Coaching Program Assessment
Chosen Team Sports: Basketball
You have been appointed coach of the under 18 school team/squad and you know that you have some athletes that could move on to representative honours (e.g. playing or performing for a regional team, a national team). These players are experienced and skilled.
Develop a set of goals for the team for the early-competition phase of the season, considering the following three Domains of your sport/activity: Cognitive, Affective, Performance
Use these goals as a guide to develop:
A Mesocycles plan for the first 4 – 8 weeks of training.
Outline and justify the sports coaching approach/es that you might adopt in order to support the team during this period.
Use reference material from the course and your wider reading/experience to validate your coaching approach.
Criteria to meet while writing this assessment:
An outline of the team, or individual’s age, background, learning style in their chosen sport, and developmental goals.
The justification of your coaching philosophy and coaching approach, using supporting literature.
A Mesocycles Plan demonstrating progressions.
The justification of the Mesocycles Plan, using supporting literature.
Referencing using APA7 must include a minimum of 6 scholarly references, at least 3 from the reading list.
Include at least 1 Peak body/sports specific resource.
*Referencing Peak Sporting Bodies: https://australia.basketball/
