Access basic information on Unified Sports programming including definitions, coaches training, unified teammate guidelines and more!
Coaching and Information
Introduction and overview to implement Unified Sports on campus through campus recreation department
- Assessing Players and Forming Unified Teams: Details the procedure for screening, basic skills testing and evaluating game play for all players so that athletes and partners are appropriately matched for a Unified Sports program.
- Guidelines for Successful Unified Sports Competition: Guidelines for the quality of which coaches must conduct and take part in the process of ensuring a successful Unified Sports competition.
- Unified Sports Brochure: Evaluates the Special Olympics youth Unified Sports program in Europe.
- Unified Sports Coach Guidelines: Guidelines for being an effective Special Olympics Unified Sports coach.
- NEW Coaching Unified Sports Online Course: Free one-hour course designed to explain Special Olympics Unified Sports and offer guidance on how to become a successful Unified Sports coach. Hosted by ESPN’s Kevin Negandhi, the course includes historical background, testimonials, tutorials and quizzes.
- Unified Sports® Coaching Guides, News and Events: Learn about Unified Sports and get resources, news, stories and events that pertain to this Special Olympics initiative.
- Unified Sports Competition Protocol: This is a formal protocol established for the 2015 World Summer Games that focuses on the process of educating and communicating to coaches and Heads of Delegations (HOD) on how meaningful involvement is defined and how Unified Sports teams are expected to perform.
- Unified Sports Principles of Meaningful Involvement: Defines the criteria for achieving meaningful involvement in Unified Sports.
- Unified Sports Quick Reference Guide: A quick reference guide on Unified Sports.
- Unified Sports Basketball Video: Shows coaches, athletes, partners and officials how the core principles of Unified Sports work in basketball.
- Unified Sports Floorball Video: Shows coaches, athletes, partners and officials how the core principles of Unified Sports work in floorball.
Unified Sports Models
- Recreation Model Guidelines: Guidelines for executing Unified Sports Recreation programs.
- Unified Sports Models Comparison Chart: Chart comparing competitive, player development and recreational Unified Sports models.
- Unified Sports Models: An in-depth overview of the Unified Sports competitive, player development and recreational models. The video is 8:11 minutes long.
