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Coach’s Responsibilities
Coach/volunteer delegate's responsibilities apply to training, competition, and any other Special Olympics activities at the local, parish, area, state, regional, national, and world levels. All of the items apply to coaches. Area and local programs may have additional responsibilities, which can be obtained from your Area or Parish Director. View Code of Conduct
The Protective Behaviors training is required for all Coaches and Class A Volunteers.
Please click the link below for more information and to begin your online training!
Coach Knowledge/Training
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1. Coaches should be thoroughly familiar with these coach’s responsibilities and all information in your Coaches Information Guide and Coaches Handbook for each state event.
2. Coaches must be officially certified by SOLA to attend a State event in the capacity of coach. Coaches should refer to the certification guidelines and the coach to athlete ratio within these guidelines.
3. Coaches shall be knowledgeable of all existing Special Olympics and International Governing Body competition rules and regulations and prepare their athletes prior to competition in accordance with those rules. |
Athlete Eligibility
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1. Coaches shall ensure that athletes compete in events within their sport which challenge their potential and are appropriate to their ability.
2. Coaches shall be honest and instruct athletes to compete with maximum effort in all preliminary trials and/or finals or he/she shall be prohibited from coaching by the sports specific rules committee at the competition.
3. Team Coaches shall ensure that athletes of all ability levels on a team participate in every game.
4. One coach per sport, school, group home, agency, etc., should attend all scheduled coaches meetings, while providing ample supervision of athletes. |
NOTE: These responsibilities may be updated periodically as needed. Please check with your Area Director or the state office to see if you have the most current revision and for other information mentioned which may not appear in your Coaches Information Guide.
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