Project Objective

I. Conduction of a survey on the coaching practice in youth sports in Hong Kong

• Questionnaires will be distributed to coaches and youth to have an understanding of the social environment of sports and coaching methods in Hong Kong.
• The findings of the survey will be utilized as the materials for the discussion in the coach training programme. It will also be released to the public for the promotion of the importance of social environment in youth sport participation.

II. Formulation of the SCB@EdUHK programme
The SCB@EdUHK provides customized coach training targeted for the promotion of youth character building, i.e., resilience, social inclusion, leadership, confidence and mental toughness, for the Jockey Club Sports Empowering Programme.

Design and production of the SCB@EdUHK education programme content
The SCB@EdUHK will include two educational training targets for the public and coaches

• SCB@EdUHK – Workshop for Tutor (W-T)
• SCB@EdUHK – Workshop for Sport Coach (W-SC)
• SCB@EdUHK – E-course for Youth Sport Personnel (E-YSP)

The design of the educational training will be under two themes:
a. The role of the empowering coach in creating a motivative sports environment (Theme 1)
This part of training will focus on educating sport coaches about the importance of fostering an empowering motivational environment in their coaching as well as educating coaches on the concept of empowering coaches. The training content will be designed by the expert consultants from the Empowering CoachingTM team at the University of Birmingham, UK.

b. Practical coaching strategy for character building (Theme 2)
This part of the training will focus on providing practical strategies to sport coaches on how to enhance youth character building.

III. Delivery of the SCB@EdUHK Workshops and E-course

1. SCB@EdUHK – Workshop for Tutor (W-T)
The Workshop for Tutor (W-T) is an interactive workshop for 15 tutors to have understanding on the concept of empowering coaching and be able to apply the empowering strategies to create a motivating sporting environment that promotes character building in youth. The tutor will be trained up to conduct the SCB@EdUHK – Workshop for Sport Coach (W-SC).

Target: Experienced coach of specified sports
Prerequisite: Referred by the partnered sports organizations
Format:

• The 30-hour training will be conducted.
• The tutor training will be delivered by expert from the Empowering Coaching™ team and the EdUHK project team.
• The course will be conducted in Cantonese and English.
• Upon completion of the tutor training, a certificate will be issued by EdUHK indicating that the tutors had completed the two themes of the SCB@EdUHK training.

2. SCB@EdUHK- Workshop for Sport Coach (W-SC)
The workshop for Sport Coach (W-SC) is an interactive workshop for sport coaches to have understanding on the concept of empowering coaching and be able to apply the empowering strategies to create a motivating sporting environment that promotes character building in youth

Target: Coaches working in youth sports
Prerequisite: Sport coach qualification
Target number of participants: Train 250 sport coaches
Format:

• Eighteen hours of interactive workshops
• The courses will be conducted in Cantonese (supplemented with English).
• The course will be free-of-charge and a completion certificate will be issued by EdUHK to coaches after the completion of all sessions.

3. SCB@EdUHK- E-course for Youth Sport Personnel (E-YSP)
This E-course for Youth Sport Personnel (E-YSP) is an online course which aims to arouse public awareness on the importance of motivational environment of youth sport participation

Target: Parents, educators and those working in youth sports
Prerequisite: There is no prerequisite for this e-course

Overview of the formulation of SCB@EdUHK