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Identify the roles and responsibilities of the coach, outlining the coach’s legal responsibilities in training and competition. |
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Understand and demonstrate the coach in action using effective communication, group management and a game sense approach to develop skills and tactics. |
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Identify and provide advice to riders on suitable clothing and equipment relevent to the discipline which will contribute to achieving expected training and racing outcomes and determine ideal bike set-up for training and racing. |
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Identify the key discipline specific skills. Explain the skill analysis process, describe ideal performance of each skill then demonstrate how to effectively correct them. Create activities to coach key discipline specific skills. |
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Identify the key discipline specific tactics. Explain the skill analysis process in its application to tactics, identify ideal performance of the specific discipline tactics and describe how to correct rider tactics and performance. Create activities to coach key discipline specific tactics. |
6 |
Plan, deliver and evaluate a series of progressive cycling coaching sessions that support a rider to meet their specific goals in the discipline selected. |
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Explain the concept of periodisation, outlining the phases of training in a season plan. Include an explanation of how volume, intensity and training focus should be manipulated each phase of a season plan. |
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Plan macrocycles, mesocycles and microcycles for cyclists in the selected discipline and combine to create a season/annual plan. |
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Identify the importance of catering for individual differences outlining key considerations for working with junior riders, female riders, male riders, masters’ riders and para-cyclists. |
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Explain the role of sports science, nutrition and strength & conditioning in enhancing cycling performance (in training and racing) and identify some examples of where these areas have enhanced performance. |
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Describe the role of the coach in providing sports science, nutritional and strength & conditioning support to cyclists in the selected discipline. |
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Describe the components of fitness and their relevance to cycling. Identify the principles of training and describe the various energy systems. |
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Define the concept of VO2max and its relationship with the selected discipline cycling. Explain how to measure maximum heart rate and how training zones are used. |
14 |
Design a variety of training activities for cyclists of the selected discipline that develop the components of fitness, energy systems and apply the principles of training to cycling. |
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Explain the importance of anti-doping in cycling and identify the issues related to anti-doping in cycling. Outline the role of the coach and explain the role of AusCycling, Sport Integrity Australia and WADA in anti-doping in cycling. |
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Outline procedures for doping control. Outline the reasons and procedures for obtaining a ‘Therapeutic Use Exemption’ (TUE) and explain the obligations of riders, riders’ support personnel and AusCycling. |
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Educate the riders and riders’ support personnel about anti-doping in cycling and identify where to go for further information. |