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Coaching Disabled Performers (scUK)
University of Hertfordshire, de Havilland Campus, Hatfield
Thursday 1 July, 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Cost: £30
Time: 6.30-9.30pm
This workshop will teach you how to apply and extend your current coaching skills to meet the needs of disabled performers. It looks at terminology, integrated and segregated sessions for disability groups, basic communication skills, safety, medical considerations and much more.
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
- explain when integration and segregation might be most appropriate
- identify appropriate safety and medical considerations
- review and extend your knowledge of how to adapt your coaching to the specific needs of disabled performers
- design and monitor a programme for a disabled performer taking part in your sport
- direct players to appropriate structures for competition and further coaching
This workshop is aimed at Level 2 coaches with some previous experience of coaching disabled performers and those who have already completed the How to Coach Disabled People in Sport workshop.

