sports coach UK Workshop Inclusive Coaching: Disability Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 1

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 2 Workshop Outcomes By the end of the workshop, delegates will be able to: reflect on past experiences and recognise and share best practice make appropriate modifications, adaptations and progressions to a planned session to include all participants explore the participant pathway for disabled participants within disability sport Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 2

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 3 Workshop Outcomes By the end of the workshop, delegates will be able to: identify the basic elements of classification in relation to disability sport know where to go for further disability sport- specific information Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 3

Inclusive Coaching What does inclusive coaching look like? Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 4 © Alan Edwards

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 5 Inclusive Coaching What makes an inclusive coach? © Alan Edwards Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 5

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 6 Inclusive Coaching The will and the welcome Sport-specific coaching skills Going the extra, extra mile Flexibility to personalise sessions What makes an inclusive coach? © Pam Stevenson

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 7 Inclusive Coaching Everyone is: welcomed supported included challenged

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 8 Inclusive Coaching Adapt and personalise your coaching session using: Space Task Equipment People Speed

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 9 Key Points There is no ‘one size fits all’ inclusive coaching strategy Personalised coaching interventions – differentiation Include, support and challenge

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 10 Key Points Talk to participants Seek advice Do your research Treat everyone with respect

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 11 Participant Pathways What is your participant pathway?

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 12 Participant Pathways What are the differences between participant pathways for non-disabled and disabled people?

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 13 Participant Pathway: Shelly Woods – Athletics Local – broad-ranging multi-sports, travelling further afield for some sports Regional – athletics club National – pentathlon competitor International – wheelchair racer © Graham Bool

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 14 Mainstream athlete but classified within disability sport Six months after classification was world number four Two and a half years later, won bronze at Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Still trains with mainstream athletics club Participant Pathway: Ian Jones – Athletics © Mark Lomas

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 15 Started playing football at special school for blind and partially sighted children Stopped playing at university as there was no team Following university, started playing in a visually impaired (VI) football league Selected from a talent ID day to join the England VI squad England captain three years later Participant Pathway: David Clarke – Football © David Clarke

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 16 Participant Pathways Opportunity Locality Numbers Classification Progress Organisations

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 17 Participant Pathways How can coaches support disabled people on to and along their pathway?

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 18 Participant Pathways Good club coaching is pivotal in igniting passion in disabled participants, thus ensuring their lifelong participation

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 19 Participant Pathways The coach plays a crucial role in finding the appropriate pathway and supporting the participant along it

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 20 Participant Pathways A pathway is specific to an individual, and he/she enters and leaves where he/she wants

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 21 Ade Adepitan’s Participant Pathway: Wheelchair Basketball

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 22 Pathways and Classification How does classification relate to participant pathways?

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 23 Classification How is classification used in mainstream sport? Age Gender Weight Skill level

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 24 Classification What is the difference in disability sport? Functional ability: Wheelchair basketball Swimming Cycling

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 25 Classification Example: Swimming Initial classification takes place at newcomers’ meet or regional championships International classification takes place at GB Swimming Championships by internationally qualified classifiers

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 26 Classification The classification process starts when participants attend events/competitions that are recognised by the relevant governing body It’s not just down to you!

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 27 Classification A coach’s role is to: be informed understand the impact on the participant support the participant respect the classifier

Classification Classification means anyone can be a high level performer regardless of the level of their impairment © Alan Edwards

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 29 Classification Classification affects the choice of sport for different impairment groups if they want to compete at a higher level

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 30 Inclusion Spectrum © Stevenson and Black (2007)

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 31 And finally... Putting it into practice

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 32 Workshop Outcomes By the end of the workshop, delegates will be able to: reflect on past experiences and recognise and share best practice make appropriate modifications, adaptations and progressions to a planned session to include all participants explore the participant pathway for disabled participants within disability sport

Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 33 Workshop Outcomes By the end of the workshop, delegates will be able to: identify the basic elements of classification in relation to disability sport know where to go for further disability sport- specific information

Thank you Have a safe journey home Inclusive Coaching: Disability  Slide 34