UNIT 6 Leading Sports Activities

1. UNIT 6Leading Sports Activities

2. ACTIVITY 1What does a good leader look like? THEY NEED TO BE?

3. What does a good leader look like? They need to have a wide variety of traits (things that make up your personality and behaviour) These can be categorised into • Skills • Qualities • Responsibilities

4. What skills do leaders need? They need the following 7traits: • Communication • Use of language • Organisation of equipment • Knowledge • Activity structure • Targets • Evaluation

5. Communication • Sharing information successfully with other people • Variety of ways -verbally -non verbally -listening -demonstration -assisting

6. Organisation of equipment • Plan ahead to book facilities, resources • Do you have enough balls, cones etc • Is the equipment suitable, age, gender, size • Is the equipment safe to use

7. knowledge • Of the topic being played, subject knowledge • Health and safety for the activity • Understand emergency procedures appropriate to activity

8. Activity structure • How you plan a session • Warm up, stretch, main activity, game, cool down • All game time? • All skill based? • All running? • All drills?

9. Target setting • Improve performance • Can be short and long term goals • Vary from person to person • Can alter dependent of results • To motivate performer

10. Use of language • Make sure everyone knows what you mean e.g. LBW, ready to belay • Make sure its suitable for the age so not to confuse and make it easy as possible o understand • Can use analogies e.g. In cricket bowling arm action like a windmill past your ear

11. Evaluation • Of the leader and the participant • Assess how things went and how can improve for next time

12. Leadership styles • Autocratic – command style will tell you what to do and when to do it • Democratic – will ask for opinions from group to take more responsibility • Liberal – combination of autocratic and democratic • Laissez-faire. Group makes all the decisions required group needs lots of self motivation

13. What qualities do leaders need? • Leaderships style • Appearance • Personality • Enthusiasm • Motivation • Humour • Confidence

14. Appearance • Setting the standard • You are a role model • This can make you feel more confident • Others will see you as knowing what you are doing

15. Motivation • Intrinsic – self motivated, improve self, beat you personal bests • Extrinsic – for fame, reward, money

16. Personality • You must have a lot of patience • You must be able to see that people have a wide range of abilities • You must be able to adapt as the others may find this very hard

17. Enthusiasm • You have to enjoy what you are doing • The people you are leading can tell when you are not and will have a negative impact on them • If you seem up for it you may bring the others up

18. Humour • When appropriate humour is a useful tool • It can assist in motivation and bringing groups together • To get people relaxed so will participate more

19. Confidence • If you project it people will believe it even if you feel nervous • Individuals will put their trust, faith in you if you are confident • E.g. Think about an abseiling instructor if they seem nervous would you go off a 100m high building?

20. Examples of Sports Leaders • Can you name and write down some examples of Sports leaders ANDREW STRAUSS RIO FERDINAND MARTIN JOHNSON ALEX FERGUSON JOSE MOURINHIO STEVEN GERRARD RICKY PONTING DAVID BECKHAM

21. What responsibilities do leaders need? • Professional conduct • Health and safety • Child protection • Ethics and values • Rules and regulations • Legal obligations • Insurance • Equality

22. Professional conduct • The manner in which you behave • If you behave properly then there is no excuse for those you are leading to behave inappropriately • Must provide positive experiences, fair play and by playing within the rules which are constantly applied

23. Health & Safety • You have a responsibility to your self and the participants • Constantly check for hazards and dangers • This applies to the participants as well as the environment they are in which can change quickly • You are there to minimise the dangers and risks to avoid injury throughout • Equipment needs to be checked prior to use if its not in good condition do not use

24. Child protection • As leader you cannot allow a child or children to be put into situations of risk, they should enjoy what they are doing • You should also be able to spot signs of abuse • CRB checks if working with children or vulnerable people

25. Ethics & Values • Ethics are actions that are honest, fair and responsible • Values are thoughts that you believe are important

26. Rules & Regulation • Government initiatives to ensure health and safety • Health & Safety at work act (1974) • Control of substances and hazardous to health regulations (1994) • The safety of sports ground act (1975) • Health and safety (first aid act – 1981) • Fire safety and safety of places sport act (1987) • The children act (1989)

27. Legal Obligation • These are usually passed by law and must be adhered to all the time • Examples: Disability discrimination act 1995 all must be able to participate

28. Insurance • You as the leader are liable for their safety • You must have appropriate insurance for what you are doing • If you do not and they suffer injury you can be sued for neglect

29. Equality • Sports equality is about fairness in sport, and equality of access. It is about changing the culture and structure of sport to ensure that it becomes equally accessible to all members of society, whatever their age, ability, gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality or socio-economic status.