Coaching Training

Tips on Designing Effective Training for Coaches

Working out your plan for facilitating the learning of coaches is as much an art as a science. Your training designs implicitly express your theory of learning.

Here are some things to consider as you prepare the detailed plan for your sequence of training activities:

• Begin with learning goals. Your training needs assessment should have resulted in your having a clear understanding about what the coaches you want to train need to learn. Remember the slogan, “More than three goals are no goals” as you prepare a statement of what you hope to accomplish in your training session. Avoid getting bogged ...