Sports Coaching Academy

A sports coaching academy is an ideal way for a church to reach out to children in their community.

It is an approach that works because –

• Sport is a great bridge into the lives of young people
• It is a way to make a positive contribution to young lives including improving their sport skills
• It can build strong and healthy relationships between child and coach
• It can easily combine sport coaching, Christian values and relevant Bible teaching.

Overall, a sport coaching academy can be a bridge that –

• Helps integrate children into church life
• Sees the church incarnated into children’s lives

How does a sport coaching acadamy work?

An academy can be anything from a regular couple of hours on a morning or evening to full day.

At each academy session children would enjoy -

• Supervised group sports coaching delivered by trained coaches
• Team sports games, matches and competition
• An encounter with the good news  of Jesus through a short and relevant talk related to sport and life

What help is available?

There is a lot of help available for those wanting to investigate running a sport coaching academy. This includes –

• Session plans, a ‘how to’ guide and details of specialist training from markanderson@kicklondon.org.uk
• A comprehensive guide to help churches develop sports outreach teams to impact communities – request from info@morethangold.org.uk
• Over 30 Christian based sports outreach organisations available to help your church and are contactable at www.uksportsministries.org