Other Sports Coaches and Instructors

Other Sports Coaches or Instructors coach, train and instruct sportspeople by analysing their performances and developing their abilities. Specialisations include basketball coach, cricket coach, football coach, sports trainer, and windsurfing instructor.

What the job involves

• Coaches, trains and instructs sportspeople by analysing performances and developing abilities

• Motivates sportspeople and supervises practice sessions

• Recruits players and other coaching staff

• Arranges entries into sporting competitions

• Promotes sports and skills development, and oversees the participation of young people in sport

• Officiates at sporting events to enforce rules

• Co-ordinates and directs sporting activities, and liaises with other officials to interpret and enforce rules and regulations relating to sport