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Tennis iCoach and continuous coaches education

Abstract

The Mytennisicoach project is designed to act as a user-friendly tool that will help not only coaches but national associations in their quest for quality individualised coaches’ education. It links the needs of coaches with the appropriate information available on tennis icoach.

Keywords

MyTennisiCoach, online, distance education.

Summary

Coaches will have to introduce their details and go through a self-evaluation and assessment process in which their coaching competencies, skills and knowledge will be tested in order to provide a profile for the platform. Through a gap analysis procedure, the system will then develop a series of competencies that this particular coach needs to improve matched together with the specific contents that need to be covered. The platform will provide the coach with the exact type (i.e. articles, video presentations, e-learnings, clips, tasks, etc.) and location of the identified resources in the ITF’s websites. The coach will have to go through the designated resources and complete them accordingly. Once this is achieved, the coach will be able to complete the assessment and re-evaluate their new competencies and skills. This will provide a new set of resources to continue the development and in turn update the coach’s profile.

The project of MyTennisiCoach allows the ITF to provide coaches not only with information but, more importantly, with the possibility of having an individualised educational tool that will help them to improve in the areas they really need. To our understanding this crucial feature makes this project unique in the sports world and provides a resource which can improve the quality of coaches’ education at the same time that the number of courses’ education hours are increased without the rental of a room or tutor and that enables a coach to study in there own time. This resource implies a tailor-made individual alternative for those coaches who want to commit to a personal educational process. It will also provide national associations with a tool to implement the professional development programme or life-long-learning projects for those coaches already certified that wish to pursue with their education.

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Conditions

I agree with ITF Worldwide Coaches Conference 2009 conditions

CV

Name

Scott

Surname

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Curriculum vitae

Scott is the Assistant Research Officer for the International Tennis Federation (ITF) where his job includes touring as a fitness coach with the ITF Junior ‘A’ Team, co-editing ITF Coaching & Sport Science Review, coordinating and conducting research, regional and worldwide conferences, and assisting the ITF level III scholarship coaches through the course in Valencia.

Scott has a First Class honors degree in Sport and Exercise Science and is currently undertaking a PhD in Sport Science and Coaching. In addition to playing and coaching tennis, he represents Valencia Volleyball Club in National Division 1 and in 2003 completed a transatlantic crossing from Portugal to Brazil, in a 12 meter yacht.

History

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2 years 41 weeks