1-form matriz connection of sphere

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Consider $S^{2}$, the 2-sphere in $\mathbb{R}^{3}$. Let $(\theta, \phi)$ be the coordinates of parametrization of $S^{2}$ given by $$ X(\theta, \phi)=(\sin{\theta}\cos{\phi}, \sin{\theta}\sin{\phi}, \cos{\theta}) \ \ 0 \leq \theta \leq \pi, 0 \leq \phi \leq 2\pi $$.

We have that $$ X_{\theta}=(\cos{\theta}\cos{\phi}, \cos{\theta}\sin{\phi}, -\sin{\theta}) \ \ e \ \ X_{\phi}=(-\sin{\theta}\sin{\phi}, \sin{\theta}\cos{\phi}, 0)$$ and $$ g_{S^{2}}= \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & \sin^{2}{\theta} \end{bmatrix} $$ Then $$ \text{volume form} = \sqrt{|g_{S^{2}}|}=\sin{\theta} d\theta\wedge d\phi $$ I would like calculate the connection matrix for $S^{2}$. I found $$ \omega_{\theta} = \begin{bmatrix} cos\theta dx^{\theta} & 0 \\ 0 & 0 \end{bmatrix} $$ e $$ \omega_{\phi} = \begin{bmatrix} 0 & \cot{\theta}dx^{\phi} \\ -sin{\theta}\cos{\theta}dx^{\phi} & 0 \end{bmatrix} $$
It is correct? I used Christoffel Symbols. Can I used volume form for calculate the matrix of 1-forms? Hint?