Monthly Archives: October 2012

Paperwork and Group Observation

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In order to begin my coaching placement with the youth athletes group based at Lincoln Welington athletics club, I have given the supervisor: Linda the supervisor paper work. Once recieved back it will be visable in the appendix: supervisor appraisal or click here.

I have been observing the group and, with colaberation with the lead coach, have come to the conclusion that the majority of the group need to focus on fundementals and aerobic fitness. From this the needs anaylsis will be produced.

With further communication with Linda (Lead Coach) the scheme of work will be written and will be seen in more depth on the session reflections.

Session Template

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A session plan is the notes used by the coach during training. The session plan includes all of the information needed by the trainer including content, resources and timing.

The content should be organised so that it gives the training session structure and to ensure information is covered in a way that helps trainees to learn.

For an example of a completed session plan refer to session_plan_example.

To write a session plan you need to know the learning outcome for the Long term goals. If you don’t have a learning outcome you will need to write one first.

This process enables the coaching cycle:

 

Coaching Philosophy

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It is important to determine what your coaching philosophy and coaching style is. Although coaching style varies from situation to situation it is im,portant to establish which one best suits you and your athlete. For instances the uka coaching resources suggests that the optimal coaching style should be an athlete centred approach.

However for a better understanding on coaching philosophy, please see the below clip.

Seeding

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Seeding is the term used by sociologists to describe the hypodermic syringe model. thought by one embedded into others. this process is also evident in coaching. As coaches we part knowledge to our athletes in order to develop and progress their individual.group performances. This also relates to the Ltad model of coaching.

Our ideas are comunnicatced in verbal and non verbal methods. In coaching this could be a demonstation of a movement or the explination. For example see Mike Powell’s Coaching the long jump video.

This enables the athlete to experience both verbal and non verbal communication, thus expanding their knowledege. The coach has successfully put their ideas accross to the athlete. However in order to do this effectivly, the coach has to engange with the athlete.