Coaching System Support Network

Planning

January 2010

CJ LeeCoaching Development Manager

A Rapidly Improving CSP Network….

• 49 County Sports Partnerships

• 1 County Sports Partnership Network

• Working towards consistent delivery in 49 CSPs

CSP Core Services Agreement with Sport England

• Grow

• Sustain

• Excel

CSP Core Services Agreement with Sport England

• Connecting NGBs to the CSP area • Club, Coach and Volunteer Development • Children and Young People • Facilities • Investment• Strategic Influence and Networking • Knowledge Management • Operations

Coaching within Core Services Agreement

• Coordinate and promote a programme of coach education

• Identify and promote local funding opportunities that will help coaches

• As funding for NGB plans was confirmed …..delivery gaps became apparent….

NGB Coaching Services Agreement……

• The planning, recruitment, support, development and deployment of coaches in order to support…

• Linked to player pathways• Grow, sustain, excel

CSP Extended Coaching Services Agreement……• £41,800 per annum to each of the CSPs for the delivery of

Extended Coaching Functions • To employ a Coaching Development Manager within each

CSP to manage the delivery of these coaching functions to meet the needs of a range of National Governing Bodies, as required by their Whole Sport Plans.

• Delivery will occur in the context of the UK Coaching Framework and, in particular, strengthening of local coaching communities

• The Coaching System Support Network will be coordinated at a national level by sports coach UK

Manage the development of a local Coaching System Support Network in response to the requirements of local, regional and national partners

Role of the Coaching Development Manager

What is a Coaching System Support Network?

Coaching System Support Networks are defined as a grouping of agencies within each of the Home Countries that are formally committed to supporting Governing Bodies in the development of world leading coaching systems, using the UK Coaching Framework as a key point of reference

A Grouping of Agencies…

•Nationally – Sport England; SkillsActive; NSA; YST; UKCCE (HE/FE); sports coach UK

•Regionally – SkillsActive; NSA; YST; HE; FE; sports coach UK

•Sub Regionally – PDMs; SSPs; CSPs; LAs; LDAs; Clubs; FESCOs; HE; Private Coaching Providers; Coaching Agencies

HE/FE

PCP

NGB

SSP

YST

CSP

sports coach

UK

LA

PCP

PCP

CSP

CSP

LA

LA

NGB

NGB

SSP

SSP

Coaching System Support Network

Headlines within Coaching Services Agreement…• Lead the development of Coaching Support Network to support coaches at

community level in response to Governing Body Whole Sport Plans • Work in partnership with sports coach UK to develop and implement a 3 year

Coaching Strategy • Support deployment of coaches• Recruitment and RIC• Evolve Community Sports Coaches Scheme• System for PDPs for coaches• Communicate with coaches and database• Bursary programmes• Links between programmes• Minimum Standards for Deployment (MSD)

Initial Actions for CDMs1.Initial 'gap analysis' of coaching across the local area.

– Strengths & weaknesses– Assess local priorities

2.Education of key partners– What is the CSSN and what will it achieve?– Clarify roles and responsibilities– Create buy-in & ownership

3.Establishment of an effective mechanism– That allows the identification of coaching need across local area– linked up to identified National need from NGBs.

4. Collation of all funding for coaches and coaching– across the local area– highlight criteria involved in each 'pot'. – linked to regional and national funding pots.

Physical Activity & Fitness

• Physical Activity workforce planning– Who’s role?– Who supports?– What standards?– Who assess supply and demand?

– Identification of key partners & stakeholders– Identification of gaps & priorities– Raise profile– Signposting for users, employers and deployers

Our task is quite clear

• Build a sense of a community of coaches, and instructors

• Meeting needs of sport & physical activity workforce, complementing not duplicating work of NGBs and other key partners

• Consistent delivery across England• Highest standards of delivery designed to

meet the needs and expectations of participants