LEADERSHIP & ADVOCACY

The Important Role of Coaching and Coaches

The Sport Coach plays a crucial role in athlete development and overall well-being, impacting not only athletic performance but also personal growth and life skills. Coaches play a multifaceted role, acting as leaders, motivators, and mentors, fostering teamwork, resilience, and a strong work ethic. The Coach’s influence extends beyond the playing field, shaping athletes' character and contributing to a more positive and connected society.

Coaches have the potential to inspire, motivate, and instill confidence in their athletes, helping them overcome challenges, setbacks, and self-doubt. Coaches serve as a source of motivation and inspiration, encouraging athletes to reach their full potential, to achieve their goals and enjoy the experience along the way.

Leadership & Advocacy

Our advocacy activities focus on improving the quality of policy and generating greater resources to support coaching and officiating throughout Australia. While ACC is particularly focused on issues of national importance that impact the sporting environment in an overall sense ACC is also committed to working on issues that are of concern to the coaching community. We combine grassroots feedback and top-level research to form an evidence-based lobbying agenda. We develop our advocacy campaigns by reaching out to National Sporting Organisations and other industry stakeholders and interest groups through surveys, focus groups, cross-sector forums and other means.

ACC Coaching Framework

Australian Coaching Council Roles

Leadership in coach development.
Alignment of coach development key players.
Identification of key personnel and provision of professional development support for training coach trainers, mentors and assessors.
Management of coach development working groups.
Programme development and implementation guidelines.
Programme endorsement and ongoing quality assurance.
General principle module development.
General principle resource development, (electronically available for NSOs either to use, or adapt for use, in their programmes.)
Managing selected coach accreditation data.
Research, innovation and information management.
Investment in and support of key players.

National Sport Organisations (NSOs)

Leadership of coach development in their sport.
Production of policies and procedures for systematic development, consistent delivery and assessment, and quality assurance of programmes (Quality Management System).
Research and innovation in their sport.
Creating/updating coach development:
• pathways
• programmes
• delivery and assessment materials
• resources.
Implementation, maintenance and quality assurance of coach development programmes .
Delivery and assessment of relevant coach development programmes.
Training people in their sport to deliver coach development programmes.
Managing coach accreditation data for their sport.