1. Sports Coaching Studies - Higher Practical Assignment

2. Brief 1 This brief involves designing and implementing a performance improvement programme for another person, to meet identified development needs in one selected sport.

3. Brief 1 You must: 1. Identify an appropriate person 2. Create a detailed plan (including training targets) 3. Outline and justify sports coaching approaches 4. Implement the programme (complete week by week review) 5. Evaluate success 6. Draw conclusions and present the findings

4. Appropriate Person Must be: - Someone who is competitively involved in sport - A reliable person who will turn up for training sessions - Someone with a willingness to improve - Someone who can give up some time for additional training (3-4 times per week)

5. Plan This must include: A detailed sporting history of the individual An overview of their current level of performance (include various methods of gathering info. E.g. match analysis and standardised tests) Rationale behind methods of training chosen Targets you aim to achieve *Read through plan checklist

6. Development This is where you actually lead an individual through a training programme for 8 weeks. You will take their training sessions a minimum of 3 times a week over this time. The sessions will focus on the weaknesses you identified in an aim to achieve the targets you set.

7. Development You must monitor the sessions over this time by ensuring a training diary is completed by the individual and by yourself. You must also re-test mid way through and at the end of the programme.

8. Project This must include: Summary of training programme Detailed description of each session Photos of exercises used A detailed description of how principles of training have been applied A detailed description of the physiological adaptations that have occurred (Human Phys NAB)

9. Project cont. The training diary completed by the individual The training diary completed by yourself Any other important information

10. Evaluation This is to be 1000 words long and is a summary of what you have done and an evaluation of it’s success. Did you reach the targets? If so why, if not, why not? *Refer to marking guidelines for content

11. Timescale You must meet the following deadlines: Tuesday 5 th January you must have selected the appropriate individual and identified the sport Thursday 14 th January Plan will be completed during double period Wk beg Mon 18 th Jan Programme begins Wk Beg Mon 8 th March Programme is completed

12. Timescale Over the holidays please read over the practical assignment overview and the 3 example plans. Start to make notes about what you would like your practical assignment to be about and who you will be using as your subject. Time to be spent on this: Minimum of 3 hours Use wikispace over holidays to engage in discussion with others.