Nordic-Baltic Up-dated Coaching Experience (NBUCE) Project number NPHZ-2019/10042

0 Nowadays a coach is a central figure in taking care of and in the development of the young generation dealing with
sport. Children are communicating and socializing in different ways at present. They are addicted by information
technologies and receives information quickly without putting a lot of effort in this. A coach should be a person being
able to motivate kids’ engagement in sport activities helping people to be active during the life span. In this way a
coach should be innovative, creative, and able to understand the young generation and their perspectives. The world
changes rapidly, so a coach should develop social, psychological, pedagogical competences as well as be
acquainted with new knowledge in sports technology. Developing competences of coaches is a life-long process,
which includes formal and informal education. Until now the Nordic-Baltic Coaching network partners has been
involved in the development of future coaches’ skills, by creating study modules as well as organizing practical
courses, but an experienced coach must still be innovative, and he/she has to catch up with the latest research
achievements, to be familiar with children’s psychological, social and pedagogical development and based on that be
able to train kids in the very best way.
Nordic-Baltic countries have different schools for developing coaches. Different qualifications are set up for
coaches in the Baltic States compared to the Nordic countries, where they don’t need higher education to be a coach. In
the Baltic States, it is compulsory to have passed a Bachelor's educational program.