Perspectives on Coaching Development: the Role of ICCE

John Bales, PresidentInternational Council for Coaching Excellence

2 October 2015Southern Africa Coaching Conference

Lusaka, Zambia

Overview

• Lessons from Dr. Pat Duffy• Introducing the ICCE• Key Concepts from the

International Sport Coaching Framework

• Program areas for a southern Africa Coaching Council to consider

Dr. Pat Duffy, 1959-2014

•Professor of Sport Coaching, LBU•ICCE VP, Strategy and Development •Chair, European Coaching Council•Consultant, SASCOC

What made Pat such an effective leader?

• Seeing the future: creating a vision; long-term / system thinking; knowing what is essential to move forward - planning

• Finding a common thread: consensus building; finding areas of agreement – change management

• Building better people: the ultimate coach – helping everyone get better - partnerships

Long-term System Thinking

Think of one of the athletes in your club or organization:

• What’s his or her lifelong journey in sport and physical activity going to be like?

• How are you as a coach or educator going to help him or her on that journey?

Consensus Building / Managing Transitions

Transitions are unpredictable, messy, nonlinear and emotionally charged: •“B” is unknown and uncertain •“A” is no longer viable•There are many routes to “B” •“B” changes as we approach it.

Ibarra, H. P. 163

Pat: comfort with ambiguity; “direction of travel”

The ICCE: a global cooperative

• A group of like-minded organizations with a commitment to improving the quality of coaching

• Mutual assistance in working towards a common goal: not only what you get from, but also what you bring to, the ICCE

• Not-for-profit, member funded

ICCE Mission and Vision

To lead and support the development of sport

coaching globally

Coaches are developed and supported by sustainable

and high quality professional systems

Mission

Vision

ICCE Members

ICCE

National Coaching

Bodies

IFs

Coaches Associations

Education Institutions

Individual

members

2. The International Sport Coaching Framework (ISCF)

An internationally

recognised reference point

for the development of

coaching and coaches

world-wide

Four key concepts in the ISCF

Focus on Participant

About the Coach: who I

coach, my role and

status

Education Programs to

Develop Competent

Coaches

Coach Developers:

Who coaches the

coaches?

Participant Focus

Participation

Performance

Coaching Occupations and Domains

Coaching Roles: progression of responsibility and expertise

Resp

onsi

bilit

y an

d Ex

perti

se

Sport coaching as a ‘profession’: challenges and future directions, (Duffy, P. et al., IJCS, 2011)

Coaching as a Blended

Professional Area

Coaching Status

Review

Focus on Participant

About the Coach: who I

coach, my role and

status

Education Programs to

Develop Competent

Coaches

Coach Developers:

Who coaches the coaches?

Developing the Coach Education Program:

Core Functional Areas of Coaching

Coaches…

Create the Vision and Strategy

Shape the Environment

Conduct Practice and Competition

Read and React to the

Field

Reflect and Learn

Build Relationships and Influence

Developing Competent Coaches

Côté, J., &Gilbert, W. (2009).

Coach developers.....

...are trained to develop, support and challenge

coaches to go on honing and improving their knowledge

and skills to provide positive and effective sport experiences for all

participants’ IGLA CD Group

... ‘aren’t only subject matter experts, aren’t only

concerned with delivering courses; they have a key role to play in different learning

situations and bring significant expertise in the

process of learning.’

Essential element of the South African Coaching Framework

Facilitating

Assessing

Leading

Mentoring

Programme design and evaluation

COACH DEVELOPER ROLES

International Sport Coaching Framework: Key messages

Coaching as participant-centred and context specific

Coaching as a tool for developing people

and communities not only athletes

Coaching as a competency-based

blended professional area

Coaching as more than delivering

sessions

Preparing a Coach Developer workforce

Developing a common-language

and a tool for sharing and system

development

Coach Mobility

Implications: questions to consider

• What specific programs are needed for coaches of children?

• What is the role of Higher Education, and the relationship among HE institutions and sport federations?

• How do we enhance the skills of our current coaches of high performance athletes?

• Do we have a Coach Developer workforce to prepare our coaches?

Program Areas for a southern African Coaching Council to consider

1. Coach Education, differentiating participation and performance coaching, and coaches of youth, junior and high performance athletes (examples of Diploma and Professional Development programs)

2. Coach Developers: facilitation, coach assessment, mentoring, program design

3. Sport safety: ethics in sport / child protection4. Under-represented groups: Women-in-

coaching, coaching paralympians5. Coach representation: the voice of the coach

CoachDevelopmentModel

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Advanced Diploma Programs

Country Name of Diploma program Institution

Canada National Coaching Institute (NCI) Advanced Coaching Diploma

Coaching Association of Canada and partner National Coaching Institutes

France Diplome d’Etat Superieur INSEP

Germany Diplom-Trainer-Studium Trainerakademie Köln des DOSB

Netherlands TopCoach 5 NOC*NSF:Hogeschool van Amsterdam & Hanzehogeschool Groningen

Switzerland Diploma - Coach Education Coach Training Switzerland

Quick statistics

Canada France Germany Netherlands Switzerland

Inception 1986 2010 1974 2007 1970

Location 7 cities Paris Cologne Amsterdam and Groningen

Magglingen

Graduates to date

600 44 1200 8 880

Schedule 4 themes each with 18-24 units for a total of 88 units across 24 months

Attendance one week per month for 10 months. (Monday-Thursday)

Attendance one week per month (Mon. – Fri.) for 36 months

6 themes each with 7-20 credits for a total of 70 credits across 16 months

12 modules of 3-4 days (42 days in total), divided up over 36 months

Program duration (months)

24 10 36 24 36

High Performance Coach PD

• Example of New Zealand “Coach Accelerator Program”

• Not a set curriculum: individualized to the needs of participants

• 10 residential camps x 4 days over 3 yrs

establishing a Coach Developer workforce

Sport Safety / Ethical Conduct

• Code of Ethics• Disciplinary policies• Child protection

• Anti-bullying• Anti-doping• Fight against Match Fixing

“ICCE Winning Women”we are missing ~ 50% of the potential coaching workforce

11% of the Olympic coaches in London were women (compared to 45% of the athletes)

2012 Status

• Balanced and diverse coaching workforce• Providing athletes with greater choice• Larger and richer talent pool

ICCE Winning Women Vision

Coaching Athletes with a Disability

• providing coaches with the expertise so they can welcome athletes with a disability into their programs

http://www.coach.ca/files/Coaching_Athletes_Disability_update092011.pdf

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Enhancing the Voice of the Coach

How can we improve opportunities for coaches to have a stronger say in the decisions of sport organizations (international, national and local)?

• Encourage the development of Coaches Associations• Coach Representation on organization Boards and

committees• Build the Coaching Profession: Coaches Charter

outlining a coach’s rights and obligations• Global Coaches Houses: building the Community of

Coaches

Why should coaches be involved in decision making?

• Coach is the closest link to the athlete.• The coach is the expert• Building – and buy-in - to a shared vision.

• Decisions directly effect the coach• To advocate for better working conditions

Sport Org’s interest

Coach’s interest

Lessons Learned: Pat’s strength as a leader

• Seeing the future / creating a vision: it evolves, it’s messy, but spend time thinking 5+ years into the future.

• Finding a common thread / consensus building: can we agree on a “direction of travel”

• Building better people: helping everyone get better – everyone has something to contribute

Perspectives on Coaching Development: the Role of ICCE

John Bales, PresidentInternational Council for Coaching Excellence

2 October 2015Southern Africa Coaching Conference

Lusaka, Zambia

THANK YOU!