1. Qualities, characteristics and roles of effective sports leaders
A leader ‘A distinguishing feature or attribute of an item or person’

2. Qualities

3. knowledge of sport skills
Know and understand the skills required
Able to demonstrate
Understand how to develop a skill, from
basic to advance
Improve performance

4. knowledge of rules and laws
Need to be a good role model
Pass on their understanding to the participants
Promote fair play

5. understanding the mental needs of participants
Need to know what motivates the players
Session should take into account what the participants want to get out of it
Want participants to engage

6. understanding the physical needs of participants
Age of participants will affect the session
Young – more intense
Fitness levels will affect
May have participants with physical disabilites

7. Characteristics

8. Consistent Same behaviour each session Not changing
Same characteristics
Same approach

9. Approachable
Should be easy for participants to come to you with any issues
Not intimidating
Friendly
Good conduct

10. Goal Focused Have Short/Medium and Long term targets Share the targets
Flexible

11. Commitment Put time and effort in Great attendance Punctuality
Keep trying
Don’t give up

12. Roles

13. Role model Set an example Set the standards
Responsible for participants
Ethusiatic

14. Psychologist Understand sports psychology What motivates them
How they interact
Getting the best out of each individual

15. Motivator Keep people interested Enthusiasm
Need to know what makes the participants tick