Coaching Disabled People: A position statement
sports coach UK is committed to make inclusive coaching commonplace for and by disabled people in sport.
A fully inclusive and skilled coaching workforce will be highly beneficial for our partners to achieve their objectives of increasing participation and improving sporting performances. More people from diverse backgrounds will feel confident to attend coaching sessions if they believe that the coach can support their needs. As a result, we can expect participation and satisfaction levels to increase.
This paper outlines sports coach UK's position on coaching disabled people in sport and also disabled people as coaches, and aims to outlines our key, high level objectives for the future.
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Disabilties
its astonishing and such a shame to see that only a small amout of disabled people participate in sport, and the long standing issue always surrounds accessability. i believe there should be alot more funding from the government going into areas such as this rather then wasting it in pointless areas, everybody should be given a fair chance to follow their dreams and achieve their full potential. i reguarly walk into sports centres and local gyms only to find that the vast majority of equiptment is upstairs with no chance of wheelchair bound people able to get involved. this sort of researched information is great and should be spread around the vast majority if not all sports centres.