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A sports coach already meets 69% of what the tennis coach role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
69%
30.6/ 100
1 Share of the tennis coach role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the sports coach profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A tennis coach role treats 8 of its required skills as things a sports coach already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply risk management in sports
- assess performance in sport events
- instruct in sport
- motivate in sports
- organise sporting environment
- personalise sports programme
What stands in the way is 4 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A tennis coach role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sports coach background worth leading with.
- already held support sport in media communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held organise sporting environment management skills
- already held table tennis services
- already held manage athletes management skills
- already held sport psychology social sciences, journalism and information
- already held promote balance between rest and activity management skills
All 17 carried skills, including the 8 the tennis coach role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 7 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held cooperate with colleagues required
- required, not held demonstrate professional attitude to clients required
- required, not held maintain customer service required
- optional, not held assist clients with special needs optional
- required, not held tennis required
- optional, not held provide first aid optional
- optional, not held assess students optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a tennis coach role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 tennis knowledge · occupation specific
- 02 cooperate with colleagues skill · cross sector
- 03 demonstrate professional attitude to clients skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held apply risk management in sports skill
- already held assess performance in sport events skill
- already held instruct in sport skill
- already held motivate in sports skill
- already held organise sporting environment skill
- already held personalise sports programme skill
- already held plan sports instruction programme skill
- already held promote balance between rest and activity skill
- already held apply teaching strategies skill
- already held contribute to the development of a sporting estate skill
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held manage athletes skill
- already held sport psychology knowledge
- already held support sport in media skill
- already held table tennis knowledge
- already held teamwork principles knowledge
- already held work with different target groups skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess students optional
- optional, not held assist clients with special needs optional
- optional, not held provide first aid optional
47 held skills the tennis coach role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
- not needed by the target role adapt teaching to target group skill
- not needed by the target role adult education knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on rehabilitation exercises skill
- not needed by the target role analyse personal fitness information skill
- not needed by the target role apply intercultural teaching strategies skill
- not needed by the target role apply latest sport science findings skill
- not needed by the target role assess physical conditions of clients skill
- not needed by the target role assessment processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role assist students in their learning skill
- not needed by the target role assist students with equipment skill
- not needed by the target role badminton knowledge
- not needed by the target role consult students on learning content skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate the administration of a sports organisation skill
- not needed by the target role curriculum objectives knowledge
- not needed by the target role demonstrate when teaching skill
- not needed by the target role develop a coaching style skill
- not needed by the target role develop competitive strategies in sport skill
- not needed by the target role encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
- not needed by the target role facilitate teamwork between students skill
- not needed by the target role features of sporting equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow trends in sporting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role guarantee students' safety skill
- not needed by the target role human anatomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify talent skill
- not needed by the target role keep personal administration skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage resources for educational purposes skill
- not needed by the target role manage sports events skill
- not needed by the target role manage student relationships skill
- not needed by the target role monitor children's physical development skill
- not needed by the target role organise training skill
- not needed by the target role oversee extra-curricular activities skill
- not needed by the target role perform classroom management skill
- not needed by the target role prepare lesson content skill
- not needed by the target role promote healthy fitness environment skill
- not needed by the target role provide health education skill
- not needed by the target role provide lesson materials skill
- not needed by the target role skateboard knowledge
- not needed by the target role sport and exercise medicine knowledge
7 further entries not listed here
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held tennis required
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.