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APCC Knowledge & SkillsAn APCC coach has the following specific knowledge and skills:
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APCC Knowledge & Skills
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· Introduction
· Course approach
· Who is Chess Power?
· What is APCC?
· Benefits of Chess
· Why children enjoy Chess?
· Skills required to play Chess well
· The history of Chess
· Today in chess
· Chess player pathway
· Classes of competence
· Learning styles
· The learning process
· When can you learn Chess?
· How do you teach Chess?
· The 5 most important skills
· Coach's Code of Ethics
· The parts of Chess
· The heroes of Chess
· Topic and Material
· Glossary of Terminology
· Material Sources
· Lessons to Teach
· Using Students as Teachers
· Lesson Planning
· Creating your own Chess Lesson
· The 5 most important areas of skills
· Setting the right pace
· Positive statements
· Rewards and Recognition
· Not knowing the answers
· Supporting girls
· Handling multiple children
· Activities for classes
· Resources
· When to engage a professional coach?
· Accelerating your students ability
· Introduction · History of the game · Setting up the board · The pieces · The rook · The knight · The bishop · The queen · The king · Check · Checkmate | · The pawn · Pawn promotion · En passant · Castling · Draws · Stalemate · Insufficient material · 3rd repetition · Perpetual check · 50-move rule · Agreed draw |
· Introduction · The Basics · The Basics - Part 2 · The Platinum Rules · The Phases of the Game · The Golden Rules · The Opening · Pawn Wall · Pawn Chain · Weak Spot · 2-move Checkmate · 3-move Checkmate · 4-move Checkmate | · Three Golden Rules · Names of openings · People openings · Place openings · Position openings · Exceptions to the Rule · The Middle-game · The Silver Rules · Fork · Pin · Motorway · Open Road · Red Light and Traffic Jam | · Pawn Structure · The End-game · The Bronze Rules · Runway · Electric Fence · Royal Waltz · Famous Players · Classification of Pieces · Rook Strategy · Bishop Strategy · Knight Strategy · Pawn Strategy · Explain any game |
· Rook journey · Knight journey · Bishop journey · Queen Spelling Bee · Queen Journey · King Maze · Mini Pawn Wars · Mega Pawn Wars · Mixups · Mega Mixups · Yummy Game · Taming the Dragon | · Taming the Dragon Advanced · Forks & Skewers · Magna Carta · Rook vs Isolated Pawns · Rook vs Connected Pawns · Marching Ants · Marching Ants with Bishop · Marching Ants with Knight · Four-Queens Chess · Electric Fence Heaven · My Kingdom for a Horse
| · Pawns vs Knights · King Wars! · Queen vs Pawns · Smile Game · Rook+2 pawns vs Knight+ Bishop · Knight Joust · Knight vs Two Isolated Pawns · Queen vs Rook+ Knight · Small World · Sparta |
· Rook journey · Knight journey · Bishop journey · Queen Spelling Bee · Queen Journey · King Maze · Mini Pawn Wars · Mega Pawn Wars · Mixups · Mega Mixups · Yummy Game · Taming the Dragon | · Taming the Dragon Advanced · Forks & Skewers · Magna Carta · Rook vs Isolated Pawns · Rook vs Connected Pawns · Marching Ants · Marching Ants with Bishop · Marching Ants with Knight · Four-Queens Chess · Electric Fence Heaven · My Kingdom for a Horse
| · Pawns vs Knights · King Wars! · Queen vs Pawns · Smile Game · Rook+2 pawns vs Knight+ Bishop · Knight Joust · Knight vs Two Isolated Pawns · Queen vs Rook+ Knight · Small World · Sparta |
· Introduction
· The Platinum Rules
· The Golden Rules
· The Silver Rules
· The Bronze Rules
· Introduction
· Value of the pieces
· Motorways - creating and using them
· The weak spot
· The queen sandwich
· Electric fence (aka Ladder mate)
· Pawn Wall
· Pawn Chain
· 4-move Checkmate
· Forcing moves
· Spot count
· Piece power count
· Famous players
· Defining tactics · Double Attack · Knight Fork · Pin · Skewer · Discovered Attack · Discovered Check | · Overload · Double check · Decoy · Deflection · Clearance · Back Rank |
· Introduction
· Caïssa
· Fischer Random (Chess960)
· X-Chess
· Crazyhouse
· Zombie Chess
· King of the Hill
· Tower Chess
· Transfer (Bughouse)
· Other variants
· Tournament games
· Arbitration & Adjudication
· Tournament rules
· Tournament formats
· The Swiss system
· Tournament rewards
· Finding funding
· Volunteers
· Equipment
· Tips for Best-Practise chess clubs
· Communication
· Group Management strategies
· Student Management strategies
· Positive Statements
· Rewards and Recognition
· What you don't know the answers
· Beginning and Ending Sessions
· APCC coach resources
· Mini-games
· Puzzles
· Character games
· Database Management Software
· Playing and Learning about Chess
· What's going on in the Chess World
· Chess Events
· Organising Chess Tournaments
· Chess Apps
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