Minimum Standards for Deployment

It is recognised and supported that coaches need to have certain knowledge and skills in order to coach safely and effectively; and be able to help children, players and athletes at all stages of their development.

The knowledge and skills a coach needs to have/develop depends on:

• Their role (e.g.) coach/assistant coach
• Who they are working with (children, young people, adults)
• At what level they are working at (e.g. Children’s Coaching , Participation Coaching, Performance Development Coaching and High Performance Coaching 
• What environment they are working in (e.g. community setting or in a school)

These standards have been developed by sports coach UK and have been adopted by CSP, SSPs, NGBs and Cornwall Council, and will need to be achieved by every coach working with the curriculum setting.