Duration:               16 hours
Target audience:   state and national coaches
Face-to-face coach performance development

High Performance Elite Coach is designed to assist coaches to develop the competencies necessary to work with state senior and national junior (U19) level players. Coaches develop expertise in program, resource and people management; advanced skill development and analysis, positional play and game strategies, basic anatomy biomechanics and physiology, and advanced planning and training methods.

To be eligible to complete High Performance Elite Coach, participants must complete four modules of the Australian Sports Commissions Intermediate Coaching General Principles (see below).

Module – Softball Specific

• Game preparation and coaching
• Scouting
• Performance analysis
• Leadership and high performance program management
• Advanced offence

Module – Sport Australia Intermediate General Principles 

• Module 8 – Intro to Physiology
• Module 9 – Basic Anatomy and Biomechanics
• Module 11 – Nutrition of Sport
• Module 13 – Anti Doping for Sport

Sport Australia modules are available online.

Links

• For course information contact Softball Australia
• Coaches Code of Conduct