The Coaching Foundations Course will introduce the fundamentals of coaching and train coaches to teach beginner squash players in the Active Start, FUNdamentals, Learning to Train and Active for Life stages of athlete development. Coaches will learn the roles of the Squash Assistant and Squash Instructor, Basic Coaching Skills, Stroke Fundamentals and Sequencing of Technical Skills, Lesson Formatting, the Basic Strokes, Basic Tactics and Individual Concepts, and Group and Individual Lessons.

This manual is provided to coaches who participate in the Coaching Foundations Course. Coaches participating in the Intermediate Coaching Course are encouraged to read this material if they have not participated in the Coaching Foundations Course.