Arguably the most important goal for a coach to achieve is to prevent children dropping out of football whilst maintaining enjoyment and increasing performance levels. Organised youth sport programmes see an average dropout rate of 35% a year (Gould & Petlichkoff, 1988). There’s a variety reasons for increased participation in sport, such as availability of facilities and family support however not every child is lucky enough to benefit from this, making the role of the coach vitally important.
Positive Youth Development
Effective coaching is of such high significance as it encourages positive development in a child. The main areas of youth development as presented by The National Research Council and Institute of Medicine (NRCIM, 2002) …show more content…
Lerner et al., (2000) propose that if an appropriate setting is created by those involved in a child’s development, including coaches, then this will lead to the child demonstrating the five C’s of positive development. This reinforces the role of a coach and the significant responsibility entrusted in him or her for the development of children into …show more content…
In order to make encouragement effective it needs to be sincere (Horn, 1985). If the child recognises the encouragement is merely to make them feel better, the coach loses credibility (Gould & Weinberg 2011). When mistakes occur a technique called a positive sandwich can be used (Smith & Smoll, 1996). This involves, making a positive statement about something they did well, followed by how they can improve to avoid making the mistake again and finally finishing with more
Positive Youth Development
Effective coaching is of such high significance as it encourages positive development in a child. The main areas of youth development as presented by The National Research Council and Institute of Medicine (NRCIM, 2002) …show more content…
Lerner et al., (2000) propose that if an appropriate setting is created by those involved in a child’s development, including coaches, then this will lead to the child demonstrating the five C’s of positive development. This reinforces the role of a coach and the significant responsibility entrusted in him or her for the development of children into …show more content…
In order to make encouragement effective it needs to be sincere (Horn, 1985). If the child recognises the encouragement is merely to make them feel better, the coach loses credibility (Gould & Weinberg 2011). When mistakes occur a technique called a positive sandwich can be used (Smith & Smoll, 1996). This involves, making a positive statement about something they did well, followed by how they can improve to avoid making the mistake again and finally finishing with more