Coaches Education
The development of the South African Coaching Framework was commissioned by SASCOC, following an agreement with SRSA. One of the five building block of the frame is “Resources: coaches; education;
National Federations; national and provincial partners”
Camissa Sport Development has positioned itself to support this framework by assisting National Sporting Federations by organizing and hosting coaching training sessions.
Our plan is to expand this to other sporting codes including netball and rugby in the near future and more other sporting codes like athletic, swimming etc. thereafter.
Casmissa also organizes and hosts coaching workshops and seminars where we discuss strategy, coaching styles and hone in on certain aspects of coaching and training. The intention with these workshops is to share knowledge with an effort to improve coaching and training, taking our sport to the next professional level.
The development of training materials and the facilitation of capacity building programmes for teachers in coaching, umpiring, technical officiating, team management and sports administration is an agreed deliverable by the SRSA. While Camissa Sports Development focuses on coaches education for now, we have a medium term plan to include the training and educating of referees, umpires, technical officials etc. as we grow.
Quote from The SA Coaching Framework
“Sport coaching has a key role to play in delivering transformation, as well as an active and winning nation. Coaches provide positive experiences in sport for millions of South Africans every year. Through their work, coaches recruit and retain participants to support the mass participation agenda and they provide the guidance necessary for athletes to progress to performance and high performance levels. Sport coaches have an important role to play in developing competence, confidence, social skills and values among young people. Coaching is in a pivotal position to support transformation in that it promotes engagement and inclusion, (including the coaching of athletes with disabilities), contributes to the health and well-being of the nation, including the fight against HIV. Coaching also provides skill development opportunities for the sports participants and for the coaches themselves. A particular challenge and opportunity relates to the engagement of male and female black coaches, particularly in previously disadvantaged and rural contexts.”
