Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify individual participant coaching needs.
- Use questioning to identify and confirm individual participant needs, expectations and preferences.
- Apply principles of classification to determine disability class for participants with a disability.
- Assess participant functional ability and developmental readiness to acquire and perform sport-specific skills.
- Review individual participant needs to identify potential inclusion barriers and coaching risks.
- Conduct coaching to meet individual participant needs.
- Customise session plans to address potential inclusion barriers and mitigate coaching risks.
- Select and adapt equipment, coaching practice and communication styles to meet participant needs.
- Maintain professional boundaries with participants according to organisational policies and procedures.
- Monitor participation engagement, performance and safety risks and adjust coaching practices to maximise inclusion and training outcomes.
- Evaluate inclusive coaching practices.
- Monitor sessions to identify opportunities for increasing inclusion and improving training outcomes.
- Seek feedback from others to identify areas to improve own coaching practice.
- Reflect on own coaching practice to identify areas for improvement.
- Recognise own limitations in supporting inclusion and seek advice to address.