympic Games, including two as captain.

Coombs went on to captain and coach the Australian wheelchair basketball team at the 1998 Goodwill Games. He has been an ambassador for the National Indigenous Strategy for Literacy and Numeracy and received an OA for his service to sport and the community.

At the Paralympics Australia website:

And, at Aboriginal Victoria. 

3. Read The Conversation 13 June 2016

4. In your group, list the names of as many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders that are coaches as you can. Compare with other groups.

What are their characteristics as a Sports Coach?

5. Discuss as a class group how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sports Coaches can come to the notice of the general Australian public.

6. Write a short commentary for a TV Sports Presenter, in your group, promoting the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sports Coaches.

The Super Coach

Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability