sports instructortotennis coach
A sports instructor already meets 79% of what the tennis coach role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.
79%
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1 Share of the tennis coach role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the sports instructor 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 11 of its required skills as things a sports instructor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply risk management in sports
- assess performance in sport events
- cooperate with colleagues
- demonstrate professional attitude to clients
- instruct in sport
- maintain customer service
What stands in the way is 1 required skill 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 tennis coach role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sports instructor 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 promote balance between rest and activity management skills
- already held assess performance in sport events management skills
All 16 carried skills, including the 11 the tennis coach role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 8 missing skills fall into 6 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 tennis required
- optional, not held apply teaching strategies optional
- optional, not held assist clients with special needs optional
- optional, not held give constructive feedback optional
- optional, not held provide first aid optional
- optional, not held teamwork principles optional
- optional, not held assess students optional
- optional, not held sport psychology optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 1 entries a tennis coach role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
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 cooperate with colleagues skill
- already held demonstrate professional attitude to clients skill
- already held instruct in sport skill
- already held maintain customer service 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 contribute to the development of a sporting estate skill
- already held manage athletes skill
- already held support sport in media skill
- already held table tennis knowledge
- already held work with different target groups skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held sport psychology optional
- optional, not held apply teaching strategies optional
- optional, not held assess students optional
- optional, not held assist clients with special needs optional
- optional, not held give constructive feedback optional
- optional, not held provide first aid optional
- optional, not held teamwork principles optional
12 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 assess physical conditions of clients skill
- not needed by the target role badminton knowledge
- not needed by the target role correct potentially harmful movements skill
- not needed by the target role human anatomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role human physiology knowledge
- not needed by the target role organise training skill
- not needed by the target role promote healthy fitness environment skill
- not needed by the target role skateboard knowledge
- not needed by the target role sports nutrition knowledge
- not needed by the target role teach windsurfing skill
- not needed by the target role water skiing 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.
- required, not held tennis required
- optional, not held sport psychology optional
- optional, not held teamwork principles optional
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.