Ed. PAES 262

Coaching the Young Athlete

Tyler Hack

Credit hours: 3
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Prerequisites: None

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Course Objectives: 1. Students will demonstrate an understanding of how injuries and risk to youth can be prevented, cared for, and managed by coaching decisions. (Parent Handout/Presentation, Midterm) 2. Students will demonstrate an understanding of how young athletes' stages of growth, development, and learning might impact practices and games. Further, students will demonstrate an ability to plan for diversity among athletes and create developmental programs based on individual athletes' present stage of development. (Parent Handout/Presentation, Midterm, Practice Session, Class Assignment) 3. Students will demonstrate an introductory understanding of training, conditioning, and nutrition needs of young athletes based on the diversity of their development. (Midterm, Practice session) 4. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the social and psychological aspects of coaching youth. (Parent Handout/Presentation, Midterm) 5. Students will demonstrate an introductory understanding of skills, tactics, and strategies that are appropriate for the age and skill level of athletes. In addition, they will demonstrate an introductory understanding of how and when to teach these skills, strategies, and tactics. (Practice Session) 6. Students will demonstrate the ability to self-assess their present progress in training to create positive, healthy, successful coaching environments. Further, they will create a plan for future coaching professional development. (Practice Session)

Course Content: This course focuses on issues in youth sport and aims to develop insight while addressing historical, structural, readiness for competition, social processes, physiological, and psychological issues in sport for children and youth. A secondary purpose of the class is to help you begin to plan for a sport that you may someday coach. Assignments are intended to help you explore your philosophies with regards to coaching, and help you begin to develop a composite of drills for a sport you may someday coach. The course will conclude with the running of a practice session with your peers. Basically, I have tried to design this course to be something that will give you an oversight of youth sports and a touch of realistic activities that you will use while coaching.

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