Community Coach Education

OSEP training for community coaches

For the first time, NSC, NOCSI and the Oceania National Olympic Committee (ONOC) are offering Oceania Sports Eduction Program (OSEP) accredited ‘Community coach and community official courses’, to the public. This is a general course, aimed at people who are interested in developing fun, games and sports at a community or club level.

Aim of the course

The objectives of the training are to enable community coaches to:

organize safe and fun coaching activities suitable to the Solomon Islands context
plan and prepare an appropriate training session relevant to a sport
use a range of communication and teaching strategies to help athletes learn basic skills and tactics
safely conduct a game-based activity, session, ensuring fun and maximum participation through games and activities for all participants
evaluate coaching and officiating sessions and make the required improvements to better meet participants' needs and effectively manage a safe competition environment as an official.

Upcoming courses

Courses are delivered over two consecutive days and will be held monthly where possible. Currently these are in Honiara, but training will be extended to the provinces in due course. Register your interest in attending one of the next courses by emailing contact@nsc.gov.sb

About the Oceania Sports Education Program (OSEP)

OSEP is a Pacific-led sport education programme that builds the capacity of coaches, administrators, and trainers. OSEP operates under ONOC, and has a vision to be recognised as the benchmark in sport education throughout the continental regions of the Olympic world.

Its current objectives are:

Improving the governance and management of sport organisation operations
Improving coaching expertise to assist athletes to qualify on merit for the Olympics
Improving games preparation of athletes and officials
Creating training pathways for administrators, coaches, team managers and trainers
Improving the coordination of the sport education system.

OSEP offers established pathways from foundational to masters’ levels and provides internationally recognised certification. For information on the other courses offered by OSEP, please refer to their website.

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