In this week's entry, I think sharing my draft contents would prove to be the most beneficial way to reflect on my experiences to date, as each section essentially derives from my own evaluation of the sessions I am doing, and how they could be enhanced, and supported through better coaching. I now feel very well-grounded in terms of participating within everyday St Lucian life, especially, of course in a sporting and educational context, it is exciting and a privilege to begin to work away from building a broader understanding, and towards creating a resource capable of leaving a delivery legacy beyond my stay. Furthermore, I now also intend to produce a session/ activity 'bank,' where volunteers can have easy access to a large variety of games and drills that can make delivery easier by giving them more choice to pick an activity optimal for their session context, and means they can remain mentally stimulated by testing out different practices. As my prior post indicated, I believe this is a good example of a typically useful divergent path, that would help complement my framework by making it more easily applicable. 

My draft framework contents follows below. I hope for each section to be around a page's length in my eventual handbook, which will mean that the weeks that follow will likely require me to be carefully selective in what I include, and ensure that I am building a tool that is visually appealing enough to be frequently used. 

UTS COACHING FRAMEWORK- Content Draft

Overview- A general background to UTS, operations and mission, with St Lucia programme specifics and history. 

Why do what we do- stressing the wide ranging possible benefits of sessions, sport and activity to participants, backed up by research and curricula. Stressing that striving towards and evaluating sessions based on these benefits is crucial to good coaching in this context. 

Sporting context- thinking about what is specific to St Lucia, UTS, and sessions that volunteers would benefit from knowing, as well as encouraging them to think about realistic broader impact ambitions for their stay, and introducing volunteering vs voluntourism debates and guidance. 

Session structure- introducing basic formats/ breakdowns of time and activities coaches should consider using in their sessions. 

Session Delivery Methods- particularly isolating space, sound, and story as key things coaches should look to be in control of in their sessions.

Adaptability- as a crucial and inevitable part of coaching before and within session. In particular, to your resources, to your group, to your goals.

Behavioural and group dynamics- standardising discipline/ listening techniques, but also encouraging activity over explanation, and at times a need to embrace chaos.

Sporting content- how to slowly introduce sport-specific skills and rules, often through good game design. 

Sport specific guidance- more technical advice, a page for each sport UTS supports the delivery of. 

Sessions overview- more of a directory that offers short descriptions of all of UTS's sessions and partners.