FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Institute of Sports Science

Future Outlook for a Coaching Profession

Lusaka, Oktober 2015

Prof. Dr. Helmut Digel

Past

No real profession
Women are totally underrepresented
Social position is low
Riskful task
No social security
Poor and rich

Today

Immense north / south differences

Semi-academic profession
Big differences between 28 Olympic sports
Week educational system
Week further training system
Increasing gap between professionals and semi-professionals

Coaches of Today
Age of Coaches
6

Percentage

5
4
3
2
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21 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 5 58 59 60 61 62 63 64
7

Coaches of Today
Gender of Coaches
100

Percentage

80

60

88,08 %
40

20

11,92 %
Female

Male

Coaches of Today
Marital Status of Coaches
63,26%

Percentage

60

40

26,36%
20

10,38%
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Coaches of Today
Have you participated in high performance sport
yourself?
100

81,49%
Percentage

80
60
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20

18,51%

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Coaches of Today
What was your highest level?
35
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29.2

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20
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National
coaches

28.5

All coaches
21.5
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16.9

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13.8

Coaches of Today
Which sport do you coach?
12

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Coaches of Today
What coaching licence do you have?

Highest Licence A

91,9 %

Intermediate Licence B
Lowest Licence C

88,4 %

80,4 %

10

Coaches of Today
What is your university degree?
Degree in sport science
Degree in another field
No university degree

38,7%
48,3 %

13 %

11

Coaches of Today
Educational degree of interviewed coaches

12

Coaches of Today
Do you believe the payment of your job as a coach to
be adequate?

13

Coaches of Today
Satisfaction with the social security provided by the
sport organization

14

Coaches of Today
Does the coaching occupation hold a particular
potential of danger?

15

Coaches of Today
Potential of danger: development of
interdependencies between coach and athlete

16

Coaches of Today
Potential of danger: lack of professional perspectives

17

Coaches of Today
Potential of danger: problem of addiction

18

Coaches of Today
Potential of danger: financial problems

19

Coaches of Today
Potential of danger: family problems

20

Coaches of Today
Does the coaching occupation influence your
relationship to your partner?

21

Coaches of Today
Influence on relationship to partner

22

Coaches of Today
Coaching profession as choice of career

23

Coaches of Today
Are you satisfied with the public image of coaches
as presented by the coverage of the mass media?

24

Coaches of Today
Should your employer offer you further vocational
training specific to coaches?

25

Coaches of Today
In which fields would you wish for further vocational
training specific to coaches?

26

Coaches of Today
Should your employer prepare you for the time after
your coaching activity by further vocational training?

27

Coaches of Today
For which fields would you wish further vocational
training offers, preparing you for the time after your
coaching activity?

28

Coaches of Today
Would you support the introduction of an
association of coaches in Germany (coaches'
union)?

29

Coaches of Today

Reasons for the introduction of a coaches' union

30

Future

1.

Scenario 1:
Neither ideal nor dangerous

2.

Scenario 2:
Dying profession

3.

Scenario 3:
Academic Upgrade

31

Three different Scenarios for the Future

1.

2.

3.

Goal
Scenario 3:
Academic Upgrade
Adequate salaries, recognized profession, competition between coaches
(free coaching market), internationalization

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Preparing the Future To-Do List

1. Coaches
2. Athletes

3.

3. Sports Organizations
4. Mass Media
Goal

5. Economy (Sports industries)

6. Politics (Governments)

33

Preparing the Future To-Do List

1. Coaches

3.

Active agents of their own future

Implementation of a Coach Union
Competition on the market
Academic development of the coach
profession

Goal

34

Preparing the Future To-Do List

2. Athletes

3.

Financial support for coaches

(e.g. from prize money)
Goal

35

Preparing the Future To-Do List

3.

3. Sports Organizations

Goal

. Secure funding of coaches

. Cooperation with politics

36

Preparing the Future To-Do List

3.

4. Mass Media
Goal

. Promotion and education of

the coach profession

37

Preparing the Future To-Do List

3.

Goal

5. Economy (Sports industries)

Sponsoring not only athletes
but also coaches
Offering part-time jobs

38

Preparing the Future To-Do List

3.

Goal

6. Politics (Governments)
. Regulation of the social
security of coaches
39

Summary

Investments in the
development of the
coaching profession

Investments in the
competitiveness of a country at
the Olympic Games

40

Thank you.
Contact Details:
Institute of Sports Science
Prof. Dr. Helmut Digel
Wilhelmstr. 124, 72074 Tbingen, Germany
Phone: +49 7071 29-78424
Fax: +49 7071 29-5031
helmut.digel@uni-tuebingen.de