Deakin University
- Start Date: 15 Mar, 2021
- 2 weeks
- Study Content: Videos
Learn how coaching has changed over time and how to navigate this fast-moving landscape.
Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
Course Description
This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.
Understand how the knowledge era is changing coaching techniques
With the expansion of technology, the landscape of coaching is fast-moving and ever-changing.
On this two-week course, you’ll learn how to navigate this shift and adapt your techniques to effectively work in the knowledge era.
Whether you’re interested in sports coaching or becoming a business coach, it is your role to inspire, and the skills you learn on this course will help you become a better leader and motivate your team.
Examine the learning cycle to enhance player performance
You’ll discover the different leadership techniques and practical measures you can implement to take your coaching to the next level.
Analysing the experiential learning cycle, you’ll understand the approaches to coaching that move beyond instructing. You’ll look at the importance of reviewing and planning, and how this can empower your team to decide on what they need to do to increase their performance.
Develop your coaching and leadership skills alongside specialists
By the end of this course, you’ll know how to navigate as a coach in a changing landscape. You’ll be able to harness the collective intelligence of your team to motivate and develop others, and understand your role as a coach in today’s environment.
You’ll learn alongside specialist sports and business coach, Paddy Upton from Deakin University to gain first-hand knowledge on how to become a more effective coach.
This course is aimed at anyone with an interest in sports coaching. You may already work in the area and you’re looking to upskill, or you might just be starting your coaching career.
Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.
Deakin University
Deakin University offers a brilliant education where students are and where they want to go – in their lives and in their careers. Deakin is Australia’s eighth largest university with over 53 000 students from more than 100 countries, with one quarter choosing to study wholly online at our Cloud Campus.
Deakin excels in research, ranking in the top two per cent of universities in the world in fields including nutrition, information technology and carbon fibre.^ Deakin is also a leader in the quality of teaching and learning, ranking first for student satisfaction in the state of Victoria, Australia for six consecutive years (Australian Graduate Survey, 2010-2015). Deakin University offers you a personalised experience with premium digital engagement, creating the power and opportunities to live in a connected and evolving world.
Deakin is Australia’s premier university in driving the digital frontier – to enable globally connected education for the jobs of the future, and research that makes a difference to the communities we serve.
^ Academic Ranking of World Universities, Times Higher Education and QS World University Rankings
This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.
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