The Coach10 Model Aligning Coaching Qualifications to the European Qualifications Framework
Mr Pat Daly – Director of Games Development & ResearchGaelic Athletic Association, Ireland.
30th January 2013
The GAA – An Introduction
GAA Clubs - Ireland
32 Counties
4 Provinces
20,120 Teams
• GAA Activity in 93% of Primary Schools
• GAA Activity in 64% of Post Primary Schools
GAA International
Asian Gulf Board: 28 Clubs
Australasian Board: 50 Clubs
North American Board: 108 Clubs
New York Board: 57 Clubs
Canada: 15 Clubs Britain: 86 Clubs
Europe: 47 Clubs
Buenos Aires: 1 Club
GAA Player PathwayPlay to Stay with the GAA
ChildGo Games
YouthDevelopment Games
AdultChampionship Games
play to learn learn to compete compete to win
GAA Coaching Pathway
The GAA has a clear Coaching Pathway:
Emerging
Established
Enlightened
GAA Volunteer Coaches
• The total economic value of Sports volunteering in Europe can be estimated at € 28.4 billion
(Funding of Grassroots Sport in the EU – Executive Summary, 2012: 7).
• In Ireland the GAA is the dominant organisation for Sports Volunteering accounting for 42% of Sports Volunteers in Ireland
• The total economic value of GAA volunteering can be estimated at approximately €112,140,000 per annum
• Volunteer Coaches: Nationally, an approximate 12,800 weekly underage training sessions are held, equating to 16,976 hours of GAA training per week - an input comparable to that of employing 453 additional full-time coaches
• There is a need to promote and facilitate Applied Lifelong Learning (ALL)
Applied Lifelong Learning (ALL)
Face To
Face
VIRTUAL
Formal
Course/Workshop
MentoringCommunity of Practice
Informal Non-Formal
Process by which the assimilation of knowledge, skill and competence in a
specific area contributes to the development of overall acumen on the basis that the core conceptual
constructs have universal application
“Despite nearly 35 years of research and discussion, there still remains a lack of precision in terminology and approach, and a singular failure to reflect effectiveness and expertise literature to any conceptual understanding of the coaching process”
Source: “An Integrative Definition of Coaching Effectiveness and Expertise” – International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching (Vol. 4; Iss. 3, 2009)
The Coaching Enigma
Q. If there is a lack of certainty surrounding terminology and process, how can there be certainty regarding knowledge, skill and competency in relation to the validation of coaching qualifications?
A. The Coach10 Model “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough” - Einstein
The Coach10 Model
What? How? Why?
ProcessTerminology
TPP MVA
The Coach10 Model
What? How? Why?
ProcessTerminology
TPP MVA COACH10
WHAT?
BUILD TOTAL PLAYING PERFORMANCE
(TPP)
TPP Where Players strive to achieve their full individual and collective potential
HOW?
ON THE BASIS OF MOTIVATION & VOCATIONAL
ATTRIBUTES(MVA)
MOTIVATION
Passionate
Principled
Persistent
Persuasive Personable
VOCATIONAL
Golden Rule
Organising
Purposeful
Activities Games-Based
Varied training pursuits - involving the use of the ball in match-type scenarios - which are undertaken by players in order to develop the playing skills of Hurling
and Gaelic Football.
INTER-MEDIATE
DRILLS
ADVANCEDDRILLS
FUN/FITNESS ROUTINES
BASICDRILLS
PRACTICEPLAYS
SET PLAYS
BACKS & FORWARDS
GAME
SMALL SIDEDGAME
GAMES BASED ACTIVITIES
CONDITIONEDGAME
FULL SIDEDGAME
ATTRIBUTES
VocationalMotivation Attributes(Outcome)
ATTRIBUTESBuild Trust
Self Esteem
Family Feel
High Morale
Team Spirit
MVA The Motivation & Vocational Attributes (MVA) that inspire players to achieve Total
Playing Performance (TPP)
WHY?
Competence
Confidence
Commitment
Connection
Conviction
Management
Leadership
Capability
Experience
Reflection
Because the Coach is building…
Because the Coach has the…
Because the Coach is operating on the basis of…Motivation & Vocational Attributes
Motivation
Passionate
Principled
Persistent
Personable
Persuasive
Golden Rule
Organising
Purposeful
Games-based
Activities
Empowering
Energising
Engagement
Enthusiasm
Excellence
& Vocational Attributes
Build Trust
Self Esteem
Family Feel
High Morale
Team Spirit
Applied Lifelong Learning (ALL) – Coach10
Face To
Face
VIRTUAL
Formal
Course/Workshop
MentoringCommunity of Practice
Informal Non-FormalProcess by which the assimilation of
coaching knowledge, skill and competence contributes to the
development of overall acumen on the basis that the core conceptual
constructs – as espoused in the Coach10 Model – have universal
application
In 2013…
“Commence with the end in mind.”“The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” Stephen Covey
The constructs of Motivation & Vocational Attributes will backbone a standards framework for validating and accrediting Coaching Qualifications and will also provide the title for the foremost Coaching Qualification at grassroots level i.e. the MVA Qualification.
In 2022…
That all coaches will aspire to attain the MVA Qualification i.e. the coaching qualification, which validates that a coach can combine Motivation and Vocational inputs to create a series of Attributes, which inspire players to achieve their full individual and collective potential and, by so doing, to experience a sense of Total Playing Performance (TPP).
Aligning Coach10 with the EQF
In the process of developing Courses/Workshops, Communities of Practice, Mentoring Programmes as part of the Coach10 Model – in conjunction with pilot partners;
Currently exploring the best accreditation models for the MVA Qualification but are planning to develop a tiered qualification structure on the EQF.
The tiered qualification structure will provide coaches with the opportunity to apply their formal learning, and their informal and non-formal prior experiential learning in order to achieve as many modules as possible (through an RPL/APEL process) with continuous topping-up opportunities.
Aligning Coach10 with the EQF
It is not possible to develop a qualification based upon knowledge, know-how, skill and competency without a set of conceptual constructs that promote Applied Lifelong Learning (ALL).
Coach10 provides the conceptual constructs around which a qualification aligned to the Irish NQF and EQF can be developed.
Challenge & Opportunity
We ALL engage in ALL for the benefit of ALL
Final Reflection