Organisational aims and objectives

What can the aims and objectives of an assistant coach consist of?

• What the coach wants to achieve over either a short or long period of time.

• The number of players in a team.

• The type of equipment used during training.

• The location of the next match.

Why would an assistant coach need to know about organisational aims and objectives?

• Because most clubs or organisations set specific goals that they want to achieve and therefore a coach may have to work towards these.

• So they can ignore the club's direction and focus only on individual players.

• Because organisational aims and objectives are only relevant to senior management, not coaches.

• To ensure that the assistant coach can create their own separate goals unrelated to the organisation.

If a coach was working for Manchester Utd academy, what might be one of their goals?

• To produce at least 6 first team academy graduates per season.

• To win the Premier League every year.

• To sign the most expensive players in Europe.

• To coach only international players.

If a coach is excellent in achieving organisational aims and objectives, what is a likely outcome?

• They would be able to perform these aims with a large amount of success and it would lead to an increase in reputation as a coach.

• They would likely face disciplinary action for not following procedures.

• They would be removed from their position due to poor performance.

• They would struggle to communicate with their team effectively.

Why should an assistant coach want to achieve the organisational aims and objectives set by themselves or the employer?

• To gain a more positive reputation regarding coaching abilities, which can help with future job roles or pay increases.

• To avoid having to attend additional training sessions.

• To ensure the team never loses a match.

• To reduce the number of players on the team.

What is one way an assistant coach can achieve specific goals?

• By having a set plan in place to scaffold achievements bit by bit, making the task more understandable and less distant.

• By allowing players to set their own goals without guidance.

• By focusing only on the final outcome and ignoring the process.

• By changing goals frequently to keep things interesting.

A strategic vision is what overall you as a coach or your organisation will specifically do in order to reach a certain ______ or _______.

• goal; target

• plan; method

• team; player

• rule; regulation

A coach would need to know about strategic vision because they will have to be able to present to colleagues or the club they are working for and tell them what they would do in order to ______ the goals that they set out.

• achieve

• ignore

• delay

• forget

One way a coach can help the organisation reach a specific goal or target, according to the passage, is:

• By providing guidance and support to team members.

• By ignoring the team's progress.

• By discouraging collaboration among employees.

• By withholding important information from the team.