Athletic Coaching| Professional Development Series: | Athletic Coaching | | Graduate/Undergraduate Level: | Graduate | | Series Overview: | Increase your impact as a coach with real-world insights into unlocking competitive performance. Learn about motivation, peak performance, administration, governance, issues around team sports, and physical training – and prepare to run a championship program. | | Faculty: | Julie Jones
Cindy McKnight | | Cost: | $1605 per course |
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| Upper Level Coaching, Governance, and Issues | This course will provide an overview of advanced coaching methods for high school and college coaches. The course will also explore the governance around high school and college sports and how they impact the athletic environment and society. Students will explore best practices and current reserarch related to creating expectations for teams, working with parents, and developing practice plans. | Sep 27, 2021 - Nov 6, 2021
| | | | | Organization and Management | This course will provide students with a deep understanding of athletic team organization and management. Students will build skills to develop a schedule and budget, purchase equipment, identify travel needs, and strategies for working within the structure of the school system. The course will explore hiring and management of staff and being a member of a national organization like NCAA, NAIA, or the OHSAA. Recruitment approaches, best practices, and the evaluation of recruiting regulations and current literature will help students to develop the skills to build and maintain successful sport programs. | Nov 8, 2021 - Dec 18, 2021
| | | | | Principles of Coaching | This course provides an overview of the concepts that are essential in the preparation of secondary school and/or collegiate sport coaches. Students will evaluate current theoretical perspectives in the field of coaching surrounding mental and physical preparation. Students will develop a coaching philosophy, evaluate theories in motivation, learn strategies for communicating effectively with diverse audiences, and improving player performance. Students will also critically evaluate the current research and best practices in athletic coaching. Students will demonstrate competency in constructing a coaching philosophy grounded in coaching best practices and a plan for developing and motivating student athletes. | Aug 23, 2021 - Sep 25, 2021
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