COACHING BEST PRACTICE
MINIMUM STANDARDS OF DEPLOYMENT
sports coach UK has completed a review of the content, function and nature of minimum standards for sports coaches within the UK sports coaching industry.
Based on these findings, Minimum Operating Standards (MOS) have been replaced by the recommended Minimum Standards of Deployment (MSD), as of July 2011.
Minimum Standards of Deployment can be seperated into CORE & ADDITIONS.
CORE:
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minimum of 18 years old for a lead coach
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minimum of 16 years old for an assistant coach
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relevant insurance cover
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enhanced CRB check
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Level 2 NGB coaching qualification for a lead coach
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Level 1 NGB coaching qualification for an assistant coach
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a commitment to: code of conduct, equality, participant welfare, agreed health and safety
ADDITIONS:
sport coach UK will start reviewing the content for the additions in 2011. Until further information is released on this, sports coach UK recommend that coaches continue to do the following training courses:
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Safeguarding & Protecting Children in Sport
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Equity in your coaching
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How to coach Disabled people in sport
Employment & Deployment of Coaches
For the best practise guidelines on the employment & deployment of coaches, please click here, to be re-directed. This section will be updated by December 2010.
Safeguarding for Coaches
The Child Protection in Sport Unit has made a number of videos highlighting issues relating to safeguarding relating to coaching, these include:
You can also download or view these videos via this link.
The CPSU has also developed written guidance documents on a range of topics of interest to coaches, you can download a selection of these below:
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Sexually harmful behaviour by young people
You can find a wide range of more general additional safeguarding information and guidance on our Safeguarding pages
Page Last Updated: Tuesday 16th March 2010
