In SEPEP each team has a Coach who is also a player. The COach is responsible for organising training sessions. The Coach works with the captain and other players to work out ways of improving the teams performance.
Specific duties:
Skills you will need
Essential:
Desirable:
Specific duties:
- Devise training drills that will help their team improve. This may require some research to find out new or better ways of training and playing.
- Lead their team in training sessions (focus on skill and strategy).
- Give or get help for players who require it.
- Make substitutions in games. Make sure everyone gets a fair go.
- Along with the captain, sort out any disputes amongst players in their team - a harmonious team is more likely to win and players are more likely to enjoy themselves.
- Listen to ALL team members when making decisions. Make sure everybody has a say.
- Monitor team performance by keeping a record of how their team trained or played. This keeps track of improvement and can give ideas of where to concentrate efforts during training.
- Discuss training and games with the teacher.
- Suggest strategies for improving team performance.
Skills you will need
Essential:
- Ability to communicate with each player in your team to encourage them and help them improve
- Ability to motivate your team-mates to work together and try their hardest.
- Ability to identify problems with your team's performance and to devise training sessions to improve
- Ability to co-operate with the teacher to help your team
Desirable:
- Ability to find information (e.g., from coaching manuals) and apply it to training
- Knowledge of the sport.