Where a sports coach can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a sports coach already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Sports coaches provide instruction in the sport of their specialisation in a recreational context to non-age-specific and age specific participants. They identify already acquired skills and implement suitable training programmes for the groups or individuals they teach in order to develop participants' physical and psychological fitness. They create the most optimal environment for the growth of participant skills and enable them to maximise their performance, while fostering good sportsmanship and character in all participants. Sports coaches also track the participant progress and provide personalised instruction where needed. They supervise sports facilities and changing rooms and maintain uniforms and equipment.

Table 1 · Within reach

• boxing instructor 79% covered · difficulty 23.7
• sports instructor 75% covered · difficulty 28.1
• golf instructor 72% covered · difficulty 27.4
• tennis coach 69% covered · difficulty 30.6
• football coach 69% covered · difficulty 37.3

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sports coach is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a sports coach already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.