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 | | Many, but not all, sports use national vocational qualifications, or NVQs, to assess their coaches, the standards for which are set by SkillsActive, the sector skills council for sports. |
 | | The certificate criteria will be designed so that each sport can define what is important for its coaches - for example, physiology is an essential component for swimming coaches but arguably less important in, say, archery - but will still have factors common to all sports so that a cross-industry standard is maintained. |
 | | Coaches are crucial for sport at all levels, from the school pitch to major international teams. |
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