Successful coaching requires good management and organisational skills. To achieve optimum performance and overall athlete development, coaches must consider the daily activities as well as the broader issues in developing, managing and monitoring the environment long term to guarantee desired outcomes. This unit will critically examine the processes, research and strategies relating to peak performance, good to great principles, strategic and operational planning, periodisation, staff selection and recruitment, managing staff and athletes, team culture and program review. This unit provides an opportunity for planning and program management at the macro and micro level to be developed.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Education |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Donna O'Connor, donna.oconnor@sydney.edu.au |
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Lecturer(s) | Donna O'Connor, donna.oconnor@sydney.edu.au |