Tennis coach to horse riding instructor
A tennis coach already meets 54% of what the horse riding instructor role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
48.1/ 100
1 How much of what a horse riding instructor is expected to do is already part of a tennis coach’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the horse riding instructor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A horse riding instructor role treats 8 of its required skills as things a tennis coach already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply risk management in sports
- assess performance in sport events
- demonstrate professional attitude to clients
- give constructive feedback
- instruct in sport
- maintain customer service
What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A horse riding instructor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a tennis coach background worth leading with.
- already held organise sporting environment management skills
- already held promote balance between rest and activity management skills
- already held assess performance in sport events management skills
- already held demonstrate professional attitude to clients communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held plan sports instruction programme management skills
- already held work with different target groups communication, collaboration and creativity
All 16 carried skills, including the 8 the horse riding instructor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn adapt teaching to target group required
- still to learn demonstrate when teaching required
- still to learn ride horses required
- still to learn correct potentially harmful movements required
- still to learn horse riding equipment required
- still to learn develop sports programmes required
- still to learn horse riding required
- optional, not held care for horses optional
- optional, not held provide care for horses optional
- optional, not held provide first aid to animals optional
- optional, not held train horses optional
- optional, not held transport horses optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a horse riding instructor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 horse riding study this
- 02 horse riding equipment study this
- 03 correct potentially harmful movements practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 16 skills that carry over
- already held apply risk management in sports skill
- already held assess performance in sport events skill
- already held demonstrate professional attitude to clients skill
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held instruct in sport skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held organise sporting environment skill
- already held plan sports instruction programme skill
- already held apply teaching strategies skill
- already held assist clients with special needs skill
- already held cooperate with colleagues skill
- already held motivate in sports skill
- already held promote balance between rest and activity skill
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held teamwork principles knowledge
- already held work with different target groups skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held horse anatomy optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held care for horses optional
- optional, not held horse anatomy optional
- optional, not held provide care for horses optional
- optional, not held provide first aid to animals optional
- optional, not held train horses optional
- optional, not held transport horses optional
8 held skills the horse riding instructor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess students skill
- not needed by the target role contribute to the development of a sporting estate skill
- not needed by the target role manage athletes skill
- not needed by the target role personalise sports programme skill
- not needed by the target role sport psychology knowledge
- not needed by the target role support sport in media skill
- not needed by the target role table tennis knowledge
- not needed by the target role tennis knowledge
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn horse riding required
- still to learn horse riding equipment required
- optional, not held horse anatomy optional
Common questions about this move
Can a tennis coach become a horse riding instructor?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A tennis coach already covers 54% of what a horse riding instructor is expected to do: 16 skills carry over, 8 of which the horse riding instructor role treats as required.
What skills does a tennis coach need to become a horse riding instructor?
7 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is horse riding.
How hard is the move from tennis coach to horse riding instructor?
Its learning distance is 48.1 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.