Class Multi-scope Professional Football Coach

In this curricular the students will learn the multi-professional scope of the football coach and the ethical and communicational assumptions for an adequate intervention in training and competition.

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1. The role of the 2nd grade coach as a pedagogical leader in the training of practitioners and in the process of sports development; 1.1 The responsibilities of the 2nd grade coach; 1.2 Profile and general skills of the 2nd grade coach. 2. The pedagogical intervention of the 2nd grade coach in training and competition. 3. Sports and professional ethics; 3.1 The importance of coach education as a factor of sports development; 3.2 Being a coach: knowing how to be. 4. Parents in the sporting practice of children and young people; 4.1 The role of parents; 4.2 Basic strategies to deal with parents. 5. Sports coaching. 6. The mission and functions of Team Manager and Sports Director.

In this Curricular Unit the transmission of content will be accomplished through power point exposure, visualization of practical examples, reading of articles, group dynamics, role playing and debates. Inivation in assessement: The evaluation consists of a conference organization, including poster, registration, schedule, forms of dissemination, photographic coverage, etc. and participation as a speaker, with a theme inserted in the curricular unit.

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