For me, coaches’ Duty of Care has two components — to the player and to the wider game.
And, whilst the former is (correctly) included in coach education, I wonder if the latter — duty to the game — is as recognised anywhere near as widely.
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UNCRC & sports coaching — more than “safeguarding”
I had heard of a “rights-based approach” to coaching children, but not understood how this extends beyond keeping them safe from harm, important as this is.
So I was very interested to find out more about this approach, and how rights-based coaching relates to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), as part of the Open University (OU) course Sports Performance: Different Approaches to Sports Coaching.
The United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child Lots to think about.
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