Dr. Andy Abraham:  why coach developers should ‘start with the end in mind’ when supporting academy coaches

Coach | Behaviour | 14.11.2022

Coach developers working in academy football should ‘start with the end in mind’ when supporting coaches with their learning, says Dr.Andy Abraham Image: Getty Images / Getty Images Sport

Learning:

-    Working towards a vision of ‘best practice’ as part of coach development

-       Becoming part of the peer group in order to help coaches develop

-       Linking the ‘goals’ of the academy to the ‘goals’ of the coach

Coach developers working in academy football should ‘start with the end in mind’ when supporting coaches with their learning, says Dr.Andy Abraham, head of Sports Coaching at Leeds Beckett university.

“The first thing coach developers working in the academy system have to have, is a sense of what is it you're trying to develop?” says Abraham, who has lectured in Sports Coaching at Leeds Beckett for 25 years. “My colleagues talk about 'starting with the end in mind' which links to having some level of clarity about what it is you're trying to work towards.