Professional Sport

This one day Masterclass will give participants an introduction to the coaching dynamic skills covered in the full Masterclass series. In addition, it will be an opportunity to network, share experiences with other professional coaches from diverse sports, and to exchange and collaborate on new ideas with like-minded professionals.

The purpose of the Masterclass series is to develop long term, high quality, performance based professional coaching skills ‘beyond the pitch’ - resulting in a substantial Return on Investment (ROI) for the club, the coach and the player.

Participants
The Masterclasses are open to four groups of sports professionals:

1. Ex-professional coaches and players.
2. Professional coaches and managers of developmental teams/academies.
3. Current executives/managers running professional sports organisations.
4. League players/professionals in transition to coaching or management positions.

Masterclass Presenter
Myles Downey is one of Europe’s foremost executive coaches and author of the seminal coaching text, ‘Effective Coaching’. He has more than twenty years experience as a professional coach, working in a diverse range of business sectors across Europe, Asia and North and South America. His level of skill and experience has led to him become known as ‘The Coach’s Coach’.

Myles is also the Founder of The School of Coaching, a unique service organisation which exists to transform the performance of individuals and teams using the medium of coaching. The School
of Coaching was the first organisation in Europe to train people in coaching, and for the past twelve years has been working both nationally and globally to enable managers and leaders to use coaching skills effectively.

Masterclass Overview
During this introductory ‘Inner Game’ workshop participants will learn the skills that help professional coaches/managers effectively coach, manage and lead individual players, teams and organisations.
These skills are complimentary to a coach’s pre-existing managerial, technical, tactical and strategic football expertise. The programme is a combination of ‘online’ and ‘offline’ skill sets (on the pitch/off the pitch).

Topics Covered

Increasing Performance (Coach & Player).
Dynamics of the Inner Game (Coach & Player).
The Art of Transformational Conversations.
The Meaning of Success & Winning.
Context.

Benefits
The workshop will help participants become aware of the wider Return on Investment (ROI) that will result from the Effective Coaching Masterclass series.

I. Benefits for the Club

Increased number of development players/talent that successfully turn professional.
Increased number of players/talent developed that can be sold on the market to other clubs.
Creation of high quality potential staff for the organisation.
Improved reputation as a leading club in the UK and Europe for producing high quality coaches, managers, players and staff.

II. Benefits for the Coach/Manager

Knowing how to influence areas which have an impact on a coach/manager’s success.
Ability to coach individuals and teams more effectively.
Increased managerial and leadership skills.
Increased personal performance and quality of coaching skills therefore increased personal market value.

III. Benefits for the Player

Accelerated mental, technical, strategic and tactical development.
Accelerated skill in performance, learning and development.
Creation of high quality, multi-dimensional players and human beings.
Increased quality of day to day practice and competitive performance.
Increased market value.

"This style of coaching will challenge the traditional directive approach used by many in a sporting setting. To understand, learn and then implement a more nondirective approach for the benefit of the task over the coach’s ego does not replace but compliments your skill set as a coach working in elite professional sport."

"The day was well put together with the practical sessions providing the reference point to transfer this style of coaching into football."

Professional Sports Masterclass Case Study