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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan sport-specific sessions for participants up to an advanced level.
   • Gather and review sport-specific participant information to assess developmental readiness of participants up to an advanced level.
   • Set sport-specific session objectives to meet developmental readiness of participants up to an advanced level.
   • Determine session content to address sport-specific session objectives.
   • Select coaching practices to meet sport-specific session objectives.
   • Develop and document sport-specific session plans for participants up to an advanced level.
2. Prepare sport-specific sessions for participants up to an advanced level.
   • Prepare facilities, equipment and resources to meet sport-specific session plan requirements.
   • Select and set up equipment for safe use by participants up to an advanced level.
   • Identify hazards, assess risks and implement risk control strategies to minimise risk to safety of participants up to an advanced level.
3. Conduct sport-specific sessions for participants up to an advanced level.
   • Communicate and confirm understanding of participants up to an advanced level of sport-specific session activity instructions and safe participation requirements.
   • Present, sequence and pace sport-specific session activities according to sport-specific session plans.
   • Select and use communication styles to achieve sport-specific session objectives.
   • Observe practice of participants up to an advanced level to assess participant ability to perform activities.
   • Modify sport-specific session activities as required to meet participants up to an advanced level needs and environmental conditions.
   • Monitor sport-specific sessions to identify and address risks to safety of participants up to an advanced level.
   • Analyse participant performance and provide feedback to participants to improve performance.
   • Conduct end of sport-specific session review to evaluate sport-specific session plan and inform future sport-specific session planning processes.
4. Promote good behaviour.
   • Communicate and model sport-specific participation behaviour standards.
   • Monitor participation to identify poor behaviour.
   • Use behaviour management strategies to address participant poor behaviour in accordance with organisational policies and procedures.
5. Reflect on coaching practice.
   • Seek feedback from others to identify areas to improve own sport-specific coaching practice of participants up to an advanced level.
   • Reflect on own sport-specific coaching practice of participants up to an advanced level to identify areas for improvement.
   • Analyse findings and incorporate learnings in future sport-specific sessions with participants up to an advanced level.
   • Seek opportunities to address identified professional development needs.